Which open source browser do you uses?

a year ago by SilentCoderHere to c/opensource

I want to know which browser is best for Android.

viewports 40 points a year ago

Just firefox really, never had any real issues

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TheLeadenSea 36 points a year ago

Firefox for Android doesn't use chrome and has extensions including adblockers

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runner_g 5 points a year ago

That also makes it the ideal YouTube app for Android

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Magister 17 points a year ago

There is like 2 browsers, Firefox, or all the chromium based ones?

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cmnybo 3 points a year ago

That's pretty much it for Android currently. There are a few more choices for PC.

There is a new browser in development called Ladybird, but a stable release is still years away and they are focusing on desktop support first.

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merde 11 points a year ago path: 0 20242563, hotness: undefined, score: 11, children: 4
Cris_Color 1 point a year ago

That iron fox link doesn't seem to work

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merde 1 point a year ago

works for me 🤔

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Cris_Color 2 points a year ago

Hmmm

I'm not sure why its not working for me then

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merde 1 point a year ago

maybe it "is not publicly accessible" for browsers and fDroid or droid-ify has permissions to connect to it as a repository.

did you try "add repository"?

you can also add https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox to obtainium.

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digger 10 points a year ago

I use the one that's funded by Google.

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breakcore 1 point a year ago

I see what you did there

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hexagonwin 7 points a year ago

i use fennec f-droid with ublock origin and numatrix

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cerebralhawks 6 points a year ago

Firefox. My daily driver is an iPhone and I just use Safari there, but we have uBlock Origin Lite now. But on Android it's Firefox with full fat uBlock Origin. As it happens, I'm on the Android device now! I love its keyboard so much. Apple couldn't make a keyboard to save their arse if it came to it.

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Ulrich 3 points a year ago

I tried iOS for about 5 months and the absolute worst part was the horrendous keyboard...

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JASN_DE 5 points a year ago

Define "best"?

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Jack_Burton 4 points a year ago
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lemmus 3 points a year ago

Not much people know Iceraven, yet its pretty good android web browser I can trll. Extensions make it even better :)

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Oberyn 3 points a year ago path: 0 20251056, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Jankatarch 3 points a year ago

Waterfox. For really powerless machines dillo or "links2 -g."

For android I just use firefox.

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zemon 3 points a year ago

Iceraven for browsing, Ironfox for anything that screams "don't open this", Fennec for stored logins only and Cromite if I ever needed a Chromium browser.

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rulray 3 points a year ago

DuckDuckGo, i like the "burn everything" animation (and functionality, but mostly the animation)

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c0dezer0 5 points a year ago
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altphoto 3 points a year ago

Netscape Navigator 1.0. I think there's probably an update for it now.

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ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling 2 points a year ago
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merde 4 points a year ago path: 0 20242559 20242891, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
Nima 2 points a year ago

waterfox is pretty good.

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ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling 2 points a year ago
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Nima 5 points a year ago path: 0 20242559 20243897 20245561 20246211, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 1
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling 1 point a year ago
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merde 1 point a year ago

waterfox seems to have a partnership with ecosia which shares your information with microsoft

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rabbitcat 2 points a year ago path: 0 20288683, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
zer0bitz 2 points a year ago

I've liked to use Fennec for few months now.

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9skyguy0 2 points a year ago

I use Fennec F-Droid with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes, and HTTPS Everywhere.

Though sometimes I've contemplated switching to the Guardian Project's Firefox Klar

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Ulrich 2 points a year ago

Every browser that I know of is open source. But I use Orion!

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NeedyPlatter 2 points a year ago

I love Orion! It's a little clunky but I love being able to use the full UBlock Origin.

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mikedd 2 points a year ago
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foremanguy92_ 2 points a year ago

Ironfox I think

EDIT : typo

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radswid 2 points a year ago

Mull for everyday-use or Vanadium for pages which need a chromium-based browser

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pogmommy 9 points a year ago

Isn't mull discontinued? Work on it is continuing as IronFox

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radswid 4 points a year ago

oh, thx, I missed that news. time to change

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Dreaming_Novaling 1 point a year ago

I thought Fennec was the continuation of Mull, but I checked and you're right, it's IronFox. Am dummy.

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KarnaSubarna 1 point a year ago

Firefox since v1.0.1 RC :)

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BrikoX 1 point a year ago

Best is subjective and recommendations would depend on your use case. Iceraven is my primary.

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thermogel 1 point a year ago

Ironfox & Vanadium as main search, and Tor as the default, for opening links.

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sudoer777 1 point a year ago

Vanadium for web apps, Cromite with auto delete for random websites, and IronFox with various plugins for web searches

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bluemoon 1 point a year ago

StartPage browser and one simply named Browser with a blue shield icon

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cdzero 1 point a year ago

Firefox and DuckDuckGo.

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claudiom 1 point a year ago

On Android, I use Firefox. If Falkon were available on Android, I'd use that as well. I use both of those on Linux and BSD.

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DFX4509B 1 point a year ago

IronFox for Android, at least until Google blocks it, and LibreWolf for desktop.

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LemUrun 0 points a year ago path: 0 20243707, hotness: undefined, score: 0, children: 0
PearOfJudes 0 points a year ago

All browsers are based on an opensource model, even google chrome. A privacy respecting, fully opensource browser, in my opinion LibreWolf, make sure you can update it semi-automatically. If not Arkenfox or Brave.

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Engywuck -1 points a year ago

Brave for me.

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