null-dev / firefox-profile-switcher-connector

Native connector software for the 'Profile Switcher for Firefox' extension.

Profile Switcher for Firefox Native Connector

The native component of the Profile Switcher for Firefox extension. Written in Rust.

Code quality

Please forgive the messy code as I wrote this as practice to help me learn Rust 😅.

firefox-profile-switcher-connector's Issues

Feature request: Support Firefox Forks

I think it'd be great if this supported Firefox forks. I was hoping to use this with LibreWolf on my Fedora 35 install (KDE/Wayland), kept getting "Setup incomplete!" in the add-on and found out that it only works in Firefox.

Starts new instances in Rossetta on M1 macs

When I open a new profile on an M1 Mac the Firefox instance is running with Intel emulation. I'd expect it to be running natively. My original Firefox instance is running natively.

The ff-pswitch-connector on my machine is X86_64.

% file /usr/local/bin/ff-pswitch-connector
/usr/local/bin/ff-pswitch-connector: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

How do i remove the native component ?

I would like to reinstall the extension and could not find any documentation on how to uninstall the binary part

Unable to use extension with LibreWolf

I've followed the instructions given here but the extension still says that setup is incomplete. The browser console shows this error message:

OS: Artix Linux 6.0.7.artix1-1
LibreWolf-bin 106.0.4-1 (AUR)
firefox-profile-switcher-connector-bin 0.1.1-1 (AUR)

Has this been compromised? Upgrade request out of the blue!

I got a request to update this from profile switcher. As I see there are no updates to the code recently then I think this has been exploited and should be blocked

Problem compiling for NixOS

Hi. I am having problems compiling for NixOS.
I am getting the following error messages:

error: failed to run custom build command for `nng-sys v1.4.0-rc.0`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `/home/jefferson/workspace/firefox-profile-switcher-connector/target/release/build/nng-sys-cc321bf4e0b088b8/build-script-build` (exit status: 101)
  --- stdout
  cargo:rustc-cfg=try_from
  CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE = None
  CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE = None
  CMAKE_GENERATOR_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CMAKE_GENERATOR_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CMAKE_GENERATOR = None
  CMAKE_GENERATOR = None
  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = None
  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = None
  CMAKE_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CMAKE_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CMAKE = None
  CMAKE = None
  running: "cmake" "/home/jefferson/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/nng-sys-1.4.0-rc.0/nng" "-DNNG_TESTS=OFF" "-DNNG_TOOLS=OFF" "-DNNG_ENABLE_STATS=OFF" "-DNNG_ENABLE_TLS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/jefferson/workspace/firefox-profile-switcher-connector/target/release/build/nng-sys-d6d52e806f81ce06/out" "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS= -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -m64" "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/run/current-system/sw/bin/cc" "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS= -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -m64" "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/run/current-system/sw/bin/c++" "-DCMAKE_ASM_FLAGS= -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -m64" "-DCMAKE_ASM_COMPILER=/run/current-system/sw/bin/cc" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
  -- Configuring for NNG version 1.4.0
  -- Building static libs.
  -- Configuring done
  -- Generating done
  -- Build files have been written to: /home/jefferson/workspace/firefox-profile-switcher-connector/target/release/build/nng-sys-d6d52e806f81ce06/out/build
  running: "cmake" "--build" "." "--target" "install" "--config" "Release" "--parallel" "12"
  Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target nng
  [  0%] Linking C static library libnng.a

  --- stderr
  make: warning: -j12 forced in submake: resetting jobserver mode.
  Error running link command: No such file or directory
  make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/nng.dir/build.make:1426: libnng.a] Error 2
  make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:723: CMakeFiles/nng.dir/all] Error 2
  make: *** [Makefile:156: all] Error 2
  thread 'main' panicked at '
  command did not execute successfully, got: exit status: 2

  build script failed, must exit now', /home/jefferson/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/cmake-0.1.48/src/lib.rs:975:5
  note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
error: build failed

Any advise on how to fix the problem?

Also, is there any chance you could provide an AppImage version of the connector?

Thanks a lot.

macos support

What is currently missing for macos support? (except signing the executable)
I am also happy to take a look and create a pull request, but I would appreciate some hints on the current state then 👍

BitDefender detects v0.0.8 of firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe as RAZY malware.

Probably a false-positive given the lower than usual hit-rate, but BitDefender (and at least one other engine) is flagging (and quarantining) v0.0.8 of the firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe as a virus.

OS: Windows 11 Ent. (v10.0.220000)

Worth looking into the reason for the detection and flagging it with BitDefender as a false positive if so?
https://www.bitdefender.com/submit

Unfortunately I don't have enough Rust experience to assist on this one.

The file C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\FirefoxProfileSwitcher\native-connector\firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe is infected with Gen:Variant.Razy.985422 and was moved to quarantine. It is recommended that you run a System Scan to make sure your system is clean.

Configure Profile Switcher to Work with Forks on MacOS

I am trying to configure this extension to work with LibreWolf on MacOS. I tried following #8 but I am unable to get it to work. I think I am symlinking the ax.nd.profile_switcher_ff.json file properly with the following command:

sudo ln -sf "$(brew ls -l firefox-profile-switcher-connector | grep -i ax.nd.profile_switcher_ff.json | head -n1)" "/Library/Application Support/librewolf/NativeMessagingHosts"/ax.nd.profile_switcher_ff.json

However, I do not think I am able to configure the profile switcher using the second steps you outlined in that issue:

mkdir -p ~/.config/firefoxprofileswitcher
echo '
{
    "browser_profile_dir": "'"$HOME"'/Application\ Support/Librewolf",
    "browser_binary": "/Applications/LibreWolf.app/Contents/MacOS/librewolf"
}
' > ~/.config/firefoxprofileswitcher/config.json

I found that it still points to the directory for Firefox profiles. Is there a different directory for the firefoxprofileswitcher on MacOS?

Puzzled by how to install. Linux Manjaro

It says "setup incomplete," but I keep coming back here. Is there another place that I should get this or is it simply a flaw.

Opening a profile that’s already open doesn’t do anything on macOS

To recreate:

1. use Firefox profile switcher to open another profile,
2. then attempt to open the profile from the original Firefox window.

What happens:
The second attempt will focus above all windows except the current Firefox window which will still have focus.

What I wish would happen:
The Firefox window with the profile I'm attempting to open will steal focus from the current profile.

Cannot switch profile

I am not sure if this is directly related with the connector itself, of not feel free to move the issue, but out of nowhere the extension stopped working, when I inspect it, it shows these errors

Is there anything what I could try to do?

Problem with profiles after installing profile-switcher-connector

Setup:
I have both normal and dev-edition FF installed. Normally both version work as expected - use multiple profiles in release version of FF via about:profiles and open dev-edition separately.

Problem:
After installing profile-switcher-connector which worked fine and i could launch separate profiles with chrome style switcher. Then i needed to use FF dev-edition which i tried to start via separate shortcut. This did not work - it briefly started with window flashing and then default profile from release FF version has opened.
After several FF restarts it appears all profiles are mixed up now.

Update:
With a bit more testing around opening profiles with an incorrect version of FF using -ProfileManager and it appears that the problem does happen without profile-switch-connector. So i must have accidentally selected incorrect profile using profile switcher.
A minor suggestion for the main extension: it could be useful to be able to hide profiles from the dropdown list.

Recent version always shows "setup incomplete" on macos

sorry, I wouldn't know where to start looking for debug logs 🤷

MSi file on Windows [alternative install?]

Hi my companies computer won't let me install the msi file due to sentinel blockage,
Is there a chance to bypass this by copying the files on whatever necessary Firefox folder? I see that the files are three of them when i open the msi with 7 zip but dunno where allocate them.
Thanks in advance.

How does it work?

Please explain in its working mechanism in the README.