Open Source Firefox Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Mozilla Firefox for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Linux alternative is Zen Browser. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Mozilla Firefox and loads of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Mozilla Firefox are Brave, Tor Browser, LibreWolf and Helium Browser.

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  1. Angelfish icon
     3 likes

    Angelfish is a modern mobile web browser. It is part of the Plasma Mobile app collection. Angelfish supports typical browser features, such as bookmarks, history, and tabs.

    168 Angelfish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Plasma Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flatpak
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  2. Liri Browser icon
     22 likes

    Open-source, cross-platform and material-design web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Papyros
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  3. Surf icon
     12 likes

    surf is a simple web browser based on WebKit2/GTK+. It is able to display websites and follow links. It supports the XEmbed protocol which makes it possible to embed it in another application. Furthermore, one can point surf to another URI by setting its XProperties.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. Nav0 icon
     3 likes

    Nav0 is a minimal Chromium-based desktop browser that deliberately omits what most browsers pile on - no AI assistant, no account or sync, no crypto wallet, no bundled VPN. Built on Electron, it targets measurably lower memory and CPU under heavy tab load than Chrome.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. A web browser with an emphasis on local-first data storage.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. BitTube browser respects your time and rewards your attention. Based on Firefox with integrated Ad blocker rewards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Carbonyl icon
     4 likes

    Carbonyl is a Chromium based browser built to run in a terminal.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. FixBrowser icon
     1 like

    FixBrowser is a truly lightweight web browser created from scratch. It intentionally doesn't support JavaScript to make things faster and much less resource intensive. Instead it contains an updated set of scripts that fix and improve various websites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Tunnel is a simplistic, minimalist web browser based on the principle that even if you don't use the internet very often, using Tunnel is probably still not a very good idea. It is one of the premier browsers for downloading other browsers, continuing the longlasting legacy...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Verso Browser icon
     2 likes

    Verso is a web browser built on top of the Servo web engine. We aim to explore embedding solutions for Servo while growing it into a mature browser one day.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. Glacier is an open-source web browser with extensive customization capabilities.

    52 Glacier Web Browser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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