Official website (https://www.waterfox.com/)
Waterfox
Sign in to saveWaterfox is a free and open-source web browser and fork of Firefox. It claims to be ethical and user-centric, emphasizing performance and privacy. There are official Waterfox releases for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android. It was created in 2012 to provide official 64-bit support when Firefox was only available for 32-bit systems.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Waterfox
- Software.logo
- Waterfox logo 2020 (vectorized).svg
- Software.screenshot
- Waterfox in Wikipedia.png
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of Waterfox G6.0.5 running on Windows 10, showing the Main Page of the English Wikipedia
- Software.author
- Alexandros Kontos
- Software.developer
- Alexandros Kontos, BrowserWorks Ltd.
- Software.latest preview version
- G6.0 Beta 5
- Software.programming language
- C, C++, CSS, JavaScript, XUL
- Software.engine
- Gecko, SpiderMonkey
- Software.platform
- x64, ARM64, PPC64LE
- Software.genre
- Web browser, mobile web browser, feed reader
- Software.license
- MPL-2.0
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Source code
Waterfox is an open-source, privacy focused browser based on the popular open source browser with a red panda as a mascot. It is designed to be a drop-in replacement for said browser that offers enhanced privacy features, performance improvements, and customizability while maintaining compatibility with existing extensions. Key Features Privacy-focused : Removal of telemetry and tracking, with bare minimum of data collection for operation. Performance-oriented : Optimized for modern systems Customizable : Support for classic and modern extensions Cross-platform : Available for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android Modern : Regular updates to stay current with web standards You can download the latest stable version of Waterfox from our official website. For instructions on how to build Waterfox from source, please see our Build Guide. We welcome contributions from the community! Please see our Contributing Guide for details on how to get started.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.waterfox.com
- Image
- Waterfox in Wikipedia.png
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- software version identifier
- 6.6.12
- source code repository URL
- github.com/BrowserWorks/Waterfox
- social media followers
- 13029
- official blog URL
- www.waterfox.net/blog
- FAQ URL
- www.waterfox.net/docs/faq
- name
- Waterfox
- Commons category
- Waterfox
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Waterfox is a free and open-source web browser and fork of Firefox. It claims to be ethical and user-centric, emphasizing performance and privacy. There are official Waterfox releases for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android. It was created in 2012 to provide official 64-bit support when Firefox was only available for 32-bit systems.
==Divisions== ===Waterfox=== Waterfox shares core features and technologies like the Gecko browser engine and support for Firefox Add-ons with Firefox. It is also compatible with Google Chrome and Opera extensions. It disables telemetry by default, which is present in Firefox builds. However, it collects technical information about the user's device to update properly.