Waterfox has no plug-in whitelist or blacklist. The ad revenue generated by Ecosia is used to plant trees. Ecosia is a self-described social business who put the well-being of people and the environment before profit. Instead of using Google, Yahoo, or one of the other major search engines which make a profit by tracking your browsing habits, Waterfox partners with the search firm Ecosia. This can be seen in many features exclusive to the program: However, the Waterfox project's current focus is user experience and power of choice. MrAlex94, as he is now known on Reddit, originally started the Waterfox project only looking to increase speed. By comparison, Mozilla has only just recently released the 64-bit version of Firefox, in December of 2015. Waterfox was one of the first 64 bit browsers widely available on the web and has had a loyal following ever since.

Using Mozilla's open source software, he created a 64-bit version of Firefox to increase the speed of the browsing experience.

At the time 64 bit operating systems were becoming more popular with mainstream users, and Alex was frustrated with the way 32-bit browsers worked on a 64-bit system.Įven though 64 bit operating systems could process a lot more information more quickly, 32-bit browsers worked slower on 64 bit systems than they did on 32 bit systems. Waterfox is the brainchild of software developer Alex Kontos, who started building this program in 2011 when he was just 16 years old. We tried to notify the author and offer a mirror. We get the data from the official source, and usually, we have to wait for a couple of days to be able to download them. This is an old issue from Waterfox replication system. Note: Sometimes we are not able to upload all files of Waterfox. There is no 32-bit version, only 64-bit available as a setup and portable version. No plugin whitelist and no data sent back to Mozilla or Waterfox project. It aims to be fast and focus on power users. Waterfox is a free, 64-bit open source browser based on Mozilla Firefox.