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Which is your favorite Firefox fork? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@programming.dev

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There are a few nowadays

Firefox vanilla
Librewolf: https://librewolf.net/
Arkenfox: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
Floorp: https://floorp.app/en
Zen browser (similar to Arc): https://www.zen-browser.app/

Which one is your favorite, and why?

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Librewolf - Because it's independent, focused on privacy, security and freedom.

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Librewolf, though I don't really consider it a fork, more like a repackaged FireFox with sensible defaults. So far it's been great and I hope it stays around for a while.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago

Librewolf is a build script and build system with custom configs.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago

I don't know much about them, I just use vanilla and pay attention to any new features I might want to disable. I think my threat model trusts Mozilla more than these unknown third party folk.

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm a Waterfox user.

No particular reason. It doesn't have much fluff and it works well. That's all I ask for in a browser.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about the MullVad browser? I'm really liking it so far, been using it as my daily driver for a bit now, it's rad!

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Its not Torbrowser but built from it. I see no place for it in my browsing behavior.

Librewolf with Cookie deletion, containers etc over a VPN makes more sense for me.

[–] slym@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Right now i’m with Floorp , but I jump from fork to fork often. I’ll probably give a shot to librewolf soon

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

Librewolf on Linux, Mull (not Mullvad Browser) on Android

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Librewolf desktop, Mull mobile.

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~What's mull mobile?~~

Mull (Privacy oriented web browser) https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/

[–] kenkenken@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago

Tor Browser.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

On mobile? Mull. I don't bother with forks on the desktop.

[–] sparkle@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Floorp

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

What a name 🤣

[–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pale moon :3

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

LOL

(I hope you dont use that daily, it is damn insecure)

[–] madeindjs@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you refer to this?

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

Crazy shit but no, I refer to them using simply an outdated Firefox with no humanpower to reasonably maintain that while not adopting any new standard like MV2

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for mentioning this. I‘ll check some out. Which one is yours?

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

I have Firefox, Floorp and Librewolf. They all have their perks and are solid options

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Currently I'm residing with LibreWolf, only recently migrated away from standard FF after Mozilla announced their ad shenanigans..

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Currently I'm residing with LibreWolf, only recently migrated away from standard FF after Mozilla announced their ad shenanigans..

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

I main Mullvad on desktop and Mull for mobile. They are not related. You get used to it.

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 0 points 11 months ago

Floorp. Librewolf got too annoying having to change settings to fullscreen, set google as the default search engine, sites breaking, and all for benefits i never see.

Floorp has the convenient sidebar, side by side tabs, and it Just Works