# SeaMonkey

7 Hacker News commenters recommended SeaMonkey and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a free, open source alternative to Firefox with a good HTML composer; the main caveat is that it has rendering problems on some sites.

## Why people recommend it

- Alternative to Firefox (2 comments): "Seamonkey or claws mifht be good alternatives too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704542)) "It's closer to what I want than Firefox." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517559))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Firefox for Android](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-for-android.md): 76 recommend
- [Opera browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/opera-browser.md): 70 recommend
- [NetSurf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netsurf.md): 17 recommend
- [Dia browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dia-browser.md): 14 recommend
- [Floorp Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/floorp.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SeaMonkey", https://hackerapproved.com/p/seamonkey/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).