Comparison

Reddit Enhancement Suite vs Old

Reddit Enhancement Suite and Old both land on Depends.

Reddit Enhancement Suite

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Use it only if you browse old.reddit.com daily and want free night mode, endless scroll, filtering, and multi-account switching.

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Old

old.reddit.com

Depends

Confidence: Low

Old Reddit is a free settings toggle, not a purchase . use it if you want Reddit's fast, dense classic interface on desktop; skip it if you live on mobile or the modern app.

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Reddit Enhancement Suite versus Old
Compare	Reddit Enhancement Suite	Old
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Old Reddit power users	Desktop power users
Who it's not for	New Reddit UI users . RES only works on old Reddit	Mobile-first users . this is desktop web only
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^²	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹³
Support quality	Community subreddits only, no company support	No support evidence found
Public sentiment	Longtime users love the feature set but increasingly complain it is unmaintained and breaks with Reddit and browser changes.^⁵	Long-time Reddit users consistently favor old Reddit's classic interface, while newcomers mostly stick with the default.^⁹
Biggest gotcha	Effectively unmaintained: users report over a year without updates, so expect breakage.^⁶	Reddit makes no commitment to keeping the legacy interface alive; it could shrink or vanish¹²

Pick Reddit Enhancement Suite when

Old Reddit power users
Multi-account Redditors
Dark-mode and endless-scroll fans
Open-source fans

When Reddit Enhancement Suite is not a fit

New Reddit UI users . RES only works on old Reddit
Mobile-only Reddit users . it's a desktop browser extension
Anyone expecting maintained, supported software
Teams or businesses . this is a personal browsing tool

Pick Old when

Desktop power users
Long-time Redditors wanting density
Moderators using legacy mod tools
Anyone nostalgic for old-internet forums

When Old is not a fit

Mobile-first users . this is desktop web only
Newcomers expecting the modern Reddit experience
Buyers comparing paid software . it's free, wrong category

Sources

Reddit Enhancement Suite . official siteredditenhancementsuite.com
official
honestbleeps/Reddit-Enhancement-Suite (GitHub)github.com
official
Reddit Enhancement Suite . Chrome Web Storechromewebstore.google.com
official
PCWorld reviewpcworld.com
review
r/Enhancement community subredditreddit.com
review
RES has not had an update in over a year (Reddit)reddit.com
review
Mozilla Add-ons blog featureaddons.mozilla.org
news
Bugzilla: crash on long pages with images enabledbugzilla.mozilla.org
security
why the old reddit is better than new reddit? : r/AskRedditreddit.com
review
What is the difference between old.reddit.com ...reddit.com
review
People who have used Reddit for more than 10 years, what ...reddit.com
review
Redditen.wikipedia.org
official
Security pageold.reddit.com
security