# Fennec browser

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/fennec/

10 people recommended Fennec browser in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 12 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Open source Firefox build for Android that people use to run uBlock Origin and on privacy-focused GrapheneOS phones.

Summary written by Claude from 13 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 12 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs uBlock Origin ad blocker (3 comments in the sample): "fennec (firefox mobile fork) lets you install ublock origin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486653)) "on android, f-doid fennec and all other forks do!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322404)) "no overlay here on fennec + ublock." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194524))
- Used on GrapheneOS phones (2 comments in the sample): "Use IronFox or Fennec, preferably on GrapheneOS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753537)) "Fennec on Android (Graphene" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46189182))
- Open source Firefox build (1 comment in the sample): "might as well go with the open source build" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47447590))
- Mentioned alongside IronFox (1 comment in the sample): "I don't have that on fenec and ironfox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47136510))

## Other web browsers people recommend

- [Firefox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox/): 1028 recommend, 359 mixed, 1139 criticize
- [Brave](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brave-browser/): 310 recommend, 61 mixed, 215 criticize
- [Google Chrome](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-chrome/): 242 recommend, 170 mixed, 998 criticize
- [Safari](https://hackerapproved.com/p/safari/): 178 recommend, 80 mixed, 522 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fennec browser", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fennec/ (10 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.