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Tampermonkey had been my loyal companion for years. It injected life into boring web apps, scraped data that wasn't meant to be scraped, and turned Reddit into a usable website. But lately, something felt… off. The extension grew heavier. The sync features demanded Google Drive or OneDrive access. And the Chrome Web Store reviews whispered of "telemetry" and "tracking domains."

AdGuard’s browser extension isn't just for blocking ads. It has a hidden userscript engine that supports most Tampermonkey APIs. The killer feature? It runs before the page loads. Tampermonkey waits for DOM readiness; AdGuard injects at the network level. tampermonkey alternative

Violentmonkey is the ethical hacker’s Tampermonkey. It does 95% of what Tampermonkey does, but with zero proprietary bloat. The permissions model is stricter, the update checks are transparent, and the code is lean enough to run on a Raspberry Pi. Tampermonkey had been my loyal companion for years

So I went looking for alternatives. Not because Tampermonkey is bad—it's brilliant. But because no brilliant tool should become the only tool you trust. The extension grew heavier