#FirefoxForks

Henry Fisherhenry@techlore.tv
2025-04-22

8 Must-Try Alternatives to Firefox

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Eric Maugendreeric@social.coop
2025-05-02

@echo_xc
There are Firefox forks with Brave-level privacy. They include Waterfox and Librewolf. They choose less features than Vivaldi.

Here is the browser scene by Mastodon participants: techhub.social/@estelle/114377

#browsers #browsersUsage #Firefox #FirefoxForks #nonUS #nonAligned #EuropeanAlternatives #webDev

I absolutely love the compact mode that comes with zen browser (fork of firefox). Look at this side by side comparison of both Zen (left) and Librewolf (right, more direct fork of firefox). I really love that the tool bar is hidden on the left in an autohide mode.

#zenbrowser #librewolf #firefoxforks

A screenshot of someone using both zen browser (left) and librewolf browser (right) side by side on macbook. On both pages, they're viewing the elk frontend for mastodon and GoToSocial.

Zenbrowser doesn't have a tool or title bar at the top, so the webpage takes up all the room from top to bottom of the screen. You can see less on the right side for librewolf (which is a more direct firefox fork) because of the url/tool bar, plus the tab/title bar. On the left (zenbrowser), you can see the full post, plus the date and amount of replies, boosts, favorites and bookmark status. On the right (librewolf), it cuts off the date and buttons, since you lose like three lines of viewable space.

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@astian Appreciate you going cross-platform. Most people need a recommendation like, "Just install ____" and it needs to be available for their platform, on their app store, preconfigured with #privacy-respecting defaults out of the box. Telling them this browser on mobile, that one on desktop, but install #uBlockOrigin, change search engine, etc. is too much - they'll just remain on Chrome or Edge!

BTW, I hope you are able to release #Midori on @fdroidorg and @flathub this year : )

#freesoftware #mozilla #firefox #firefoxforks #webbrowsers #foss #softwarefreedom #opensource #flatpak #flathub #fdroid #crossplatform

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:rl_dane@polymaths.social
2025-03-03

@travisfw

Do any of the #FirefoxForks have an alternative to firefox sync?

It's kinda pointless to use a firefox fork, but still have your data on Mozilla's servers, n'est-ce pas? :/

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