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You can use Firefox for both work and personal stuff, with a couple options:

  - Multi-Account Containers segregates cookies (i.e. enables multiple simultaneous logins to Gmail, GitHub, etc, any service, in different tabs of the same browser window)

  - Firefox Profiles segregates everything (cookies, preferences, bookmarks, history), by running a separate browser instance.
Containers are more convenient for simple separation. Profiles are 100% separation.


Profiles for the lazy: firefox -P --no-remote


I find that tedious. Mainly because it's really easy to switch between chrome and firefox via keyboard, but to switch between profiles/containers requires mouse clicks etc.


Not sure what platform you're on, but I switch between Firefox containers and profiles primarily from keyboard.

Profile switching is the usual app switching, handled by the desktop environment. Just like Firefox-to-Chrome would be.

Container switching is just tab switching, which Firefox handles well enough. If you need to go deeper in your tab history, you might need to scroll/click, but for the most-recent 9 tabs, it's right there.


Another good option is Firefox for work and Librewolf for personal, or vice versa




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