Web browsers based on Firefox
List of web browsers based on Firefox
Listed below in alphabetical order, are the web browsers that are based on Firefox.
Cliqz
Cliqz was a privacy-focused search engine and web browser made by Cliqz GmbH. It was available for desktop, mobile, and as an add-on for Firefox.
It came with an anti-tracking feature and its search engine that uses its list of web pages to give search bar suggestions.[1]
On April 29, 2020, Cliqz said that it would end development for its browser and search engine.[2]
CometBird
CometBird was a web browser based on Firefox, made by BitComet. It works with Windows 98 up to Windows 11.
It has a bookmark auto-sync, which helps to use the bookmarks with many devices. It also had a built-in media downloader and translator.
By 2015, its development ended.[3]
Comodo IceDragon
Comodo IceDragon was an open-source web browser made by the Comodo Group for Windows.
IceDragon has SiteInspector that checks if a web page is malicious before the user visits it.
It also uses Comodo's Secure DNS service instead of using the DNS of the internet service provider. The Secure DNS aims to load pages faster and make browsing safer as it blocks malicious website connections live.[4][5]
- ↑ Lomas, Natasha. "Mozilla invests in Germany's Cliqz, a private search browser". TechCrunch. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ↑ Stommel, Dorothy. "Cliqz closes areas for browser and search technologies". Hubert Burda Media. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ↑ "CometBird". Cnet. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ↑ "Comodo IceDragon". Download.com. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
- ↑ "Comodo IceDragon and Comodo Dragon browsers for Windows PC". TheWindowsClub. Retrieved 27 August 2023.