This article is about the web browser. For other uses, see Firefox (disambiguation).
"Phoenix (web browser)" redirects here. For the early-1990s web browser developed at the University of Chicago, see Phoenix (tkWWW-based browser).
Firefox
Logo used since October 2019
Firefox 120 on Windows 11
Developer(s)
Mozilla Foundation and its contributors Mozilla Corporation
Initial release
November 9, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-11-09)
Stable release(s) [±]
Standard
125.0.2[1] / April 22, 2024; 3 days ago (April 22, 2024)
Extended support release
115.10.0esr[2] / April 16, 2024; 9 days ago (April 16, 2024)
Preview release(s) [±]
Beta & developer edition
126.0b4[3] / April 22, 2024; 3 days ago (April 22, 2024)
Nightly
127.0a1[4] / April 15, 2024; 10 days ago (April 15, 2024)
Repository
hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/
Written in
C++, JavaScript, HTML, C, Rust, and others[5][6]
Engines
Gecko, Quantum, and SpiderMonkey; WebKit on iOS
Operating system
Linux macOS 10.15 or later Windows 10 or later Android 5.0 or later[7] iOS 15.0 or later
Included with
Various Unix-like operating systems
Available in
97 languages[8]
Type
Web browser
License
MPL 2.0[9][10]
Website
mozilla.org/firefox
Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source[11] 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.[12] Firefox is available for Windows 10 or later versions, macOS, and Linux. Its unofficial ports are available for various Unix and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD,[13] OpenBSD,[14] NetBSD,[15] illumos,[16] and Solaris Unix.[17] It is also available for Android and iOS. However, as with all other iOS web browsers, the iOS version uses the WebKit layout engine instead of Gecko due to platform requirements. An optimized version is also available on the Amazon Fire TV as one of the two main browsers available with Amazon's Silk Browser.[18]
Firefox is the spiritual successor of Netscape Navigator, as the Mozilla community was created by Netscape in 1998, before its acquisition by AOL.[19] 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,[20] and challenged Internet Explorer's dominance with 60 million downloads within nine months.[21] In November 2017, Firefox began incorporating new technology under the code name "Quantum" to promote parallelism and a more intuitive user interface.[22]
Firefox usage share grew to a peak of 32.21% in November 2009,[23] with Firefox 3.5 overtaking Internet Explorer 7, although not all versions of Internet Explorer as a whole;[24][25] its usage then declined in competition with Google Chrome.[23] As of December 2023[update], according to StatCounter, it had a 6.7% usage share on traditional PCs (i.e. as a desktop browser), making it the fourth-most popular PC web browser after Google Chrome (62%), Safari (13%), and Microsoft Edge (11%).[26][27]
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