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.TH WATERFOX 1 "Nov 25, 2018" waterfox "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
waterfox \- the free, open and private browser

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B waterfox
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBWaterfox\fR focuses on giving users choice while also helping make the world a better place. Waterfox is partners with Ecosia, a search engine that plants trees with its generated revenues. The browser itself is focused on power users, which lets you make the important decisions. There is no plugin whitelist, you can run whichever extensions you like and absolutely no data or telemetry is sent back to Mozilla or the Waterfox project.

.SH OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by \fBwaterfox\fR is included below.

.SS "X11 options"
.TP
.BI \-\-display= DISPLAY
X display to use
.TP
.B \--sync
Make X calls synchronous
.TP
.B \-\-g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal

.SS "Waterfox options"
.TP
.B \-h, \-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-version
Print Waterfox version.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR \fIprofile\fR
Start with \fIprofile\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIpath\fR
Start with profile at \fIpath\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-migration\fR
Start with migration wizard.
.TP
.B \-\-ProfileManager
Start with ProfileManager.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-remote\fR
Do not accept or send remote commands; implies \fB--new-instance\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-new\-instance\fR
Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
.TP
\fB\-\-UILocale\fR \fIlocale\fR
Start with \fIlocale\fR resources as UI Locale.
.TP
\fB\-\-save\-mode\fR
Disables extensions and themes for this session.
.TP
\fB\-\-headless\fR
Run without a GUI.
.TP
\fB\-\-marionette\fR
Enable remote control server.
.TP
\fB\-\-browser\fR
Open a browser window.
.TP
\fB\-\-new-window\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new window.
.TP
\fB\-\-new-tab\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new tab.
.TP
\fB\-\-private-window\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new private window.
.TP
\fB\-\-preferences\fR
Open Preferences dialog.
.TP
\fB\-\-search\fR \fIterm\fR
Search \fIterm\fR with your default search engine.
.TP


\fB\-\-jsconsole\fR
Open the Browser Console.
.TP
\fB\-\-jsdebugger\fR
Open the Browser Toolbox.
.TP
\fB\-\-wait-for-jsdebugger\fR
Spin event loop until JS debugger connects.  Enables debugging (some) application startup code paths.  Only has an effect when \fI--jsdebugger\fR is also supplied.
.TP
\fB\-\-devtools\fR
Open DevTools on initial load.
.TP
\fB\-\-start-debugger-server\fR [ws:][\fIport\fR|\fIpath\fR]
Start the debugger server on a TCP port or Unix domain socket path. Defaults to TCP port 6000. Use WebSocket protocol if ws: prefix is specified.
.TP
\fB\-\-recording\fR \fIfile\fR
Record drawing for a given URL.
.TP
\fB\-\-recording-output\fR \fIfile\fR
Specify destination file for a drawing recording.
.TP
\fB\-\-setDefaultBrowser\fR
Set this app as the default browser.

.SH FILES
\fI/usr/bin/waterfox\fR - shell script wrapping
\fBwaterfox\fR
.br
\fI/usr/lib/waterfox/waterfox\fR - \fBwaterfox\fR
executable

.SH BUGS
To report a bug, please visit \fIhttps://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/\fR or \fIhttps://github.com/MrAlex94/Waterfox/issues\fR

.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by hawkeye116477, based on Mozilla Firefox's manpage.
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