{"slug": "noscript", "name": "NoScript", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 7, "warners": 0, "score": 4.536, "rising": 0.02, "first": "2026-01-29", "latest": "2026-09-05", "why": "I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.", "icon": true, "domain": "noscript.net", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://noscript.net", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["NoScript"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 787548912, "item_id": 49221807, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221807", "by": "jmclnx", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use noscript instead of an ad blocker.", "excerpt": "I use noscript instead of an ad blocker. I find it blocks the intrusive ads. I do not mind what I view as normal ads (ie: text or link), but these video and popup ads drive me crazy. I find noscript blocks the \"bad\" ads.", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking intrusive ads", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 784244256, "item_id": 49015266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015266", "by": "recursivegirth", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.", "excerpt": "Here is the recommend app for this, used primarily by the Tor browser. https://noscript.net/ I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.", "context": "", "use_case": "block JavaScript, bypass paywalls", "switched_from": "", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 775564818, "item_id": 48472801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472801", "by": "anonymousiam", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's nice to have multiple layers of defense.", "excerpt": "In addition to uBlock Origin, I also have a few piholes (two locations), and I use NoScript as well. It's nice to have multiple layers of defense.", "context": "", "use_case": "script blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 774998867, "item_id": 48437429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437429", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-06-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "NoScript, Tab Reloader, Temorary Containers", "excerpt": "Helium is my fallback when a Firefox addon is giving me grief and I don't feel like debugging it/them. Firefox will always be my primary as I find the addon options make the internet functional for me. Canonical, Certage, ClearURLs, CSS Exfil Protection, FoxReplace, NoScript, Tab Reloader, Temorary Containers, uBlock Origin, Zoom Page WE I use both browsers on Linux.", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "Firefox addon", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: Helium is the best browser I ever used"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "zahlman", "context": "desktop user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49074184", "date": "2026-07-27"}, {"by": "Bender", "context": "Linux user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437429", "date": "2026-06-07"}, {"by": "fsflover", "context": "Librem 5 user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810432", "date": "2026-01-29"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["script blocking", "blocking javascript", "blocking intrusive ads", "disabling javascript", "block javascript, bypass paywalls", "firefox addon"], "compared": [{"slug": "ublock-origin", "name": "uBlock Origin", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "umatrix", "name": "uMatrix", "co": 1, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570669", "title": "Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220392", "title": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066639", "title": "Modern email can be built from borrowed parts", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005747", "title": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48471970", "title": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48436918", "title": "Tell HN: Helium is the best browser I ever used", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 793191201, "item_id": 49574450, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49574450", "by": "terseus", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Even using Noscript it's becoming more and more exhausting every year", "excerpt": "> Unfortunately, it breaks about 30% of the web. More like 99% I use Firefox with Noscript and I'm _totally aware_ that almost no website works without allowing it JS. Even using Noscript it's becoming more and more exhausting every year, it's plain impossible to browse the internet without JS at all.", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking JavaScript", "switched_from": "", "story": "Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions"}, {"id": 787548912, "item_id": 49221807, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221807", "by": "jmclnx", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use noscript instead of an ad blocker.", "excerpt": "I use noscript instead of an ad blocker. I find it blocks the intrusive ads. I do not mind what I view as normal ads (ie: text or link), but these video and popup ads drive me crazy. 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But then, as I shrink in the page width, the left-side bar and the concurrent visitor counter swap sides, and also a bunch of the content from the top is added to a ", "context": "desktop user", "use_case": "disabling JavaScript", "switched_from": "", "story": "Modern email can be built from borrowed parts"}, {"id": 784244256, "item_id": 49015266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015266", "by": "recursivegirth", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.", "excerpt": "Here is the recommend app for this, used primarily by the Tor browser. https://noscript.net/ I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.", "context": "", "use_case": "block JavaScript, bypass paywalls", "switched_from": "", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 775564818, "item_id": 48472801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472801", "by": "anonymousiam", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's nice to have multiple layers of defense.", "excerpt": "In addition to uBlock Origin, I also have a few piholes (two locations), and I use NoScript as well. It's nice to have multiple layers of defense.", "context": "", "use_case": "script blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 774998867, "item_id": 48437429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437429", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-06-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "NoScript, Tab Reloader, Temorary Containers", "excerpt": "Helium is my fallback when a Firefox addon is giving me grief and I don't feel like debugging it/them. Firefox will always be my primary as I find the addon options make the internet functional for me. Canonical, Certage, ClearURLs, CSS Exfil Protection, FoxReplace, NoScript, Tab Reloader, Temorary Containers, uBlock Origin, Zoom Page WE I use both browsers on Linux.", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "Firefox addon", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: Helium is the best browser I ever used"}, {"id": 748966913, "item_id": 46810432, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810432", "by": "fsflover", "date": "2026-01-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Firefox with Noscript works fine in desktop mode.", "excerpt": "User of Librem 5 phone with this CPU here. It works fine as a daily driver. Firefox with Noscript works fine in desktop mode. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/", "context": "Librem 5 user", "use_case": "script blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": null}]}