No module for Firefox - Tahaan/proxymanager GitHub Wiki

Mozilla Firefox does not allow external manipulation of its Proxy configuration settings (or for that matter any other settings) in a dynamic manner. As a result ProxyManager does not have a module for FireFox.

Below are three possible workarounds for Firefox.

Option 1. Firefox Proxy management Ad-on.

A number of ad-ons exist that allows a user to more easily switch, enable or disable the Firefox proxy configuration. "QuickProxy", available from the Mozilla ad-ons page creates a button which can toggle the Firefox proxy setting. Users who move between a site where a proxy is needed, eg the network at work, and places where no proxy is needed, eg home or dial-up, may find that this kind of add-on for Firefox provides a good enough work-around.

Option 2. Proxy Auto Configuration file

A slightly more complicated solution allows for automatic Proxy setting change. This requires set up of a local Proxy PAC file which will allow Firefox to decide when to use a direct connection and when to use the proxy servers specified in the PAC file. A sample PAC file is provided here.

Option 3. Local Intermediary Proxy server

A local proxy server, such as "tinyproxy" or "polipo" or one of many others available in the default software repositories can be configured as a permanent proxy for Firefox. ProxyManager can manage the upstream or parent proxy setting for these services as part of its normal operation (currently a module for Polipo is available), which eliminates the need to manage the proxy settings of Firefox itself. The disadvantage is the same as that for running additional software (overhead, complexity, as well as any problems of the additional software itself)