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{{Short description|Program usually written in JavaScript for modifying web pages}}

{{for|use of userscripts on Wikipedia|Wikipedia:User scripts|selfref=y}}

A '''userscript''' (or '''user script''') is a program, usually written in [[JavaScript]], for modifying [[web pagespage]]s<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-26 |title=User script |url=https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/u/userscri.htm |access-date=2017-08-19 |website=Computer Hope Dictionary |publisher=Computer Hope |quote=script that is run in a Web browser to make live changes to a Web page. These scripts are oftentimes used to add some functionality to a page or to change its appearance. These are typically written in JavaScript, but can be written in other languages as well.}}</ref> to [[augmented browsing|augment browsing]]. Uses include adding shortcut buttons and keyboard shortcuts, controlling playback speeds, adding features to sites, and enhancing the [[browsing history]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=userScripts - Mozilla &#124; MDN |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/userScripts |website=developer.mozilla.org |access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref>

On desktop browsers such as Firefox, userscripts are enabled by use of a [[userscript manager]] [[browser extension]] such as [[Tampermonkey]] or [[Greasemonkey]]. The Presto-based Opera-supported userscripts (referred to as User JavaScript<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-02 |title=User JavaScript |url=https://www.opera.com/docs/userjs/ |access-date=2017-08-31 |website=[[Opera.com]] |publisher=[[Opera.com]] |quote=User JavaScript allows you to specify local JavaScript files for Opera to include on every page that you visit.}}</ref>) are placed in a designated directory. Userscripts are often referred to as [[Greasemonkey]] scripts, named after the original userscript manager for Firefox.

On Wikipedia, a [[Wikipedia:User scripts|user scripts]] feature is enabled for registered users that allows them to install userscripts to augment editing and viewing of the encyclopedia's pages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Broughton |first=John |title=Wikipedia: The Missing Manual |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0596515164 |page=[https://archive.org/details/wikipediamissing00brou_0/page/401 401] |chapter=Chapter 21: Easier Editing with JavaScript |quote=You can customize Wikipedia in ways that make your editing easier with ''user scripts'', which are written in JavaScript code. |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/wikipediamissing00brou_0/page/401 |chapter-url-access=registration}}</ref>

== Userscript managers ==