Turn Greasemonkeys into Firefox extensions

I’ve always loved Greasemonkey scripts and in fact, they are easy to install and manage, but now you can also compile one into a single Firefox addon (xpi file) without any programming knowledge.

Off the top of my head I can think of about 50 reasons this is great. I like it a lot, because I think many people don’t try Greasemonkey because it seems a bit more complicated than just click and install, but of course that’s not true. It’s also probably easier for you to get your scripts back after an uninstall if you just compile them into an addon.

The way you can create these xpi files is to use the online Greasemonkey Script Compiler. You just input all the data and you’re done. You need to download the actual script first, or navigate to the “gm_scripts” folder inside your Firefox profile folder. You should find some javascript (js) files in there, these are what we are looking for.

You need to open the one you want to compile, you can easily to this by renaming it as a text file (txt), and then you just have to copy the appropriate parts from it as the form dictates. When you’re done, you can just rename it to “.js” again, and you will get back your script as it was.

Thanks to Make Use Of for the source.