Browser Containers for Qutebrowser

Browser Containers is a feature available as an official extension in Mozilla Firefox. It allows users to have separate 'containers'. All the browser data, cookies and site storage are stored and separated within these containers. Common use cases include having multiple containers to mitigate cookie tracking and using multiple web logins without confusion (Eg: Multiple gmail accounts).

Qutebrowser supports containers through the -B basedir command line option. These scripts provide a simple interface to manage the containers by manipulating the basedir parameter.

• dmenu / rofi (although it is possible to use without them)

The script creates a file with a list of containers in the location specified by CONTAINER_LIST variable in the containers_config file.

The actual containers are created as directories within the CONTAINER_BASE directory.

Containers can be created or deleted manually by editing the CONTAINER_LIST file and creating/removing respective directory from CONTAINER_BASE. Helper scripts are provided to make this process easier.

The scripts can be used standalone (from terminal) or as userscripts in qutebrowser.

container-open

or from qutebrowser

:spawn --userscript container-open

This opens dmenu with an option to select which container to open.

container-open <container-name>

or from qutebrowser

:spawn --userscript container-open <container-name>

This opens a window with the given container.

container-open <container-name> <URL>

or from qutebrowser

:spawn --userscript container-open <container-name> <URL>

or using hint mode

:hint links userscript container-open

container-ls

or from qutebrowser

:spawn --userscript container-ls

container-add <container-name>

or from qutebrowser

:spawn --userscript container-add <container-name>

container-rm <container-name>

or from qutebrowser

:spawn --userscript container-rm <container-name>

config.bind('C','spawn --userscript container-open')
config.bind('<Alt-c>','set-cmd-text -s :spawn --userscript container-open')
config.bind('<Alt-f>','hint links userscript container-open')
config.bind('<Alt-f>','hint links userscript container-open')

c.aliases['container-open'] = 'spawn --userscript container-open'
c.aliases['container-ls'] = 'spawn --userscript container-ls'
c.aliases['container-add'] = 'spawn --userscript container-add'
c.aliases['container-rm'] = 'spawn --userscript container-rm'

You can bind the container-open script to a keybinding within your window manager / hotkey daemon and launch containers directly.

I love using qutebrowser and wanted to make this tiny contribution. I hope you find it useful. Suggestions and bugs are welcomed.