My personal Zen Browser configuration, focused on privacy, optimal performance for daily usage, and aesthetics.

This configuration suite includes:

• Zen Browser with the Transparent Zen interface mod.
• Betterfox user.js optimized for NextDNS & uBlock Origin.
• A list of Recommended Extensions.
• A list of Recommended Search Engines.
• Custom uBlock Origin configuration optimized for NextDNS.

This mod removes the solid background, creating a blur effect (glassmorphism) for the browser, making the interface seamless and modern.

How to activate:

1. 🛍️ Access Store: Go to Settings or visit Zen Mods.
2. 🔍 Search: Type Transparent Zen.
3. ✨ Install & Configure:
   • Click Install.
   • Return to the Zen Mods menu, find the installed Transparent Zen.
   • Enable the options inside according to your preference.
4. Install the Zen Internet extension (for best support).
5. 🔄 Restart: Restart Zen Browser to enjoy the result.

• uBlock Origin (Required)
  • Blocks ads, malware, and crypto-mining scripts.
  • Please use in conjunction with the backup configuration file provided in this repo.

• Bitwarden
  • Open-source password manager, secure and free.
• SponsorBlock
  • Automatically skips sponsored segments, intros/outros on YouTube.
• Return YouTube Dislike
  • Restores the Dislike count on YouTube to help evaluate video quality.

By default, Google collects a lot of data. Go to Settings > Search and add the following tools as default:

• Mechanism: Uses data primarily from Bing combined with its own crawler, committed to user privacy.
• Pros: Fast, excellent !bangs support (e.g., type !arch to search the Arch Wiki), simple interface.

• Mechanism: Uses its own independent index, not dependent on Big Tech.
• Pros: Completely independent, fast, clean interface, very good for technical queries. Also supports !bangs like DuckDuckGo.

• Mechanism: Acts as an intermediary proxy, fetching search results directly from Google.
• Pros: Absolute accuracy like Google but protects privacy, does not log IP addresses or personal search history.

This configuration is optimized to work with DNS at the system level. DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS) in the browser has been disabled to avoid conflicts and maximize system-level DNS performance.

1. Register for NextDNS: https://my.nextdns.io

   • Create a configuration and save the Configuration ID (format abc123).
   • Add custom filters according to your needs; I am currently using HaGeZi - Multi PRO + hostsVN (my region list).

2. Install NextDNS:

   • Read Setup Guide on nextdns web side

3. Verify:

   # Test DNS
   nextdns status
   
   # Check on web
   # Open browser: https://test.nextdns.io

This script helps you install the configuration and manage backups automatically.

bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KabosuNeko/PerfectZen/main/neko-betterfox-linux.sh)"

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KabosuNeko/PerfectZen/main/neko-betterfox-window.ps1 | iex

1. Open the uBlock Origin Dashboard (gear icon).
2. Switch to the Settings tab.
3. Scroll down to the Backup/Restore section.
4. Select Restore from file.
5. Select the ublock-backup.txt file from this repo.

1. Disable uBlock for the site:

   • Click uBlock icon → Power button (disable for site).

2. Check NextDNS logs:

   • Access: https://my.nextdns.io/[your-id]/logs
   • Find blocked domains → Add to Allowlist.

3. Temporarily stop NextDNS:

   sudo systemctl stop nextdns
   # Test site
   sudo systemctl start nextdns

cd ~/.zen/*.default-release
mv user.js user.js.backup
# Restart Zen Browser

• NextDNS Setup Guide - Detailed instructions
• Betterfox Wiki - Settings explanation
• uBlock Origin Guide - uBlock documentation

• Betterfox by yokoffing - Base user.js configuration
• NextDNS - DNS-level privacy & security
• uBlock Origin - Efficient content blocker
• Zen Browser - Firefox-based privacy browser

Note: This is a configuration for personal needs. Please read and adjust the configuration files to suit your requirements before applying.