Q698

Also known as Firefox browser

Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. The software is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, with unofficial ports for other platforms, as well as a mobile version for Android (see Firefox for Android) and iOS.

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Firefox is a software program that was first published in 2002. Its inception date is recorded as September 23, 2002. The software is described at URLs including the Mozilla Firefox releases page and the Stack Overflow tags for Firefox. It has a social media following of 2,815,840 followers and uses the hashtag "firefox". The name in kana is "モジラ・ファイアーフォックス".

The software has a source code repository at GitHub and searchfox.org. It includes command line options such as "-no-remote" and "-ProfileManager". Official versions include 45.2.0 ESR, 1.5.0.7, 48.0, and 49.0 beta. Users can access release notes and download the software from the official Mozilla website. Translation contributions are managed through Pontoon. The project has an official blog and a bug tracker at Bugzilla.

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Key facts

Software.title: Firefox
Software.name: Firefox
Software.logo: Firefox_logo,_2019.svg
Software.logo size: 125px
Software.logo_caption: Logo used since October 2019
Software.logo_alt: Firefox logo
Software.screenshot: Firefox 145.0 opening Wikipedia article on Linux screenshot.webp
Software.caption: Firefox 145.0 (64-bit) running on the OpenSUSE operating system
Software.ver layout: stacked
Software.programming language: C++, JavaScript, HTML, C, Rust, and others
Software.included with: Various Unix-like operating systems
Software.engines: Gecko, Quantum, and SpiderMonkey; WebKit on iOS/iPadOS
Software.language count: 97
Software.genre: Web browser
Software.license: MPL 2.0

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Official website

Tải xuống Firefox dành cho máy tính để bàn — từ Mozilla

Tải xuống Firefox dành cho Windows, Mac hoặc Linux. Firefox là một trình duyệt web miễn phí được hỗ trợ bởi Mozilla, một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận dành riêng cho sức khỏe và quyền riêng tư trên internet.

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Described at

Firefox Release Notes — Firefox.com

Release notes for each version of Firefox.

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Encyclopedic overview

40 sections

Contents

Features
Browser extensions
Themes
Standards
Safe browsing
DRM content
History
Name changes
Versions
Project Quantum
Guest session
Other
Security
Privacy
Localizations
Platform availability
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux
Firefox for ChromeOS
Firefox for Android
Firefox for iOS
Firefox Reality (AR/VR)
Third-party ports
Channels and release schedule
Licensing
Logo and visual identity
Trademark
Promotion
Performance
2000s
2010s
2020s
Firefox Quantum
Usage share
Reception
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Firefox is the spiritual successor of Netscape Navigator, as the Mozilla community was created by Netscape in 1998, before Netscape's acquisition by AOL. Firefox was created in 2002 under the codename "Phoenix" by members of the Mozilla community who desired a standalone browser rather than the Mozilla Application Suite bundle. During its beta phase, it proved to be popular with its testers and was praised for its speed, security, and add-ons compared to Microsoft's then-dominant Internet Explorer 6. It was released on November 9, 2004, and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance with 60 million downloads within nine months. In November 2017, Firefox began incorporating new technology under the code name "Quantum" to promote parallelism and a more intuitive user interface.

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