# IronFox 17 Hacker News commenters recommended IronFox and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended as a hardened Firefox fork for Android, with stronger default privacy and anti-fingerprinting than standard Firefox. ## Why people recommend it - Stronger privacy defaults and anti-fingerprinting (4 comments): "It's based on Firefox but has way, way better privacy defaults" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176634)) "Possibly the best anti-fingerprinting browser for Android" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669142)) "IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47085944)) - Often grouped with LibreWolf (4 comments): "On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49886436)) "LibreWolf, Waterfox, Ironfox, keep those going" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535430)) "IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46294678)) - Works well on Android (3 comments): "Can do it on Ironfox Android (quite a forbidding browser) without problems." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47637717)) "The IronFox version of Firefox works excellently on my 2019 Shield TV." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46847616)) "For Android, Ironfox is currently the best option IMO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46321883)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Firefox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox.md): 1572 recommend - [Brave](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brave-browser.md): 397 recommend - [Safari](https://hackerapproved.com/p/safari.md): 307 recommend - [Orion Browser by Kagi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/orion-browser.md): 206 recommend - [LibreWolf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/librewolf.md): 113 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "IronFox", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ironfox/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).