IronFox
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 23 of 53 web browsers by recommenders
Recommended as a hardened Firefox fork for Android, with stronger default privacy and anti-fingerprinting than standard Firefox.
Recommended as a hardened Firefox fork for Android, with stronger default privacy and anti-fingerprinting than standard Firefox.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 94%
Recommended in 11 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 17 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 11 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Stronger privacy defaults and anti-fingerprinting
“It's based on Firefox but has way, way better privacy defaults”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “What should I use instead of Firefox on Android?” “Possibly the best anti-fingerprinting browser for Android”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “The Other Side of Android: My Favorite F-Droid Apps” “IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple” - Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers”
Often grouped with LibreWolf
“On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite.”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “I switched to Brave” “LibreWolf, Waterfox, Ironfox, keep those going”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Hang on to Your Firefox” “IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo” - Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “I Audited the Privacy of Popular Free Dev Tools, the Results Are Terrifying”
Works well on Android
“Can do it on Ironfox Android (quite a forbidding browser) without problems.”
Comment from 4 Apr 2026 in “Some Unusual Trees” “The IronFox version of Firefox works excellently on my 2019 Shield TV.”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device” “For Android, Ironfox is currently the best option IMO.”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features”
Other web browsers people recommend
The four most recommended other web browsers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | 1,572 | 1,371 | 53% | 12 | 16 yrs125 owners | — |
| Google Chrome | 503 | 1,086 | 32% | 12 | 10 yrs11 owners | — |
| Brave | 397 | 248 | 62% | 12 | 4.9 yrs16 owners | — |
| Safari | 307 | 577 | 35% | 12 | 13 yrs27 owners | — |
| IronFoxThis page | 17 | 1 | 94% | 11 | — | Approved |
What people said
21 of the 27 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's based on Firefox but has way, way better privacy defaults”
“On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite.”
“if need be the IronFox browser for Android, should have been installed and analyzed in parallel with Brave”
“Chromite and Iron Fox filtering out a ton of stuff so a lot of sites simply don't work”
“LibreWolf, Waterfox, Ironfox, keep those going”
“Possibly the best anti-fingerprinting browser for Android”
“full freedom to run any program from any source, including IronFox (a hardened Firefox fork)”
“I think its better for privacy.”
“You won't have freedom on Google or Apple controlled devices.”
“Can do it on Ironfox Android (quite a forbidding browser) without problems.”
“My bank works fine with it still and so far no issues with other things I need.”
“Ironfox/Librewolf with just uBlock.”
“use a browser you can disable the active tab apis in”
“I don't have that on fenec and ironfox”
“IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences”
“You can use IronFox - available in Accrescent store that comes with GrapheneOS, and install firefox extensions”
“no mention of LibreWolf, IronFox, etc al.”
“The IronFox version of Firefox works excellently on my 2019 Shield TV.”
“Still working on IronFox (Firefox fork) on Android”
“For Android, Ironfox is currently the best option IMO.”
“IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.