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Is this Firefox rebranded with anything privacy breaking removed? Personally that is what I want. A minimal set of diffs on top of Firefox that turns off anyth

Is this Firefox rebranded with anything privacy breaking removed? Personally that is what I want. A minimal set of diffs on top of Firefox that turns off anything obnoxious Mozilla might (or might not) add, but is close enough to the original codebase that it can be updated with security fixes right away

yapyap 2y ago
Maybe just an updated user.js would be enough for this goal?
- steeleduncan 2y ago
  Ah, interesting, I was unaware of user.js It seems https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js is a comprehensive set of settings for that
n4r9 2y ago
It sounds like LibreWolf and Waterfox both fall into this category. Difficult to distinguish much between the two. There's a 2yo reddit thread [0] in which the Waterfox founder claims that Waterfox balances privacy with usability, and has the advantage of an auto-update feature. This could be outdated as I just installed LibreWolf and there definitely was an auto-update option in the installation dialog. There's also an article on OnionEngine [1] which compares the two. According to this, Waterfox has support for legacy add-ons, but unlike LibreWolf does not necessarily disable trackers by default. Hard to see how up to date the article is. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comments/14seevh/comment/jqwuan8/ https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comments/14seevh/comment/j... [1] https://onionengine.io/blog/waterfox-vs-librewolf/ https://onionengine.io/blog/waterfox-vs-librewolf/ By the sounds of it, if you have a strong privacy prefence and don't mind compromising usability for the sake of privacy, Libre Wolf may be the better bet.
- molticrystal 2y ago
  Librewolf portable [0] is available via the PortableApps.com launcher, which is great for keeping it from scattering files everywhere or for carrying it on a USB drive for Win32/Wine users. Waterfox Classic used to be available, but that stopped a long time ago, and the new Waterfox was never available, to my knowledge. Additionally, the portable version of Librewolf, while lagging slightly as most portable editions do, is updated fairly frequently. This is why I ended up choosing Librewolf - I prefer to have more control over where files are stored on the Windows platform. I also took the extra step of creating the TempForPortableApps [1] folder as well. [0] https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/librewolf-portable https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/librewolf-portable [1] https://portableapps.com/support/platform#advanced https://portableapps.com/support/platform#advanced
  - n4r9 2y ago
    That's a great shout. Portable versions of apps are really useful if you want to sync tools e.g. over syncthing/pCloud/Dropbox, or you work for companies with draconian installation policies.
- antisthenes 2y ago
  The modern version of Waterfox does not support legacy addons. There's a Waterfox Classic, which does, but even that is mostly obsolete these days (add-ons may work, but many websites don't). And I don't think it's getting regular security updates.

yapyap 2y ago

Maybe just an updated user.js would be enough for this goal?

steeleduncan 2y ago
Ah, interesting, I was unaware of user.js It seems https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js is a comprehensive set of settings for that

n4r9 2y ago

It sounds like LibreWolf and Waterfox both fall into this category. Difficult to distinguish much between the two. There's a 2yo reddit thread [0] in which the Waterfox founder claims that Waterfox balances privacy with usability, and has the advantage of an auto-update feature. This could be outdated as I just installed LibreWolf and there definitely was an auto-update option in the installation dialog. There's also an article on OnionEngine [1] which compares the two. According to this, Waterfox has support for legacy add-ons, but unlike LibreWolf does not necessarily disable trackers by default. Hard to see how up to date the article is. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comments/14seevh/comment/jqwuan8/ https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comments/14seevh/comment/j... [1] https://onionengine.io/blog/waterfox-vs-librewolf/ https://onionengine.io/blog/waterfox-vs-librewolf/ By the sounds of it, if you have a strong privacy prefence and don't mind compromising usability for the sake of privacy, Libre Wolf may be the better bet.

molticrystal 2y ago
Librewolf portable [0] is available via the PortableApps.com launcher, which is great for keeping it from scattering files everywhere or for carrying it on a USB drive for Win32/Wine users. Waterfox Classic used to be available, but that stopped a long time ago, and the new Waterfox was never available, to my knowledge. Additionally, the portable version of Librewolf, while lagging slightly as most portable editions do, is updated fairly frequently. This is why I ended up choosing Librewolf - I prefer to have more control over where files are stored on the Windows platform. I also took the extra step of creating the TempForPortableApps [1] folder as well. [0] https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/librewolf-portable https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/librewolf-portable [1] https://portableapps.com/support/platform#advanced https://portableapps.com/support/platform#advanced
- n4r9 2y ago
  That's a great shout. Portable versions of apps are really useful if you want to sync tools e.g. over syncthing/pCloud/Dropbox, or you work for companies with draconian installation policies.
antisthenes 2y ago
The modern version of Waterfox does not support legacy addons. There's a Waterfox Classic, which does, but even that is mostly obsolete these days (add-ons may work, but many websites don't). And I don't think it's getting regular security updates.