# Sift

> 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.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/getsift](https://chrome-stats.com/d/getsift)

## Overview

- **ID:** `getsift`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** zzalyf
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 0.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-27
- **First published:** 2026-06-20
- **Size:** 194 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/getsift/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/zzalyf/sift](https://github.com/zzalyf/sift)

## Description

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.

<strong>Control each site on its own</strong>
<ul><li>Turn Sift off on one site without touching the others</li><li>Pause for 10 minutes when you need to</li><li>Block a site outright, behind a screen with a 15-minute escape</li><li>Set a daily time limit, from 5 minutes to 2 hours</li><li>Force dark mode on sites that don't offer one</li></ul>
<strong>On YouTube you can also</strong>
<ul><li>Remove thumbnails, leaving titles and channel names</li><li>Hide comments</li><li>Hide community posts, live streams, Mixes and Playables in the feed</li><li>Hide the recommendations sidebar and end-screen cards</li></ul>
<strong>Supported sites</strong>

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.

<strong>Your settings stay yours</strong>

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.
<blockquote>"Boredom is the birthplace of ideas."</blockquote>
Open source (AGPL-3.0): <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/84add198eeda665e46585139f21877e585dab052c624911cdec81d9f51b1e81b/https%3A//github.com/zzalyf/sift" rel="nofollow">github.com/zzalyf/sift</a>
Based on <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/b6836d3533edeffc620eb34594227bb79d48d5613b7ad370d06d73a54e3aaf9f/https%3A//github.com/ZMensRain/Feedless" rel="nofollow">Feedless</a> by ZMensRain.

## Rankings

- #64,063 — Overall
- #219 — algorithm

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `bsky.app`
- `*.facebook.com`
- `*.instagram.com`
- `*.linkedin.com`
- `*.pinterest.com`
- `old.reddit.com`
- `www.reddit.com`
- `substack.com`
- `*.tiktok.com`
- `m.twitch.tv`
- `www.twitch.tv`
- `*.twitter.com`
- `*.x.com`
- `www.youtube.com`
- `m.youtube.com`
- `music.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/getsift)