clubhouse Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) Userscripts.org has been down for more than three days as of today. In case you did not know, it is a popular directory for so-called userscripts which you can install in web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome to add, change or remove functionality from websites. Even though its quality has deteriorated in recent time, it is still the go-to website for userscripts for many Internet users.Especially spam and malicious script were pushed to the website regularly, and since it did not take much to get promoted on the frontpage, often ended up being installed by users who visited the website.The userscripts.org team has not posted any information why the site is not available, which means that it could be anything from a denial of service attack over successful hacks to hardware errors or the shut down of the site.Several issues are associated with the downtime. For one, there is no mirror of the site. If it is really gone, then a lot of userscripts that were only hosted on it are gone forever.There are however alternative sites available that provide you with access to scripts. None is as big as the Userscripts.org website though which means that the selection of scripts is limited in comparison.On the other hand, those sites appear to be maintained actively which means that you will not run into spam related issues on them, at least not for now.Userscripts.org AlternativesI have reviewed GreasyFork before here on Ghacks Technology News and suggest you read the extensive review here if you have the time.The site is managed by the creator of the popular userstyles.org website. It has been created recently but features a good selection of scripts already.What I like is that you can sort scripts by domain using the interface, and that it supports core features like code reviews, a version history and feedback option.A couple of things are missing. If you want to read feedback, you need to go to another page as it is not displayed directly on the script's profile page.Besides GreasyFork, there is also OpenUserJS.org which features just a handful of scripts currently. The script directory seems to be brand new as well which may explain why the site does not list lots of scripts right now.Still, if you cannot find the script you are looking for on GreasyFork, you may want to give this one a try as it may have it listed.A third and final option that you have is to search for userscripts on search engines such as Google or Startpage. Combine a site name or feature you are looking for with .user.js to find indexed scripts.Please note that this will also list other types of pages, for instance those discussing userscripts. On another note, it is also important to be careful when it comes to downloading scripts from third-party repositories. It is a good idea to go through the code before you install any script using this method.Closing WordsThere is no 100% alternative to userscripts.org at the time of writing. If the site comes back up, someone should consider mirroring all the scripts that it is hosting just for the case that it will go down again in the future. A program like Httrack can do so.http://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/09/userscripts-org-good-alternatives/ps: The last time I checked the domain was avalible for sale....Seems 100'000s of scripts have gone forever :( Edited May 10, 2014 by clubhouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don2 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 The last time I checked the domain was avalible for sale....Seems 100'000s of scripts have gone foreverfeels the same ....checking daily no hope :sadwalk: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbada Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) Very sad its gone :( userscripts.org was the best shortcut to get around the web may be gone but not forgottenstill there is a way to get the userscripts off themthe way is to access snapshot of the site was made 29th april 2014 hereuse web.archive.org/web/20140429035354/ on front of yer userscript INSTALL link to get yer userscript or otherwise it will point to userscripts.org which is not there, the search there will also point to userscripts.org and logins wont work either. so remember its a snapshot of the site not the real one, i'd use tags to search its not the best solution but its something. ^_^ Edited May 10, 2014 by bubbada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 It's very odd, but things happen. Go ask him yourself :D http://www.linkedin.com/in/anotherjesseTry here http://wiki.greasespot.net/User_Script_Hosting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Perhaps he's ill or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 That's what I was thinking. Hope he's ok and able to bring the site back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alhaitham Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 This was in a commenthttp://userscripts.org:8080/It is working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Was just about to post that, I saw it at Wilders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alhaitham Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Was just about to post that, I saw it at Wilders.That was me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Top man :cheers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 The Archive team are archiving the 8080 port right now...You can see the progress here.http://archivebot.at.ninjawedding.org:4567/Its currently 5th down in the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windowsvistas Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 when will it be back any ideas <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 when will it be back any ideas <_< Use the link posted by Alhaithamhttp://userscripts.org:8080/Look at posts carefully my friend :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windowsvistas Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks for Pointing Out Clubhouse :showoff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alhaitham Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 The bad news:The 8080 port is not working anymoreThe good news:There is a mirror site that was also in a comment herehttp://userscripts-mirror.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 The bad news:The 8080 port is not working anymoreThe good news:There is a mirror site that was also in a comment herehttp://userscripts-mirror.org/Excellent, I hope they do get the search function running though, its a nightmare otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alhaitham Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 @clubhouseYou can use google searchFor example, if you want "uso Count Issues", search forsite:userscripts.org uso Count IssuesIt will give you thisuserscripts.org/scripts/show/69307Then convert it to thisuserscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/69307.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alhaitham Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) From a comment herehttp://userscripts.org:8080/Is back Edited June 12, 2014 by Alhaitham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 From a comment herehttp://userscripts.org:8080/Is backExcellent news :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbada Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) has anyone been uploading their new scripts on another site yet? Edited June 16, 2014 by bubbada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) edit: double post Edited July 25, 2014 by clubhouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Now the 8080 version seems to be down and out...http://www.webextender.net/scripts.htmlIs collecting scripts, so far 40,200 and growing....Info from:Last post (currently)https://greasyfork.org/forum/discussion/150/userscripts-org-is-down-but/p2Edit this guy is trying to avoid adding malscripts and has also enabled the search feature. Edited July 25, 2014 by clubhouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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