Best alternatives to Tampermonkey (2026)
8 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Tampermonkey, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Tampermonkey alternatives, compared
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Tampermonkey BETA
Change the web at will with userscripts
≈700K users4.8★ from 4.6K ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago19 permissions- About 17× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Asks for more permissions (19 vs 18)
- Listed under Developer Tools
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Tampermonkey Editors
Online editor support for Tampermonkey's userscripts
≈10K users4.4★ from 25 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago6 permissions- About 1200× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 18)
- Listed under Developer Tools
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Tampermonkey Script Manager
Manage and run custom JavaScript scripts
≈1K usersNot rated yet4 permissions- About 12000× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 18)
- Listed under Tools
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Violentmonkey
An open source userscript manager that supports a lot of browsers
≈900K users4.6★ from 752 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago15 permissions- About 13× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Asks for fewer permissions (15 vs 18)
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OrangeMonkey
Lightweight Userscript manager. Provides userscripts support for Chromium browsers
≈2M users4.3★ from 1.2K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago11 permissions- About 6.0× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Asks for fewer permissions (11 vs 18)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Wildmonkey
Lightweight userscript manager.
≈7K users4.7★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago1 permissions- About 1714× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 18)
- Listed under Developer Tools
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Violentmonkey BETA
An open source userscript manager that supports a lot of browsers
≈200K users4.3★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago16 permissions- About 60× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Asks for fewer permissions (16 vs 18)
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OrangeMonkey Pro
Lightweight Userscript manager. Provides userscripts support for Chromium browsers
≈200K users3.2★ from 520 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago11 permissions- About 60× fewer users than Tampermonkey
- Rated 1.6 stars lower
- Asks for fewer permissions (11 vs 18)
- Listed under Accessibility
Tampermonkey alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Tampermonkey?
By users, the most popular alternative is OrangeMonkey with ≈2M users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Tampermonkey BETA.
Which Tampermonkey alternative has the best rating?
Tampermonkey BETA has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings.
Is there a Tampermonkey alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Wildmonkey asks for 1 permissions, against 18 for Tampermonkey.
How many alternatives to Tampermonkey are there?
We list 8 close alternatives to Tampermonkey on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.