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Is there a “brave” browser that uses Firefox?

by czk 2y ago

cactusplant7374 2y ago
There is a Brave browser.
- ASalazarMX 2y ago
  I'd go with Ungoogled Chromium at that point.
  - czk 2y ago
    I’m kind of addicted to tab containers right now and I have them set up in a way where I can proxy specific containers out different socks proxies that go through different VPN tunnels. Niche I know but it’s keeping me on FF.
    - Rafuino 2y ago
      OMG do you have a writeup on how you do that?
      - czk 2y ago
        its mostly a bunch of stuff i whipped together myself, but the short of it is i have a docker container that acts as a "vpn broker", establishing multiple vpn connections and then exposing access to them over socks proxies, and in the tab containers you can natively assign a socks proxy per container group there's probably software already out there that does this same thing and probably does it better, id be hesitant to open-source what i have without a lot of cleanup and security changes. so certain tab container groups go out certain proxies which in turn egress specific vpn tunnels
    - excalq 2y ago
      Tab containers are a godsend when managing multiple AWS accounts as well.
      - ASalazarMX 2y ago
        Or separating tabs in personal / Work A / Work B contexts. Containers are a poweruser feature.
      - bradyd 2y ago
        AWS now supports multi-session logins, so you can log in with multiple accounts simultaneously.
- kbenson 2y ago
  I think what was being asked is if there's something like Brave that doesn't use a webkit derived back-end. Good defaults and a good stance on privacy is one reason to use Brave and historically Firefox, but another is that it keeps the browser ecosystem from being too homogeneous. Firefox is the last browser with over sub-percent market share, and even then it's less than 3%, so it's almost gone. A case can be made that many of the browsers split from webkit (or split from things that split from webkit) long enough ago that there is competition, but IMO that's a far cry from a fully independent solution.
  - czk 2y ago
    This exactly! Apologies for not being more clear.
MathMonkeyMan 2y ago
Yes, though I've never used it: https://librewolf.net/ https://librewolf.net/
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
  I've had good luck with LibreWolf on Windows
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themaninthedark 2y ago
IceCat, maybe? I too am looking for alternatives. Official site: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Binary build available here but not official: https://icecatbrowser.org/index.html https://icecatbrowser.org/index.html edit: I linked to a non-official site first, added the official site and made clear that the site offering binarys is non-official.
mkbkn 2y ago
Zen browser https://zen-browser.app/ https://zen-browser.app/
thomassmith65 2y ago
For which OS? Waterfox is nice https://waterfox.net https://waterfox.net

Is there a “brave” browser that uses Firefox?

by czk 2y ago

Is there a “brave” browser that uses Firefox?

cactusplant7374 2y ago

There is a Brave browser.

ASalazarMX 2y ago
I'd go with Ungoogled Chromium at that point.
- czk 2y ago
  I’m kind of addicted to tab containers right now and I have them set up in a way where I can proxy specific containers out different socks proxies that go through different VPN tunnels. Niche I know but it’s keeping me on FF.
  - Rafuino 2y ago
    OMG do you have a writeup on how you do that?
    - czk 2y ago
      its mostly a bunch of stuff i whipped together myself, but the short of it is i have a docker container that acts as a "vpn broker", establishing multiple vpn connections and then exposing access to them over socks proxies, and in the tab containers you can natively assign a socks proxy per container group there's probably software already out there that does this same thing and probably does it better, id be hesitant to open-source what i have without a lot of cleanup and security changes. so certain tab container groups go out certain proxies which in turn egress specific vpn tunnels
  - excalq 2y ago
    Tab containers are a godsend when managing multiple AWS accounts as well.
    - ASalazarMX 2y ago
      Or separating tabs in personal / Work A / Work B contexts. Containers are a poweruser feature.
    - bradyd 2y ago
      AWS now supports multi-session logins, so you can log in with multiple accounts simultaneously.
kbenson 2y ago
I think what was being asked is if there's something like Brave that doesn't use a webkit derived back-end. Good defaults and a good stance on privacy is one reason to use Brave and historically Firefox, but another is that it keeps the browser ecosystem from being too homogeneous. Firefox is the last browser with over sub-percent market share, and even then it's less than 3%, so it's almost gone. A case can be made that many of the browsers split from webkit (or split from things that split from webkit) long enough ago that there is competition, but IMO that's a far cry from a fully independent solution.
- czk 2y ago
  This exactly! Apologies for not being more clear.

MathMonkeyMan 2y ago

Yes, though I've never used it: https://librewolf.net/ https://librewolf.net/

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
I've had good luck with LibreWolf on Windows

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themaninthedark 2y ago

IceCat, maybe? I too am looking for alternatives. Official site: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Binary build available here but not official: https://icecatbrowser.org/index.html https://icecatbrowser.org/index.html edit: I linked to a non-official site first, added the official site and made clear that the site offering binarys is non-official.

mkbkn 2y ago

Zen browser https://zen-browser.app/ https://zen-browser.app/

thomassmith65 2y ago

For which OS? Waterfox is nice https://waterfox.net https://waterfox.net