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Multiple profiles in parallel. Does Firefox support that yet??

• nytesky 4y ago
  I know they have containers but maybe I’m using wrong as it’s cumbersome.
• Yaina 4y ago
  So...there are profiles (about:profiles) and you can run them in parallel. But it's not really feature meant for consumers as it is in Chrome.
• thayne 4y ago
  Yes. But launching them isn't as easy as in chrome. Depending on what you are using them for, firefox containers might be sufficient.
• jcynix 4y ago
  Multiple profiles in parallel? Sure, you can start multiple instances of Firefox in parallel from the command line and use them with different profiles. I do that (on a Mac) regularly. Works under Windows too, IIRC.
  • cpeterso 4y ago
    You don’t need to use command line options to open new profiles in Firefox. Just open the about:profiles page.
• Zardoz84 4y ago
  you have containers that are better that parallel profiles
  • celsoazevedo 4y ago
    A few months ago I tried to go back to Firefox and used containers a lot. It works fine, but sometimes I'd pick the wrong container, defeating the point of using containers (eg: using Google Search for personal stuff while logged in to a work Google Account). Containers are useful and we can do interesting things with them (eg: temporary containers), but they don't replace profiles. With a profile I don't have to mix personal bookmarks with work bookmarks, I can use different extensions/settings, a different theme so I don't use the wrong profile by mistake, etc.
• commoner 4y ago
  Yes, Firefox supports multiple profiles in parallel. For a Chrome-like user interface, try the Profile Switcher for Firefox add-on: - Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc... - Source: https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher