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# LibreWolf: Browse With Freedom
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This project is an independent fork of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy security and user freedom. It is the community run successor to [LibreFox](https://github.com/intika/Librefox)

LibreWolf uses more than 500 privacy/security/performance settings, patches, LibreWolf-Addons (optional) and is designed to minimize data collection and telemetry as much as possible (updater, crashreporter and Firefox's integrated addons that don't respect privacy are removed).

**LibreWolf is NOT associated with Mozilla or its products.**

## Features

- Latest Version of Firefox: LibreWolf is compiled directly from the latest build of Firefox Nightly. As a result, you will have the most bleeding edge of features, technologies and security updates. Stable builds are also planned in the future.
- Completely Independent Build: LibreWolf uses a completely independent build from Firefox and has its own settings, profile folder and installation path. As a result, it can be installed alongside Firefox or any other browser.
- Extensions firewall: limit internet access for extensions ([firewall-test-feature](#extensions-firewall-))
- IJWY (I Just Want You To Shut Up): embedded server links and other calling home functions are removed ([zero unauthorized connection](#ijwy-i-just-want-you-to-shut-up) by default).
- User settings updates: gHacks/pyllyukko base is kept up to date.
- Settings protection: important settings are enforced/locked within `librewolf.cfg` and `policies.json`, those settings cannot be changed by addons/updates/LibreWolf itself or unwanted/accidental manipulation; To change those settings you can easily do it by editing `librewolf.cfg` and `policies.json`.
- LibreWolf-addons: set of optional LibreWolf extensions
- Statistics disabled: telemetry and similar functions are disabled
- Tested settings: settings are performance aware
- ESR and Tor version (LibreWolf TBB Beta)
- Tor LibreWolf-addons: adapted LibreWolf extensions for TBB
- Multi-platform (Windows/Linux/Mac/and soon Android)
- Dark theme (classic and advanced)
- Recommended and *code reviewed* addons list
- Community-Driven
- And much more...

## Download and Installation

### Linux

#### Manual Compilation 

- Build instruction will be updated soon

#### AppImage

LibreWolf is available in an AppImage Format. Check out the [releases page](https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/librewolf/-/releases) for downloads.

#### Binary Tarball

LibreWolf is available as a binary tarball. Check out the [releases page](https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/librewolf/-/releases) for downloads.


#### Arch

LibreWolf is available on the AUR in both [source code](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/librewolf/) and [binary](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/librewolf-bin) format.


### Windows

- Build instruction will be updated soon

### Mac

- Build instruction will be updated soon

## Roadmap

See https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/librewolf/issues

## About

**License:** [Mozilla Public License 2.0](https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/librewolf/blob/master/LICENSE)

**Inspired from:** [ungoogled-chromium](https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium)

**Based on:** [Librefox](https://github.com/intika/Librefox), whose development seems to have halted.

**Acknowledgement**, special thanks to:

- @intika for putting Librefox together
- The Mozilla team for their amazing work on Firefox
- The gHacks-User team for allowing the usage of their work
- All the stargazers (users that are encouraging this project by starring it)
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