What are the best browsers not based on Chromium?

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The Best 1 of 16 OptionsWhy?

Best browsers not based on Chromium	Price	Browser Engine	License
91 LibreWolf	FOSS	Gecko	Open Source (Mozilla Public License Version 2.0)
83 Pale Moon	FOSS	Goanna (Gecko-fork), SpiderMonkeys	Open Source (MPL-2.0)
81 Mozilla Firefox	FREE	Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)	OpenSource (MPL-2.0)
-- GNOME Web (Epiphany)	FOSS	WebKit	GPLv3+
79 Safari	-	WebKit	Proprietary

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Pale Moon

Top Con

Pale Moon is based on very outdated Firefox code

Although it is based on old Firefox code, it is still useful, just without Web RTC. See More

Top Pro

Independent from Google and Mozilla

Pale Moon is an independent fork of an older version of Firefox. Therefore, it is independent from Mozilla and are not affected by their terrible decisions such as removing XUL, adding telemetry, pocket, etc. See More

DiplomaticVagitanus's Experience

would not work with many web sites such as banking sites or other secure sites; would not show log in areas. Support Forum not helpful at all; mostly sarcastic. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Goanna (Gecko-fork), SpiderMonkeys

License:Open Source (MPL-2.0)

Based On:Mozilla Firefox ESR

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

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Top Con

Lead developer loves Cloudflare and hates Tor

Website is cloudflared and he thinks most sites should be hostile towards tor. See More

Top Pro

Has its own add-on ecosystem, built on time-tested technologies such as XUL (plus JS and CSS) and XPCOM

"Classic" Firefox add-ons can work, but they are not supported and should be updated or forked to become a Pale Moon add-on. See More

ExuberantAngitia's Experience

Runs very well in Bodhi on older PCs, (laptops - mine has a quad core Intel Atom and 2GB DDr3) See More

Top Con

Unsecure

Pale Moon lacks the sandboxing and other privacy protecting features included in latest Firefox releases. See More

Top Pro

Has its own library of legacy extensions

FascinatingProteus's Experience

Great! The only browser I use. See More

Top Con

Does Not support Web RTC

Moonchild Productions declared on their forum that they are not wanting to add Web RTC in Pale Moon, at least for now. Web RTC is essential for Video Calls, Online Photo/Video Capture, and all webcam-based websites. See More

Top Pro

Support for GTK themes

Pale Moon supports your GTK theme while Firefox does not. See More

Md Nasim's Experience

i don't use this browser See More

Top Con

Lacks some HTML 5 Features

As of Pale Moon 29.3.0, it is scored 431 in html5test.com. Goanna is a fork of Gecko, but its developer did not add more features to it. See More

Top Pro

Light on resources, although it's not its main focus

AmbitiousDagon's Experience

It is slow and outdated meaning that there are probably have vulnerbilities See More

Top Con

Outdated rendering engine

It is an really old fork of Gecko that misses many of the newer web features. See More

Top Pro

Support for existing web standards

VigorousXmucane's Experience

Very fast and very privacy focused Guide to tweak it --> https://spyware.neocities.org/guides/palemoon.html See More

Top Con

WebAssembly enabled by default

Top Pro

Respects your privacy

Contains no spyware. Chrome and Firefox have an immense amount of spyware. See More

KnowledgeableMelpomene's Experience

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Top Con

Pale Moon's website is cloudflared

Top Pro

Optimized for modern processors

CalmAkaManah's Experience

Great and light weight browser, especially on android. See More

Top Con

Modern extensions library

Could use more active extension development and backports of modern extensions. See More

Top Pro

Customizable

FearlessPhobetor's Experience

Their website is not even responsive... lol See More

Top Con

Windows and Linux only

Moonchild dropped Android support after Pale moon 25. See More

Top Pro

Good community support

WorthyAdrestia's Experience

lack of security and privacy when compared to its foundation that is a firefox. This browser is built on a very outdated firefox with some slight modifications this can very dangerous if used for most activities See More

Top Con

Lacks popular extensions and adblockers

It doesn't have umatrix. See More

Top Pro

Open source

So we can verify that the browser is not spyware. See More

Top Pro

Stable

Top Pro

Designed for usability, not the shiny new things

Top Pro

Very Independent

It isn't controlled by Google nor Mozilla, has its own engine. See More

Top Pro

Supports complete themes

Pale Moon supports complete themes, something which Firefox used to have before version 57. See More

Top Pro

Uses Goanna layout engine

Unlike most other browsers, Pale Moon uses its custom engine. See More

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Mozilla Firefox

Top Pro

Free, open source and community driven

Firefox is available as a free download. All Mozilla software is licensed under the Mozilla Public License. Instructions on how to obtain the source code can be found here. See More

Top Con

Some built-in advertising

With their new "pocket" feature, they offer advertisements built-in. However, it can be turned off. See More

TranquilMelinoe's Experience

Their multi-process thing drains the hell out of my pc........I hate it. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)

License:OpenSource (MPL-2.0)

Based On:Netscape>Mozilla Suite

Default Search Engine:Google

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Top Pro

A lot of add-ons

An enormous number of add-ons. See More

Top Con

Uses Google as its default search engine

Which is pretty ironic for a browser that's focused on "privacy". See More

CheerfulAdroa's Experience

As long as I can change the search from Google to any other search engine, I would recommend Firefox as a good browser See More

Top Pro

Built-in privacy protection

Blocks tracking cookies, finger print scanners and Cryptominers by default. Can be changed to the user's individual needs. See More

Top Con

Has Google and Amazon items baked in that can't be deactivated/removed

DynamicIxpiyacoc's Experience

while librewolf is better privacy wise, much better, its just horrible in any other thing than privacy, the ui and how to download the browser. update it, and pretty much everything non privacy related is a complete headache. See More

Top Pro

Fast

With new integrations focused on security and performance, Firefox is faster and less likely to have problems during use than ever before. See More

Top Con

Installs Addons with updates

Mozilla is installing/integrating addons with every update like the Mr. Robot promotion - it also has integrated Pocket that spams you every time you open the browser or a new tab with partners of Pocket. See More

NiceGbadu's Experience

best web browser on PC, not so much on android. See More

Top Pro

Dark theme

Beyond the toolbar and tabs, it darkens UI elements such as the URL-bar, pop-downs, new-tab page and more. See More

Top Con

Is very desparately trying to be Chrome 2

ComposedNjorun's Experience

Pushed to another browser after chrome cucked all its users out of ad blockers. Firefox worked, was fine, no problems. See More

Top Pro

Syncs between devices

Firefox Sync is an optional feature in Firefox that allows syncing bookmarks, passwords, and add-ons between devices. See More

Top Con

No protection from malicious Addons

Firefox pretends to care about user privacy, yet it does not protect the user from malicious addons, Firefox - like every other browser just asks the user to decide whether to install an addon that has access to all of their data - which is the definition of hypocrisy and irresponsibility. See More

SupportiveAmeNoUzume's Experience

Been using it since it was in beta, which was during my high school years a lifetime ago. Never had any major issues with this browser, the bandwagon for chrome didn't attract me much. I prefer non chromium based stuff and lots of customization/extensions/privacy focused stuff so it's perfect for me. See More

Top Pro

Respects your privacy

Mozilla is one of the first browsers that advocates privacy. They believe that internet should be in the user's control and not those who run the websites, and so they give tools inside the browser to make the user be more in control. See More

Top Con

Extremely ugly Post-Firefox 89

Simplicity at the cost of Performance is NOT how a Browser should be built See More

UnderstandingWerethekau's Experience

Best alternative to a chromium based browser! See More

Top Pro

Android version allows installation of addons

Unlike other browsers, Mozilla uses almost the same codebase as with the desktop version so extensions work as-is without code modifications - something other browsers cannot do due to their breaking and sometimes unrelated code branches to the mainline desktop branch. See More

Top Con

Updates break user settings, tweaks, and Chrome css continuously

AwarePinikir's Experience

Trying to be Chrome/Chromium free. Been using Firefox since it was in beta back in the early 2000's. Not the fastest but still plenty useful. You do have to go into settings to turn off some features that may be considered privacy issues. It's Facebook container add on is probably my favorite feature. See More

Top Pro

Awesome customizability

Great library of add-ons. See More

Top Con

Now requires obligatory use of snap

Alex's Experience

Gecko all the way See More

Top Pro

Ethical and pragmatic company mission

The Mozilla Manifesto outlines the company's mission and principles. Paraphrasing, they want the Internet to be a free and open resource, and to enable individuals to get the best use of that resource. They do this by creating open source software to which anyone may contribute, so long as such contributions fit with their principles (both ethical and technical). See More

Top Con

New icon looks ugly

EarnestImentet's Experience

Best internet browser ever! See More

Top Pro

One of the few browsers not using Chrome's Blink engine

Firefox uses its own rendering engine (called Gecko), instead of Google-controlled Blink like the vast majority of other browsers. See More

Top Con

False positives in virus-scanner

All Downloads in Firefox are scanned for viruses, but there are a lot of false positives. See More

AmbitiousDagon's Experience

Its open source meaning anyone can see its source code if there is not backdoors See More

Top Pro

Automatically updated

Firefox is automatically updated on the platforms where it makes sense. See More

Top Con

Partial dark mode

Bookmark, context menu, etc. are not themed. See More

ResoluteLeto's Experience

fire is is now google go to about:config and type in google and see for youself See More

Top Pro

Tagging bookmarks

Firefox is one of the few browsers that you can tag your bookmarks. You can view a list of tags and can search your bookmarks in the address bar with tags. See More

Top Con

Terrible user interface

And you can't even fix it anymore because they removed XUL. See More

JoyousNinurta's Experience

it is now called google firefox See More

Top Pro

High performance

The Firefox Quantum update (FF57) greatly increases the render speed and general performance of the browser, by taking better advantage of the user's hardware. See More

Top Con

Cannot directly translate page

Unlike Google Chrome, if you visit a website with a different language, you cannot translate it, which is a bad user experience for some. See More

SpontaneousWosret's Experience

Comes with some questionable software by default, but most can easily be disabled/enabled. Easily the most usable non-chromium browser out there. See More

Top Pro

Really independent browser

Top Con

Multi-profile is not user friendly

Multi profile require commandline -no remote to use and open about:profiles to create manually (on Chrome, you can instantly create them on right top user button). See More

WorthyAdrestia's Experience

respects our privacy and it is a open source with many features not enough it also has a very good html5 support See More

Top Pro

Easy screenshots without extensions

Within the browser itself, you can easily take screenshots and save them to your computer. See More

Top Con

Due to forced snap requirement doesn't work with KeepassXC any more and becomes slow (to boot)

DebonairImentet's Experience

Excelente! Con muchos agregados de seguridad y eliminadores de publicidad indeseada, ágil y rápido. Para mí el mejor See More

Top Pro

Uses less resources

Firefox 57 (Quantum) and newer uses less resources than ever. It is proven with benchmark done by AppleInsider. See More

Top Con

Sometimes very buggy and slow

On sites like twitch.tv chat scrolling is still not fixed. Compared to other browsers Firefox is still very slow and feels sluggish. See More

LogicalAlcyone's Experience

very good but pls remove it to be a search for every web visit! See More

Top Pro

Very secure

Top Con

Integration of various addons that are impossible for user to remove (e.g. Pocket)

Top Pro

Strong developer tool

The built-in developer tools have been merged with the popular FireBug extension since FF57. See More

Top Con

UX is more and more unfriendly

Top Pro

Mobile

Firefox has a solid mobile app. See More

Top Con

Doesn’t support multiple languages for spell check

If you write in multiple languages, you need to manually switch the spell check language. See More

Top Pro

Firefox Lockwise password management

Helps store your usernames and passwords. Lockwise also lets you know if any of the sites you have login details for have had their (and potentially your) data leaked! See More

Top Con

Uses GTK on Linux/BSD

This makes the integration on non-GTK Desktop Environments very hard. See More

Top Pro

Good font rasterizing

Font rasterizing on Windows is much better than in competitors. Even smaller text is clear and contrast. See More

Top Con

Lack of keyboard shortcuts customization

Keyboard shortcuts can not be changed in a user-friendly way. It is also difficult to manipulate addons with hotkeys. See More

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Firefox scores strongly on HTML5 feature support Though not as strongly as Chromium/Chrome browsers do. See More

Top Con

When you search in a website (Ctrl + F) there are no marks appearing in the right scrollbar

All Chromium based browsers have this feature. See More

Top Pro

Reader view

Reader View in Firefox allows users to read an article without any distractions by removing ads, unrelated elements and other distractive objects (similar to Microsoft Edge's Reading Mode and Safari's reader mode). See More

Top Con

GTK Themes styles the HTML forms

If you're in Linux and you use a dark GTK theme that uses white text and come to a webpage that forces black text on html-forms buttons you will get black buttons with unreadable black text. See More

Top Pro

Installed by default on many Linux distributions

Many Linux distributions come preinstalled with Mozilla Firefox. See More

Top Con

Copyleft license

Cannot redistribute binary after source code modification; app developers must release derivative projects as open source. See More

Top Pro

About:config

Master about:config and uBlock Origin, and all Firefox-based browsers will be yours. See More

Top Pro

Firefox experiments

FF experiments are Mozilla projects available from FF Test Pilot, such as Firefox Colour, witch lets you customise your browser theme to your liking! See More

Top Pro

Reader View

Reader View in Firefox allows users to read an article without any distractions by removing ads, unrelated elements and other distractive objects (similar to Microsoft Edge's Reading Mode and Safari's reader mode). See More

Top Pro

Lower memory fingerprint than competitors

Firefox used to be a trailer in memory usage, but as of 2017 it's less hungry for memory than competitors like Edge, Chrome, Safari and Opera. See More

Top Pro

HTML5 video preload

The only web browser that only preloads entire HTML5 video which is useful for slow internet. See More

Top Pro

Anti WEI

Firefox and the entire Mozilla team are openly against the addition to Google's proposed Web Environment Integrity API. See More

Top Pro

Fast bookmark management

In order to add an open page to the bookmark bar, the tab can be dragged down and is added immediately. See More

Top Pro

Text-to-speech (with adjustable speed) without add-ons

Firefox Reader Mode includes Narrate, a feature that adds text-to-speech functionality to the browser. See More

Top Pro

Integration with Pocket

Firefox comes with built-in Pocket integration that can allow users to quickly save the article for a read it later function to easily find any articles saved in Pocket from various sources and devices. See More

Top Pro

Firefox Lockwise Password Management

Helps store your usernames and passwords. Lockwise also lets you know if any of the sites you have login details for have had their (and potentially your) data leaked! See More

Top Pro

WebRender

The newer versions of it will soon use WebRender to render webpages, which'll make it much more efficient by utilizing GPU to paint webpages. See More

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Safari

Top Pro

Works elegantly in OSX

The rendering of the pages and the browser compatibility with OSX works smoothly, when compared to other browsers. Also you get very high battery life with Safari, when compared to Chrome. See More

Top Con

OSX only

Apple dropped Windows support after Safari 5. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:WebKit

License:Proprietary

Based On:N/A

Default Search Engine:Google

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Top Pro

Extremely fast

Top Con

Proprietary

While Safari er is currently available gratis (without monetary charge) on Mac OS X, it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefore neither free nor open-source software. See More

Top Pro

iCloud syncing

Tabs, passwords, bookmarks and, history all sync across devices. See More

Top Con

Does NOT block ads

Doesn't block ads, unlike browsers like Brave and Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

Sleek design

– No distraction stuff like favicons in tabs, all that borders, bevels and embosses in panels like in other browsers, no ugly shaped tabs. – Neat adress bar. – Good looking start “show all tabs” screen. See More

Top Con

Outdated Rendering engine

All other browsers and toolkits (Qt/GTK) have shifted to Googles Blink-fork of KHTML/Webkit so Apple is currently the only main contributor left. See More

Top Pro

Safari uses Webkit, a great open source web engine

Webkit is very light compared to Blink, renders web pages at an incredible speed, great CSS support and is also constantly evolving. See More

Top Con

Poor support for new web technologies

Safari usually takes its time when it comes to adopting new and useful web technologies meaning that the user gets an inferior experience compared to other modern browsers. See More

Top Con

Terrible support for open source formats like .VP9 or .ogg

Apple does not support open source formats. Instead, they use H.264 and H.265. See More

Top Con

Even on OSX not the best Experience

Video controls are bad esp. on youtube. Only few browser extensions. See More

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GNU IceCat

Top Con

Not up to date

Latest binary is still version 60.7 ESR and was last updated over a year ago. See More

Top Pro

No spyware

10Meisterbälle's Experience

Outdated See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Gecko

License:OpenSource

Top Con

Mainly just an old Firefox

It is mainly a renamed older version of Firefox that comes preinstalled with some extensions. See More

Top Pro

Made by idealists

It is part of the GNU Project. See More

ToughHilaera's Experience

don't offer prebuilt windows/macos binaries See More

Top Con

Gecko based

It is still based on Mozilla Firefox and its engine. Some Firefox like web browsers are based on Goanna (Gecko's Fork). See More

ExpertMaderakka's Experience

don't offer prebuilt windows/macos binaries See More

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w3m

Top Con

Steep learning curve

Being a terminal web browser w3m has a certain learning curve because you need to learn the keystrokes and different commands. See More

K-Meleon

Top Pro

Doesn't spy on you

Top Con

Dead

Ended in 2016. See More

EagerEnkimdu's Experience

Doesn't spy on you. Which makes it faster on some websites. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Goanna (Gecko-fork)

Based On:Mozilla Firefox ESR

Top Pro

Native

Top Pro

Fast and lightweight

Light on memory footprint: the smallest RAM amount used among all the modern browsers. Fastest application startup. Very responsive. Invaluable on the older and low-end hardware. See More

Top Pro

Secure and fully under user control

No malware/adware toolbars/extensions can be injected. You can switch off Java, JS, Flash, popups, and Ads from the toolbar or with a hotkey. See More

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DuckDuckGo

Top Con

Based in US, so they cannot guarantee there is no backdoor

Specs

Category:Search engine

Top Con

Activism censorship

They started to block results based on activism. See More

Top Con

No date information in search results

In search results, there are no dates when the pages were published, which doesn't allow you to immediately know if the page is outdated. See More

Top Con

Downranks misinformation results

Company announced that they are downranking misinformation results about the war by Russia media, after Russian's invasion of Ukraine. See More

Top Con

Irrelevant search results

They store no information about you (theoretically a pro) but this results in absolutely awful search results, and having to modify your search terms 4-5 times to get what you are looking for. See More

Top Con

Owner would compromise his service/customer privacy

In a question to Weinberg, “if you were served an NSL or were commanded to compromise your service/customer privacy in any way, would you and could you just pull the plug like Lavabit did or would you run into opposition from shareholders/investors that would prevent you from doing so?” Gabriel Weinberg said: “No one is preventing me from doing that.” See More

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Flow Browser

Internet Explorer

Top Pro

Lets you download Firefox, or really anything else

This is it's only purpose. This is also Edge's only purpose. See More

Top Con

Out of date

Maciej Błędkowski's Experience

Based on Trident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(software) See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Trident

License:Proprietary

Based On:N/A

Top Pro

It can be used to search... that's about it

Top Con

Created by Microsoft

Top Pro

Isn't a big target for hackers

Nearly all browsers use the same browser engine as Chrome, Safari, or Firefox; meaning they have the same security-holes as one of the big three. IE doesn't, it has its own engine. In other words, even if you find yourself on a website that tries to hack your computer: it's very likely that the website will only be designed to hack the big three, and wouldn't be able to do anything to IE. See More

Top Con

It's slow and crashes a lot

Top Pro

Works great with ruTorrent

Top Con

Final version of the browser

Microsoft confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 (released on 2013, still bundled in Windows 10) will be the last version of Internet Explorer as Microsoft is shifting it's development focus to Microsoft Edge. See More

Top Pro

Downloads well

Downloads safely, quickly, and nicely. See More

Top Con

Created By Microsoft

Top Pro

System built-in browser

Browser has many system related features. With Internet Explorer you can run certain types of files, without saving them in a non-temporary directory, or you can change proxy settings via a built in Windows dialog window. See More

Top Con

Not standard compliant

Top Pro

Can fluidly stream 4k video

IE 11 can fluidly stream 4k videos on Youtube without issue. See More

Top Con

Windows only

Internet Explorer is currently available on Windows only. Internet Explorer was previously available on OS X and UNIX, but both of them have already been discontinued. See More

Top Con

No browser extensions

Internet Explorer's functionality cannot be extended via extensions/plugins. See More

Top Con

Problem rendering online Google Web Apps correctly

I.E. 11 has many issues with rendering Google Web Apps correctly such as Docs or Sheets. The landing pages for each has incorrect button placements and doubled icons, making the sites barely navigable. See More

Top Con

No reader view

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LibreWolf

Top Pro

Carefully hardened browser

Many privacy preferences enabled by default. See More

Top Con

Overall less flexible than Firefox

With a little effort you can make default Firefox pretty much more secure than this browser. See More

SupportiveAmeNoUzume's Experience

Works fine as Firefox backup. Less flexible than Firefox overall and I can make FF pretty much just as secure/more so with very little effort. As a privacy focused backup, works fine though in most cases. Some websites do not like it but that's the nature of blocking the zerg rush of privacy invader techs built into the web now. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Gecko

License:Open Source (Mozilla Public License Version 2.0)

Based On:Firefox

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

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Top Pro

uBlock Origin preinstalled

Top Con

Security and nothing else

Great security but that's about it. See More

ReverentLeucothea's Experience

The best browser I've ever used, basically it is Firefox but lighter, safer and more private See More

Top Pro

Better privacy than Firefox

Top Con

It doesn't have the option to make Google your default search engine due to privacy reasons

Jordan Fischer's Experience

Its a good browser for security but it is not for everyday use, you gain privacy but loose convenience, which is fine with some people. But some of the security tweaks in this browser can only be undone by editing the actual code, which is why its so secure but its not for everyone. See More

Top Pro

Independant from Google, no non removable Amazon "search"

Have the feeling that Google is getting a bit too much like that very, VERY big person sitting next to you on the plane? And you wander through your settings in Firefox and see a lot of Google in there? Want to remove that Google and Amazon search entries that Mozilla doesn't allow you to remove? Even if you know how to edit a mozlz4? Well, here is your solution: Firefox as Mozilla should have made it. See More

AmbitiousDagon's Experience

This is great for those who want to have a browser that is private See More

Top Pro

Built on the latest version of Firefox

Librewolf is always built on the latest version of Firefox, so it always has the latest (security) updates that Firefox has. See More

Top Pro

For the Linux people: no snap needed, can do apt and ppa!

For the large community of *buntu people out there, using Firefox now comes with the "no compromise" obligation to use snap. You want to install Firefox? Snap is installed without your consent. Librewolf, next to all its other improvement of Firefox like no telemetry, privacy as 1st priority, no "interesting" add-ons that are there, not by users choice, but just there (without possibility to remove/ alter) because Mozilla wants you to, Librewolf gives an alternative how and what you want to install on your computer. So if you, as a *buntu user like your software to come through apt and/ or a ppa: here is your Firefox solution, without the need to loose "those last updates" as with some others (e.g. Firefox ESR). See More

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The Best 1 of 16 OptionsWhy?

My Recommendation for LibreWolf

My Recommendation for LibreWolf

Carefully hardened browser

Overall less flexible than Firefox

uBlock Origin preinstalled

Security and nothing else

Better privacy than Firefox

It doesn't have the option to make Google your default search engine due to privacy reasons

Independant from Google, no non removable Amazon "search"

Built on the latest version of Firefox

For the Linux people: no snap needed, can do apt and ppa!

15 Other Options Considered

My Recommendation for Pale Moon

My Recommendation for Pale Moon

Pale Moon is based on very outdated Firefox code

Independent from Google and Mozilla

Lead developer loves Cloudflare and hates Tor

Has its own add-on ecosystem, built on time-tested technologies such as XUL (plus JS and CSS) and XPCOM

Unsecure

Has its own library of legacy extensions

Does Not support Web RTC

Support for GTK themes

Lacks some HTML 5 Features

Light on resources, although it's not its main focus

Outdated rendering engine

Support for existing web standards

WebAssembly enabled by default

Respects your privacy

Pale Moon's website is cloudflared

Optimized for modern processors

Modern extensions library

Customizable

Windows and Linux only

Good community support

Lacks popular extensions and adblockers

Open source

Stable

Designed for usability, not the shiny new things

Very Independent

Supports complete themes

Uses Goanna layout engine

My Recommendation for Mozilla Firefox

My Recommendation for Mozilla Firefox

Free, open source and community driven

Some built-in advertising

A lot of add-ons

Uses Google as its default search engine

Built-in privacy protection

Has Google and Amazon items baked in that can't be deactivated/removed

Fast

Installs Addons with updates

Dark theme

Is very desparately trying to be Chrome 2

Syncs between devices

No protection from malicious Addons

Respects your privacy

Extremely ugly Post-Firefox 89

Android version allows installation of addons

Updates break user settings, tweaks, and Chrome css continuously

Awesome customizability

Now requires obligatory use of snap

Ethical and pragmatic company mission

New icon looks ugly

One of the few browsers not using Chrome's Blink engine

False positives in virus-scanner

Automatically updated

Partial dark mode

Tagging bookmarks

Terrible user interface

High performance

Cannot directly translate page

Really independent browser

Multi-profile is not user friendly

Easy screenshots without extensions

Due to forced snap requirement doesn't work with KeepassXC any more and becomes slow (to boot)

Uses less resources

Sometimes very buggy and slow

Very secure

Integration of various addons that are impossible for user to remove (e.g. Pocket)