Firefox alternatives?
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Sorry I've been out of the loop, the encrypted sync isn't safe anymore? I'm using forks since a while but I rely heavily on sync
You can also selfhost sync!
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On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it's no longer trustworthy?
The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.
If you want to keep the Gecko Engine from Mozilla to support an alternative to Google's monopoly here are a couple alternative for Linux :
- Librewolf
- Mullvad Browser
- Zen Browser
For Android you have to be aware that unfortunately every firefox based browser lack of per-site isolation unlike chromium browsers.
- IronFox (active fork of Mull by DivestOS)
- Fennec
On the dark side of the spectrum you have chromium browser such as :
- Brave (Linux & Android) (disable cryptocrap, sponsor backgrounds and it's quite good)
- Cromite (Android)
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You can also just selfhost Firefox sync!
Oh, I didn’t know that. Thanks for the suggestion. It’s gonna be on my home server soon!
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You can also selfhost sync!
Yes, that's a great idea. I'm tempted to do that but my old NAS is hardly keeping up with all the services I've deployed on it so far
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On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it's no longer trustworthy?
The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.
Just amazing how people wake up, watch a bit of YouTube and run to social media saying the sky is falling in.
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On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it's no longer trustworthy?
The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.
I've been using LibraWolf on desktop for several years now. It's just far simpler than modifying standard Firefox. for my personal needs.
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LibreWolf is what I use, but I heard Zen Browser is another fork that's been getting some traction. I don't use it though, but I've heard from someone who does that it works for them. thumbs-up
Been using Zen for the past week. It takes some getting used to, but it's been great so far.
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Can’t trust Mozilla anymore with the data, so you’re better off finding alternatives. You can check out:
xBrowserSyncYou can check out: xBrowserSync
I wish, but at 10MB size limit, it won't do
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On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it's no longer trustworthy?
The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.
Brave or LibreWolf.
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If you want to keep the Gecko Engine from Mozilla to support an alternative to Google's monopoly here are a couple alternative for Linux :
- Librewolf
- Mullvad Browser
- Zen Browser
For Android you have to be aware that unfortunately every firefox based browser lack of per-site isolation unlike chromium browsers.
- IronFox (active fork of Mull by DivestOS)
- Fennec
On the dark side of the spectrum you have chromium browser such as :
- Brave (Linux & Android) (disable cryptocrap, sponsor backgrounds and it's quite good)
- Cromite (Android)
For Android you have to be aware that unfortunately every firefox based browser lack of per-site isolation unlike chromium browsers.
Wait really? Its 2025, seriously, what is Mozilla doing?
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On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it's no longer trustworthy?
The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.
So I haven't been following the Firefox thing that closely. Fennec isn't an alternative because it uses Firefox's Sync and Brave is out of the question because it's crypto Chrome?
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Brave or LibreWolf.
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I've been using LibraWolf on desktop for several years now. It's just far simpler than modifying standard Firefox. for my personal needs.
LibreWolf is great ! Coming from ArkenFox, I found LibreWolf's override cfg a bit easier.
They also have a pacdiff cfg to see what changes from version to version without the need to roam arkenfoxes github repo for hours to find what changed or what to change.
I installed it yesterday to see how it goes
If it doesn't fit, will go back to Arkenfox. -
Just amazing how people wake up, watch a bit of YouTube and run to social media saying the sky is falling in.
Or you can stay in a sinking ship convince yourself "It's fine !" until it's too late?
Whatever chose your poison
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On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it's no longer trustworthy?
The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.
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I use a similar set up. Librewolf on Linux and IronFox on Android. You could still use a Firefox account to sync, but I wouldn’t. I’ve heard there’s a way to host an older version of Firefox sync locally, but I haven’t looked into it.
This + xBrowserSync for bookmarks.
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I've been using LibraWolf on desktop for several years now. It's just far simpler than modifying standard Firefox. for my personal needs.
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On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it's no longer trustworthy?
The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.
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Or you can stay in a sinking ship convince yourself "It's fine !" until it's too late?
Whatever chose your poison
Interesting metaphor.
At what point is too late ? What the consequences here, of giving it a few days? Of understanding to steps you can take protect your data ?
Because what you have now, is a bunch of idiots, running round yelling “Firefox is untrustworthy “. And jumping straight on the next fork of 20 million lines of code, because Internet bro says it’s better .
They havent the faintest, and I mean the faintest idea of what trust is,
