Firefox-based Browsers Page 2 of 3

For when you need to use a browser powered by the same technology behind Mozilla Firefox, but you don’t want to use Firefox itself, this page will come in handy! While Mozilla Firefox is of course an excellent web browser, other browsers you may not immediately think of, such as Tor, Pale Moon, and Waterfox are also powered by Firefox. These browsers (as well as others forked from Firefox) provide different focuses, such as Tor with private browsing, and Pale Moon with support for legacy Firefox extensions.

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  1. Dot Browser icon
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    A privacy-centric web browser, with an elegant UI and a robust built-in ad blocker, all designed with anonymity in mind.

    Dot Browser screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave172 alternatives
  2. Basilisk icon
     26 likes

    Basilisk is a free and Open Source XUL-based web browser, featuring the well-known Firefox-style interface and operation. It is based on the Goanna layout and rendering engine (a fork of Gecko) and builds on the Unified XUL Platform (UXP), which in turn is a fork of the Mozilla...

    Basilisk screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave109 alternatives
  3. Pulse Browser icon
     4 likes

    An experimental Firefox fork that enhances focus and increases work productivity due to its hyper minimalistic UI and built-in tools.

    Pulse Browser screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave32 alternatives
  4. r3dfox icon
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    r3dfox is a fork of the open source web browser Mozilla Firefox made specifically for Windows Vista, 7, and 8 compatibility.

    r3dfox screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandLibreWolf iconLibreWolf3 alternatives
  5. Mozilla's official alternative to Mozilla Firefox, with ability to install unsigned addons in release version

    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave154 alternatives
  6. Mypal icon
     8 likes

    Mypal is a current and maintained Windows XP web browser. Mypal is based on Mozilla Firefox code from a couple years ago, but is still actively maintained with security and feature updates by the developer.

    Mypal screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Chromium iconChromiumandSeaMonkey iconSeaMonkey10 alternatives
  7. Iceweasel-UXP icon
     3 likes

    Historically, Iceweasel was a re-branding of Mozilla Firefox by the Debian project, with minimal modifications, in order to resolve branding disputes. Debian since discontinued Iceweasel in February of 2017 after reaching an agreement with Mozilla over the use of its trademark.

    Iceweasel-UXP screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave50 alternatives
  8. A tool to create Firefox profiles with good defaults.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Online
    • Firefox
    Firefox Profilemaker screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are LibreWolf iconLibreWolfandPulse Browser iconPulse Browser3 alternatives
  9. Abrowser icon
     4 likes

    Abrowser is Trisquel's version of Mozilla's popular web browser with the trademarked logos replaced. Replacing the trademarked logos gets rid of the trademark restriction that forbids selling the software, which would have effectively made it non-free software.

    Abrowser screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave54 alternatives
  10. Light Firefox icon
     12 likes

    Light Firefox is a light browser based on Mozilla source code. Many components are slimmed down, so it can start faster and use less memory. By default, Light can run along with Firefox. Both x86 and x64 builds are available.

    Light Firefox screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave143 alternatives
  11. Hüma Browser is a web browser developed by prioritising user freedom, transparency and originality.

    Hüma Browser screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave39 alternatives
  12. The Virtual Environment for secured and comfortable Web Browsing: On the basis of a “Browser-in-the-Box” concept a virtual machine is provided with a reduced operating system and a web browser encapsulated therein.

    Virtual Virtual machine with a tunnel to the internet
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla FirefoxandBrave iconBrave92 alternatives
  13. Firefox Ultimate is a modified and optimized version of Mozilla Mozilla Firefox .

    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla Firefox22 alternatives
  14. lawlietfox icon
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    lawlietfox is a custom Firefox build. The purpose of lawlietfox is providing better performance than official builds.

    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla Firefox22 alternatives
  15. pcxfirefox icon
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    pcxfirefox is a custom Firefox build, its project purpose is improving Firefox's performance and keeping a certain stability. Testing the popular compilers' overall performance.

    Best alternatives are Mozilla Firefox iconMozilla Firefox22 alternatives