What is Mozilla Firefox?
The Firefox web browser is a free, open-source application descended from the Mozilla Application Suite. Powered by the Mozilla community, Firefox is highly customizable, offering thousands of third-party add-ons to enhance the user experience. Recent versions of Firefox, starting with version 60 (dubbed "Quantum"), deliver significant performance improvements over previous iterations, boasting faster speeds and reduced memory usage compared to the Google Chrome browser. The Quantum update has doubled the browser's speed and promoted enhanced parallelism, while also introducing a more intuitive user interface
Highlights
- Highly extensible with thousands of third-party add-ons available
- Recent Quantum versions deliver faster speeds and reduced memory usage compared to Google Chrome
- Twice as fast as previous Firefox versions, with improved parallelism
- More intuitive user interface
- Backed by the non-profit Mozilla, dedicated to internet health and privacy
- Available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS platforms
Platforms
- iPad
- Web
- Android Tablet
- PortableApps.com
- BSD
- Flatpak
- Mac
- Flathub
- Snapcraft
- AppImageHub
- Gecko
- iPhone
- Homebrew
- Android
- Linux
- Chocolatey
- Windows
- Haiku
Languages
- English
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Aragonese
- Armenian
- Azerbaijani
- Basque
- Bengali
- Bosnian
- Breton
- Bulgarian
- Burmese
- Khmer
- Catalan; Valencian
- Corsican
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Esperanto
- Finnish
- French
- Scottish Gaelic; Gaelic
- Galician
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Gujarati
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Indonesian
- Interlingua
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Javanese
- Kannada
- Kazakh
- Korean
- Lao
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Occitan
- Oriya
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Panjabi
- Romansh
- Romanian
- Russian
- Chinese
- Sinhala
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Spanish
- Sundanese
- Swedish
- Tamil
- Tatar
- Telugu
- Thai
- Tibetan Standard
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Uzbek
- Vietnamese
- Welsh
Features
Two-factor Authentication
Pocket integration
Cookie whitelist
Low-Ram Usage
Non profit
Dark Mode
Undo close tab list
Picture in Picture
Integrated PDF Viewer
Optimized for Mobile
Data Breach Reporting
Block Trackers
Support for Themes
Moddable
HTTPS-Only Mode
Privacy enhanced
No Tracking
Content blocking
Smart Keywords
Tracking Protection
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Security focused
Content blocker
Tab containers
Bookmark Organization
Customizability
Multiple search engines
Customizable
Test management
Built-in Ad-blocker
Guided configuration
Browser extension
Support for WebExtensions
Built-in Script Blocker
Container tabs
Custom DNS
Custom themes
Portable
Clean design
Save Articles
Synchronization
Encrypted sync
Tabbed browsing
Tabs
Built-in Download Manager
Blue light filter
Privacy focused
Built-in VPN
Theme Customization
Add-ons
Legacy addons support
Website screenshots
Integrated Password Manager
Privacy settings
Toggle reader view
Add-ons on Mobile
AdBlock Friendly
Based on Gecko engine
DNS over HTTPS
Skin customization
Support for addons
Support for HTML5
Live updating
Cloud Sync
Full-page Screenshot
Themes
Support for Firefox extensions