Waterfox: Private Web Browser

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About this app

🔒 True Privacy by Design
Waterfox Android is completely rebuilt from the ground up with privacy as the foundation. Zero telemetry, no data collection, no sponsored content, and no tracking of any kind. We've created dummy versions of tracking services to maintain compatibility while protecting your privacy.

⚡ Maximum Performance
Unlike other browsers using pre-built components, we compile everything from scratch - Android Components, Gecko, and SpiderMonkey - with advanced compiler optimizations (-O3) for faster browsing and better battery life.

🧩 Full Add-on Freedom
• Browse and install from the entire Mozilla Add-ons store
• Direct installation from addons.mozilla.org
• Custom AMO collections support
• Install extensions from .xpi files
• No restrictions, no redirects

🛡️ Enhanced Security Features
• Site Isolation (Fission) enabled
• Enhanced DNS over HTTPS with Ultra Protection mode using Oblivious HTTP
• ESR (Extended Support Release) base for rock-solid stability
• about:config access for power users

🎛️ Complete Customization
• Privacy-first search engines (DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Mojeek, Qwant)
• Customizable menu designs (classic and modern)
• JPEG-XL image support
• No review prompts or forced feedback

Why Waterfox Android?
We've solved the constant breakage problem that plagued previous versions by moving to ESR and compiling everything ourselves. This means stable, fast, private browsing without compromise.

Perfect for users who want Firefox-level functionality without the privacy concerns, tracking, or performance limitations of mainstream browsers.

Ratings and reviews

I appreciate the effort behind the team that works on this browser, As time goes on hopefully more people jump the ship from Firefox to waterfox. As the Internet is a dangerous place from cookies to tracking and hackers it is more important than ever to hop on over to a browser that cares for it's user base instead of spying on them and the like.

I've been using this for a while and it has been fulfilling my needs well. I just wish the developer hadn't fallen into the "Prettier but more cumbersome" trend in this last update. If you're adding clicks and scrolls to accomplish normal tasks, you're moving backwards, IMO.

This update is horrendous there was nothing wrong with the old UI design you changed it for no reason; you made the menu system cumbersome and removed people's defaults all while forcing some unknown search engine Startpage to be used instead of whatever you choose personally. you clearly do not care about what we select for our personal preferences this destroys a lot of my trust I had in you as a developer I can only suspect you are doing more shady stuff behind the scenes at this point.

What’s new

• Fixed issue where DuckDuckGo couldn't be set as default search engine
• Added Quit button to main menu
• Added toggle to switch between new and classic menu design (Settings > General > Customize > Enable Menu Redesign)