LibreWolf stands as an autonomous “fork”of Firefox, primarily aimed at enhancing privacy, security, and user autonomy. It emerges as the community-led successor to LibreFox.
This browser is crafted to bolster defenses against tracking and fingerprinting mechanisms, integrating several security enhancements. These objectives are realized through our tailored privacy-centered settings and modifications. LibreWolf is committed to eliminating telemetry, data harvesting, and various nuisances, alongside disabling anti-user features such as DRM.
Key Features of LibreWolf:
- Up-to-date Firefox Base — LibreWolf is built straight from the latest version of Firefox Stable, ensuring access to the newest features and security patches.
- Standalone Build — LibreWolf operates independently of Firefox, featuring its own unique settings, profile directory, and installation path. Consequently, it can be installed parallel to Firefox or any other web browser.
- No Telemetry — All built-in server links and home-calling functionalities are removed, resulting in minimal background connectivity by default.
- User Configured Updates
- Extensions Firewall: limit internet access for browser extensions.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility (Windows/Linux/Mac/and soon Android)
- Community-Focused Development
- Two Dark Theme Options (classic and advanced)
Privacy Features of LibreWolf:
- Automatic deletion of cookies and site data upon closing.
- Integration of privacy-respecting search engines like DuckDuckGo and Searx.
- Includes uBlockOrigin with custom filter lists, and strict Tracking Protection to combat ads and trackers.
- Removes tracking parameters from URLs, both natively and via uBlockOrigin.
- Enables dFPI, known as Total Cookie Protection.
- Activates RFP as part of the Tor Uplift initiative, a premier anti-fingerprinting method aimed at standardizing user appearance and obscuring various metrics to thwart fingerprinting.
- Consistently presents the user’s language as en-US to websites, safeguarding language settings in the browser and operating system.
- Disables WebGL due to its potential as a strong fingerprinting vector.
- Restricts operating system location services, opting for Mozilla’s location API over Google’s.
- Lowers ICE candidate generation to a single interface for audio or video sharing during calls.
- Forces DNS and WebRTC traffic through the proxy when configured.
- Shortens cross-origin referers so they exclude full URIs.
- Disables link prefetching and speculative connections.
- Turns off disk caching and clears temporary files upon closure.
- Deactivates form autofill.
- Disables search and form history, among various other privacy enhancements…and more.
Download Options:
LibreWolf 64-bit Installer |
Portable 64-bit Version | ~100.0 MB (Open Source)
LibreWolf 32-bit Installer |
Portable 32-bit Version |
Other Operating Systems
Additional Resources:
LibreWolf Official Site |
Extensions |
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