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== Gist ==
https://gist.github.com/
Gist is GitHub's "paste" service, where any set of simple files can be pasted into a web form and saved.
Gist files may be named.  If they are given the <code>.user.js</code> suffix, then the raw link for the gist will serve perfectly as an install.
HTTPS is available and used by default.
== Greasy Fork ==
== Greasy Fork ==


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Created by the maintainer of http://userstyles.org/.
Created by the maintainer of http://userstyles.org/.
HTTPS is available and enforced by default.
HTTPS is available and enforced by default.
[ Open source], hosted on GitHub.
[https://github.com/JasonBarnabe/greasyfork Open source], hosted on GitHub.


== The Whole Internet ==
== OpenUserJS.org ==


Any server across the entire web may host user scripts.
https://openuserjs.org/
For Greasemonkey, the only requirement is that the (entire) URL ends with <code>.user.js</code> and that it is not served with a <code>text/html</code> content type.
Servers supporting HTTPS are best, in order to be compatible with Greasemonkey's built in update checker.


== OpenUserJS.org ==
"The home of FOSS user scripts."
Only HTTPS is available.
[https://github.com/OpenUserJs/OpenUserJS.org Open source], hosted on GitHub.


http://openuserjs.org/
== Gist ==


"An open source user scripts repo built using Node.js".
https://gist.github.com/
[https://github.com/OpenUserJs/OpenUserJS.org Open source], hosted on GitHub.
(As of March 2014) HTTPS is not available.


== UserScripts.org ==
Gist is GitHub's "paste" service, where any set of simple files can be pasted into a web form and saved.
Gist files may be named.  If they are given the <code>.user.js</code> suffix, then the raw link for the gist will serve perfectly as an install.
HTTPS is available and used by default.


http://userscripts.org/
== The Whole Internet ==


One of the original and longest running user script hosting sites.
Any server across the entire web may host user scripts.
HTTPS is available but not used/linked to by default.
For Greasemonkey, the only requirement is that the (entire) URL ends with <code>.user.js</code> and that it is not served with a <code>text/html</code> content type.
As of 2014, largely fallen into disrepair.
Servers supporting HTTPS are best, in order to be compatible with Greasemonkey's built in update checker.

Revision as of 18:30, 31 May 2018

Greasy Fork

https://greasyfork.org/

Created by the maintainer of http://userstyles.org/. HTTPS is available and enforced by default. Open source, hosted on GitHub.

OpenUserJS.org

https://openuserjs.org/

"The home of FOSS user scripts." Only HTTPS is available. Open source, hosted on GitHub.

Gist

https://gist.github.com/

Gist is GitHub's "paste" service, where any set of simple files can be pasted into a web form and saved. Gist files may be named. If they are given the .user.js suffix, then the raw link for the gist will serve perfectly as an install. HTTPS is available and used by default.

The Whole Internet

Any server across the entire web may host user scripts. For Greasemonkey, the only requirement is that the (entire) URL ends with .user.js and that it is not served with a text/html content type. Servers supporting HTTPS are best, in order to be compatible with Greasemonkey's built in update checker.