What is Webmonkey?

Webmonkey, aka Greasemonkey+, is a Firefox extension allowing you to customize web pages, or whole web sites, thanks to small pieces of code: user-scripts. You can create them yourself or you can just install some of the ~40,000 already existing scripts.

Why Webmonkey?

Webmonkey was friendly forked from Greasemonkey for many reasons, but the main one is: they have different goals.

When Greasemonkey was first created, a few years ago, its objective of "adding bits of DHTML to web pages to change their behavior" was well adapted to its environment of mainly static web pages. Since that time, the environment has evolved a great deal and many web pages are now full web applications, using technologies like AJAX, etc.

This new ecosystem calls for a new approach of the client-side web: Webmonkey grasps this exciting challenge, providing new solutions while remaining compatible with the huge existing user-scripts base.

Where do I go from here?

• Users:
  • Install the Webmonkey add-on
  • Browse existing scripts on userscripts.org
• Script writers:
  • Read the legacy Greasemonkey wiki
  • Get up-to-date with new features on the Webmonkey wiki
  • Submit a feature request or a bug ticket using our tracker
• Webmonkey developers:
  • Check out the reference documentation
  • Browse the source code on GitHub
  • Clone our Git repository: git://github.com/ocornu/webmonkey (also available as zip or tar)

Stay tuned

For latest news, discussion and support:

• Join us on IRC: #wmonkey on FreeNode
• Subscribe to the Webmonkey mailing-list or read its archive online (also available as RSS)