# LibreWolf 113 Hacker News commenters recommended LibreWolf and 17 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** A Firefox fork with privacy-respecting defaults, uBlock Origin built in, and Mozilla's AI and telemetry stripped out; strict anti-fingerprinting can break some sites. ## Why people recommend it - Privacy-respecting defaults out of box (9 comments): "obscure config changes to sell me out by using a actual private browser such as librewolf and mullvad browser" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49714820)) "If you want an actual private Firefox Browser use a fork like Mullvad Browser, LibreWolf and Tor Browser." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385688)) "better forks like Mullvad Browser and LibreWolf exist that actually deliver what Firefox promises" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47134116)) - Strips AI, bloat and nags (5 comments): "now I get no distracting modals at all and can update it precisely when I feel like it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49530577)) "allows you to stop caring about what bullshit Mozilla tried to force feed you" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45873265)) "These forks will disable/strip out the AI stuff, so I never have to see it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46291147)) - Ships with uBlock Origin enabled (3 comments): "Librewolf meets 2 and 3 (it comes with ublock origin preinstalled), but admittedly fails 1 quite badly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48053891)) "Librewolf and similar software: blobs free, but run UBlock Origin and block JavaScript by default." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48035914)) "Firefox with user-respecting default settings. It even includes and enables uBlock Origin." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374510)) - Drop-in Firefox replacement, extensions work (2 comments): "its basically a drop in replacement and works with all my previous container/add on workflows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46813373)) "LibreWolf ftw, I switched to it, installed my extensions and am not looking back." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46293335)) ## What people warn about - Anti-fingerprinting breaks some sites (3 comments): "breaks a lot of stuff, sites that use webrtc or canvas related things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46319823)) "its fingerprinting features were too strict for some websites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266926)) "I use an exotic browser (LibreWolf) running teams." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46702232)) - Fingerprint protection weaker than expected (3 comments): "Even after I enabled some of the flags to resist font enumeration it still is stable and high entropy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49423662)) "resistFingerprinting is doing a bad job hiding my hardware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47622901)) "LibreWolf isn't helping you as much as you think it is." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351017)) - Depends on Mozilla upstream (4 comments): "Yes those are still dependent on Mozilla's upstream changes, but users not trusting them have still options." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47899278)) "librewolf rely on Mozilla tech infra for account synchronization and plugin distribution" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46386784)) "free-rides on the upstream work of paid Mozilla staff in order to be secure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515231)) - macOS Gatekeeper signing warnings (2 comments): "MacOS Gatekeeper will create warnings about products that are not signed via the apple developer program" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016925)) "librewolf has been deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016592)) ## 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 - [Waterfox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/waterfox.md): 75 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "LibreWolf", https://hackerapproved.com/p/librewolf/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).