The 4.0 rewrite broke thousands of scripts by removing GM_* APIs. The community panicked. Many left. But if you only need simple DOM manipulation and hate feature creep, Greasemonkey is still a masterpiece of focus.
Here’s what I found on the other side. Vibe: "I have nothing to hide because you can read my source code." tampermonkey alternative
Here’s an interesting, story-driven write-up on Tampermonkey alternatives, framed as a user’s quest for the perfect userscript manager. It started with a single pop-up. Not an ad—worse. A nag screen inside my developer tools: "Tampermonkey has been updated. Please review the new permissions." But if you only need simple DOM manipulation
Greasemonkey is the original. Created in 2005, it birthed the entire userscript ecosystem. But while Tampermonkey added bells and whistles, Greasemonkey stayed minimalist— too minimalist for some. It started with a single pop-up