Sift

Name: Sift
Author: zzalyf

Hide the parts of social media designed to keep you scrolling: algorithmic feeds, Shorts and Reels, recommendations, trending panels. Keep search, subscriptions and the people you follow. Block a site outright or set a daily time limit.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

2 ▼ 1

Data as of 2026-09-06

Version:

0.2.1

Last updated: 2026-08-27

Features & Capabilities

Social sites are built to keep you scrolling. Sift removes the parts that do the pulling and leaves the parts you came for.

Hide the algorithmic "For You" feed but keep the people you follow. Hide Shorts, Reels and TikToks. Hide recommendations, trending panels and "who to follow" — while search keeps working.

Control each site on its own

Turn Sift off on one site without touching the others
Pause for 10 minutes when you need to
Block a site outright, behind a screen with a 15-minute escape
Set a daily time limit, from 5 minutes to 2 hours
Force dark mode on sites that don't offer one

On YouTube you can also

Remove thumbnails, leaving titles and channel names
Hide comments
Hide community posts, live streams, Mixes and Playables in the feed
Hide the recommendations sidebar and end-screen cards

Supported sites

YouTube and YouTube Music, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit (new and old), LinkedIn, Facebook, Bluesky, Pinterest, Substack, Twitch.

Mobile layouts included, and Sift runs on Firefox for Android.

Your settings stay yours

Sift collects nothing. No analytics, no tracking, no remote code. Settings live in your browser and follow your Firefox account if you use Sync.

Every option is a toggle: start with the defaults and turn back on whatever you miss.

"Boredom is the birthplace of ideas."

Open source (AGPL-3.0): github.com/zzalyf/sift Based on Feedless by ZMensRain.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

zzalyf

Daily users:

2 -1

Version:

0.2.1 Last updated: 2026-08-27

Version code:

6442915

Creation date:

2026-06-20

Firefox add-on GUID:

{08db9950-75b9-4264-a900-8ce20131614f}

Firefox add-on numeric ID:

3028585

Weekly download count:

Firefox on Android:

Yes

Risk:

Permissions:

Content scripts matches:

bsky.app
*.facebook.com
*.instagram.com
*.linkedin.com
*.pinterest.com
old.reddit.com
www.reddit.com
substack.com
*.tiktok.com
m.twitch.tv

Size:

193.51KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 64,280 ▼ 10,079

Other rankings

#216 in algorithm keyword 4 ▼ 35

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

zzalyf

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/getsift/

Website:

https://github.com/zzalyf/sift

Permission Change History

2026-08-28: Version 0.1.4 → 0.2.1

Remove Permissions: activeTab

Is Sift Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Sift requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Sift is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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