Waterfox
| Waterfox | |
|---|---|
Screenshot of Waterfox G6.0.5 running on Windows 10, showing the Main Page of the English Wikipedia | |
| Original author(s) | Alexandros Kontos |
| Developer(s) | Alexandros Kontos, BrowserWorks Ltd. |
| Initial release | 27 March 2011 |
| Stable release | 6.5.9
/ 22 May 2025 |
| Preview release | G6.0 Beta 5
/ September 14, 2023 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, C++, CSS, JavaScript, XUL |
| Engine | Gecko, SpiderMonkey |
| Operating system | |
| Platform | x64, ARM64, PPC64LE |
| Type | Web browser, mobile web browser, feed reader |
| License | MPL-2.0 |
| Website | www |
Waterfox is a free and open-source web browser and fork of Firefox. It claims to be ethical and user-centric, emphasizing performance and privacy. There are official Waterfox releases for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android. It was initially created to provide official 64-bit support, back when Firefox was only available for 32-bit systems.