LibreWolf

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The 40 most detailed of 168 comments. Each links to the original.

1. obscure config changes to sell me out by using a actual private browser such as librewolf and mullvad browser

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Firefox 156 shows ads in the address bar (dubbed "Firefox Suggest")”

2. Yes those are still dependent on Mozilla's upstream changes, but users not trusting them have still options.

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine”

3. If you want an actual private Firefox Browser use a fork like Mullvad Browser, LibreWolf and Tor Browser.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint”

4. MacOS Gatekeeper will create warnings about products that are not signed via the apple developer program

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting”

5. Librewolf meets 2 and 3 (it comes with ublock origin preinstalled), but admittedly fails 1 quite badly.

   Mixed · May 2026 · in “Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers”

6. Librewolf and similar software: blobs free, but run UBlock Origin and block JavaScript by default.

   Mixed · May 2026 · in “Is Chrome's 4GB "weights.bin" file spyware? The truth behind the viral warnings”

7. better forks like Mullvad Browser and LibreWolf exist that actually deliver what Firefox promises

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements”

8. I use LibreWolf because IMO vanilla Firefox is just as disgusting and useless as Google Chrome.

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Firefox Forcing LLM Features”

9. its basically a drop in replacement and works with all my previous container/add on workflows

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Mozilla is building an AI 'rebel alliance' to take on OpenAI, Anthropic”

10. Firefox with user-respecting default settings. It even includes and enables uBlock Origin.

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Browser De-Slop”

11. now I get no distracting modals at all and can update it precisely when I feel like it

    Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Hang on to Your Firefox”

12. Not perfect, but much less work than to try to bend normal FF to your preferences.

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Firefox 12.58% for Desktop Browser Market Share in North America June 2026”

13. LibreWolf ftw, I switched to it, installed my extensions and am not looking back.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo”

14. Librewolf and Floorp are both good options if you don't like Firefox's defaults

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO”

15. since they're Firefox-based but don't steal your data or claim copyright on it

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer”

16. allows you to stop caring about what bullshit Mozilla tried to force feed you

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Firefox Forcing LLM Features”

17. These forks will disable/strip out the AI stuff, so I never have to see it.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo”

18. local-only browsers that don't have online dependencies or forced bloatware

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter”

19. hopefully Firefox derivatives such as LibreWolf and others will remove that

    Mixed · Nov 2025 · in “I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla”

20. Just copy librewolf/mullvad Browser and become actually a private browser.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Mozilla's latest quagmire”

21. breaks a lot of stuff, sites that use webrtc or canvas related things

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features”

22. its fingerprinting features were too strict for some websites

    Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise”

23. I use an exotic browser (LibreWolf) running teams.

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Ask HN: Is Linux Safe to Daily drive in 2026?”

24. Even after I enabled some of the flags to resist font enumeration it still is stable and high entropy.

    Criticizes · Aug 2026 · in “Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are”

25. librewolf rely on Mozilla tech infra for account synchronization and plugin distribution

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2”

26. librewolf has been deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check!

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting”

27. free-rides on the upstream work of paid Mozilla staff in order to be secure

    Criticizes · Jun 2026 · in “Leaving Mozilla”

28. resistFingerprinting is doing a bad job hiding my hardware

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer”

29. LibreWolf isn't helping you as much as you think it is.

    Criticizes · May 2026 · in “Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL”

30. they can't maintain an entire browser themselves

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing”

31. A tip for Librewolf: you can easily toggle permanent cookie storage for a site through the "Always store cookies/data for this site" option in the shield button menu on the URL bar.

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Mozilla Thunderbolt”

32. The LibreWolf browser, and if need be the IronFox browser for Android, should have been installed and analyzed in parallel with Brave

    Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “I switched to Brave”

33. The solution for the (as of yet) small group of people who cares about these things is very simple: community driven forks.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features”

34. Firefox is only good for getting forked into better browser like Mullvad Browser, LibreWolf and Tor Browser.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?”

35. Both are good but Librewolf comes with history and cache disabled by default which may be bit surprising.

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Mozilla Thunderbolt”

36. On RAM usage, Librewolf it's far lighter on the long term and it doesn't ping back as Firefox

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent”

37. LibreWolf is the only browser besides Tor I've found that actually defeated fingerprinters

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rollout”

38. I do think the privacy-focused forks of it are good, and worthy of significant attention.

    Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “I switched to Brave”

39. Would've preferred Librewolf because that's what I run on my other desktop running Linux

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software”

40. all excellent alternatives to the mainstream browsers and slowly gaining in popularity

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Show HN: Browser Calendar: Track Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge & Opera Releases”