minimal

Name: minimal
Rating: 4.6207 (58 reviews)
Author: AUPYA

By: AUPYA

A minimal, less attention grabbing, internet experience.

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Minimal is a Chrome extension designed to provide users with a minimalistic and distraction-free internet experience. It emphasizes user autonomy, allowing individuals to actively choose the content they want to see rather than being subjected to platform-driven suggestions and distractions.

The extension is open-source, transparent, and does not collect any user data. It works by customizing your browsing interface without altering websites themselves, respecting privacy and promoting a high-quality service based purely on content. Ideal for users seeking a simpler, more focused online experience, Minimal aligns with values of freedom, transparency, and user choice. For any issues or contributions, users are encouraged to engage via its GitLab repository.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security Open Source

By:

AUPYA

Daily users:

551 -3

Rating:

4.62

(58)

Version:

1.0.2 Last updated: 2023-03-21

Version code:

5542636

Creation date:

2018-11-03

Risk:

Permissions:

Size:

58.07KB

Email:

in*****@incoming.gitlab.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-20

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 4,667 ▼ 11

Other rankings

#96 in animal keyword 15

#96 in trademark keyword 11

#102 in experience keyword 65

#109 in invite keyword 12 ▲ 2

#136 in internet keyword 50 ▼ 18

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Other platforms

minimal (v1.0.3)

735 4.70

(23)

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Developed by:

AUPYA

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/minimal-internet-experience/

Email:

in*****@incoming.gitlab.com

Website:

https://minimal.aupya.org

Permission Change History

2023-02-21: Version 0.5 → 1.0

Add Permissions: <all_urls> storage tabs

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User Reviews

Reviewers praise minimal's focus-enhancing design and reliable performance on major sites like YouTube, noting it effectively reduces distractions. However, users repeatedly flag YouTube-specific compatibility issues and conflicts with other extensions, plus a lack of a quick on/off toggle or per-site controls. Suggestions include a toolbar toggle, per-site enable/disable, and optional YouTube-specific exceptions. Overall, it delivers a clean, distraction-free experience on supported sites but needs better toggling and site-by-site management to reach broader usability.

Pros

Works flawlessly on supported websites, especially YouTube.
Great for preventing distractions and helping focus while browsing.
A nice, minimal concept that improves the browsing experience.

Cons

YouTube-related disruptions and fragile integration (e.g., changes to YouTube options, homepage becoming empty, and other YouTube-specific issues).
Conflicts with other extensions/add-ons on sites like Facebook and YouTube, causing site issues.
Lacks an easy on/off toggle and per-site controls; users want a toolbar icon for quick switching and per-site enable/disable.
Requests for per-site exceptions or site-specific toggles to avoid breaking certain sites.

Recent reviews

so good

by gl*****, 2026-03-17

It was pretty great until they decided to change youtube video's options, now I'm forced to watch every video on theater mode... great!... -_-

by ha*****, 2025-05-20

by Ga*****, 2025-04-08

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Is minimal 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.

minimal requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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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.

minimal has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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