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Best Android Browser (FF) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would like to ask any Firefox forks that is ideal for Android phones (Preferably Hardened ones if that's an option). Please don't recommend Chromium based browsers.

Would really appreciate it :)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

IronFox, and Fennec as a backup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I found Fennec on Drodify so I will try that. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fennec is not hardened, it removes telemetry. Ironfox is a fork of the discontinued Mull which is hardened.

You can of course harden Fennec through about:config . Using Ironfox is the better option if that's your goal though. It also has nice features like a toggle to disable SafeBrowsing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fennec is not hardened, it removes telemetry. Ironfox is a fork of the discontinued Mull which is hardened.

Yeah, I forgot to say I am also trying IronFox. I just need to figure out how to download it when I have the time along with Fennec.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Currently, you can install IronFox from Accrescent, from your preferred F-Droid client via our F-Droid repository, with Obtainium, or directly from our GitLab releases.

https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox#app-installation

You can add this repo to F-Droid

https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/fdroid/-/raw/main/fdroid/repo

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

I used fennec fork of Firefox but I found it slow of loading web pages comparing to usual Firefox on android,they messed something or in configs or in source code that it really making slower.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I'm enjoying Fennec.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Fennec is very good.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Iron fox?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

I use Ironfox and have never found cause for complaint. I'm on GrapheneOS which shipped with vanadium but I wanted the adblock and consent-o-matic addins so switched.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, if anyone happens to find Mull instead, it is not updated anymore. Ironfox is sort of replacing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is it trustworthy yet though? Ironfox is very new

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, it's licensed under the GNU Affero License and therefore you can review the source code and modify it as you see fit. Classic FOSS.

https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox

Giving their code a brief once over, their scripts and patches are relatively straight forward with good commenting and their documentation is acceptable imho.

Additionally investigating their defaults in about:config reflect similar defaults in the Librewolf/ Mullvad/Arkenfox defaults that were present in the Mull browser.

Overall Ironfox is about as good a Firefox fork for Android as you're going to find.