LibreWolf Is A Web Browser For Privacy and Freedom

LibreWolf is a fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom. Librewolf strips out all of the telemetry from Firefox and enables a bunch extra security settings out of the box. It has uBlock installed by default and it supports privacy conscious search engines.
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[@Chris-ip8uv]

DT - no need to install the HTTPS everywhere addon - LW has HTTPS-Only Mode enabled by default

[@AcidiFy574]

No it doesn't

[@Chris-ip8uv]

@@AcidiFy574 about:preferences#privacy You will see that HTTPS-Only Mode is set to Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows. This is on a default install of LibreWolf-bin from the AUR

[@AcidiFy574]

@@Chris-ip8uv I checked, well the AppImage version

[@Chris-ip8uv]

@@AcidiFy574 Ah. That could be. My mistake. I should have clarified :)

[@MrJueKa]

@Chris I`ve never ever had any problems installing Add-ons in Firefox ... it's child's play and quick to do

[@burnzy3210]

life without an adblocker in is a hellish nightmare, good to see it's default in librewolf

[@AcidiFy574]

& that too Ublock origin It's open source

[@LuciferArc1]

Check our Brave Browser

[@AcidiFy574]

@@LuciferArc1 sure, why don't you try out chrome as well

[@LuciferArc1]

@@AcidiFy574 sorry. I dont like Spyware

[@AcidiFy574]

@@LuciferArc1 guess what brave is based of (Chromium=spyware) if it was based off of UnGoogl-ed chromium, THEN, I'd be singing a different tune

[@bsdslacker]

Been using LibreWolf for a few weeks and it runs really well. I had to put the remember history back for ease of use but it runs so good on old hardware and has not crashed once on Pop! OS. In fact, I've liked it so much I started looking for ways to support it.

[@Mr.Mister96]

Mull is available on mobile and is the closest thing to LibreWolf for Android

[@michaelshort2388]

a good way to get around the local file issue, is if you already have hosting, just host the plain HTML page on your hosting and point to it for your home page. :)

[@camerontgore]

Awesome! I've been looking for a new browser since your last firefox video for my Arco build.

[@fabiano9277]

Thanks Derek, for all the interesting and cool videos. I enjoy them very much.

[@DeirdreYoung1]

Installed, loving it so far. Running Manjaro with XFCE on my Macbook Air because I was concerned about Apple spying - so disabling Mozilla spying made a lot of sense too. Thank you!

[@kaceyhowell6570]

Just installed it too. Running Manjaro KDE. Replaced Windows 11 on a brand new laptop because I was not having any of that Microsoft noise.

[@starleigh6680]

Apple can spy on you from a firmware and hardware level. Just because it ain’t intel anymore dosent mean there’s no management engine counterpart in m1

[@DeirdreYoung1]

@@starleigh6680 Well not having the OS not broadcast every app I run is still an improvement.

[@satyabratmalik4326]

I used librewolf for a while, my only disappointment was that I couldn't import my firefox credentials

[@madthumbs1564]

I spent the day learning Qute browser. -I love rarely having to touch the mouse, learning VIM controls (I wouldn't learn VIM otherwise), and messing with the config as well as getting MPV as my PiP which totally blows away Firefox and Vivaldi and bypasses youtube ads! DTs got some good Qute configs / videos.

[@tandlose]

@@madthumbs1564 qutebrowser recently got an updated adblocker aswell. It works kinda well

[@spectr__]

cool idea, just hope they have installers soon. I still love Firefox dev tools, but at work I have to use Windows...

[@jokinglimitreached1503]

@Hai Red wut? No They might be similar in functionality, but totally different

[@KTSpeedruns]

Part of the problem with Linux. People putting out Linux software think users actually want to compile their own shit.

[@debtminer4976]

@@KTSpeedruns Bull.. you apparently don't know how to use your software center then. . Makes it very simple, without even having to touch a command line. You're just jumping in too early on this project. Libre wolf is compiled Firefox, with their own patches applied. On Mac, you have to patch a Firefox disk image.. on windows, they don't even have a version yet.. Basically, RTFM and compile it, wait for an executable, or go back to mac/windows and wait longer. Pretty simple.

[@sethsrc792]

@@debtminer4976 or just use the AUR and install the bin, it takes 1 minute in my laptop

[@debtminer4976]

@@sethsrc792 Exactly. . That's the beauty of the AUR.

[@vitorazevedo4472]

Gonna install it alongside with Brave. Great video!

[@king_and_country]

Wow, nice! Trying it out tonight.

[@sostakovic]

Yes !!! Thank you for this .

[@doktorparadox1791]

I don't have time, to check everything what's available. Thanks for recommendation.

[@williammoule-fortin9981]

Hell yeah! Another DT upload to make my day! Keep up the great work!

[@HaroldCrews]

Thanks, I just installed it from the AUR. It installed without issue. I then added it to FireJail.

[@billsemmendinger2592]

I'm using Homer as a home page in firefox. It allows me to open the different service in my home lab. I'm using "new tab override" to open the home page on other tabs. The downside is it doesn't clear the address bar so you have to remember to do it manually. Good video

[@marioschroers7318]

I'm testing GNU IceCat (which celebrated its release birthday recently), it seems to work nicely though. It compiled in 2:20 hours on my machine 😃 I like GNU IceCat 😊🐱 Not sure if I want to have 25 browsers installed at some point, but I might have a look at Libre Wolf.

[@canonpi]

Hey dt, what is that "Your browser is being managed by your organization" thing on top of the preferences page?

[@ThomasNoname]

Lix Alexander said. It's often used by your work or something, so you can't mess with the settings. Windows says something similar. But in this case, it acts as an extra layer of privacy, because even if you wanted to, you can't turn on tracking.

[@beaukurjata1873]

Noob question. I've never kicked around in gentoo. Is it alright for desktop and can a relatively inexperienced person (me) use and maintain it? My linux drive is running ubuntu and I'll be shoving arch back onto it otherwise. I usually am able to follow a manual. Thank you for the videos DT.

[@demonicavenger6987]

Well this looks great. I think I'll give it a try.

[@elalemanpaisa]

Does librewolf strip something out from the codebase? Afaik it comes with some blobs(Firefox) or is it just Firefox with some settings and extensions

[@quentincaldway]

You did it once again, thinking about switching to a more secure browser. Absolutely what I was looking for, as I continue the search for a main secure browser, i'm going to give this a try! Blessings!

[@Anonymous4045]

How'd it go?

[@nikolas8741]

I love this browser! Thanks DT!

[@iamlegion990]

Impeccable timing for this video... thanks

[@zaori2785]

The Addon Gesturefy (Mouse Gestures) is not working in LibreWolf. Does anyone know, how to make it work?

[@fcaughli]

Does anyone know if I can use the add on "open bookmarks in new tab" or something that does that?

[@matiaslouzaoataria6273]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention!, been looking for a firefox replacement form my desktop, vivaldi is really cool but is not 100% open source, and I don't like how brave feels, so this is of much help for me, thanks again!

[@matiaslouzaoataria6273]

@BlackWorm fair enough, but as a programmer I appreciate every bit of code that makes function a nice piece of software, even more if it is nicely written, so we can all look at it as an example, that is other of the advantages of open source software in my opinion, is not all about privacy and security but about much more stuff that makes it useful. Just my opinion. Still loved my 2 days with Vivaldi tho xD

[@willstence7206]

Is it contradicting to sign into email / google account in LibreWolf? I feel like it's necessary to do so but feels contradicting to privacy. What do you think?

[@markonfilms]

This is exciting!

[@julianschmidt590]

The New Tab Override plugin works fine for me, what was wrong with yours as you have deactivated it?

[@MyReviews_karkan]

Man, I really appreciate the effort. Been looking for a replacement for Firefox and you found one for us. I'll use it for a while and see how it works. Thanks again.

[@davebrowning9290]

My problem with Firefox is their lack of support for free speech as you mentioned in a previous video. I'm interested in FOSS, but free speech is even more important to me.

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

@Arnoldo Junkes can't blame them either tbh. Cancel culture is cancer.

[@eddyecho]

How exactly has firefox violated free speech?

[@davebrowning9290]

@@eddyecho They haven't violated free speech, but in a recent video, Derek mentioned his decision to stop using it because the publishers of Firefox said they don't support free speech.

[@eddyecho]

@Chris Cassata As long as the MPL remains FOSS compatible, I don't see how any of these sound bites make any difference.

[@pw1187]

@@eddyecho do they violate free speech no... but when they turn on by default... fact-checking... let's be honest it's going to be bais... it's sort of disgusting

[@mzzzchael]

You can also load an extension locally, which can override your homepage if you so desire!

[@HeCodes2Much]

Hey dt this lets you use a local fine > new-tab-override oh looks like you have it just disabled

[@thenoseplays2488]

So...I tried Libre wolf with high hopes...the first thing I tried to do was enable dark mode. I got some message telling me I can't and if I really want it I should go use something else? Is that normal?

[@claudespeed13579]

Yes.

[@thierrybo6304]

My concern if i change : Can we copy the Firefox profile to LW profile ? Do we have access to Mozilla sync to share bookmarks and so on between Firefox browsers?

[@JoStro_]

In the settings there was a setting in "home" marked "new tab" that was set to "blank page", maybe that option will let you set your hompage to open on a new tab?

[@thierrybo6304]

that's why it is relevant to use a password manager because this also prevented me to change browser some years ago.

[@silented530]

I was compiling it and it was taking so long I changed to a different distro and installed it on a the new distro was way quicker to do that. I like it its a cool browser

[@jamesbrinn9701]

what do you do with google youtube not allowing you to watch a video because of a blocking browser

[@techtiger2558]

DT - You can run an http server on localhost and place your homepage on that, simplest way would be via `python -m http.server` when inside a folder with just your page in it as index.html

[@nahidahmed9153]

is there anyway to get your hompage extension that u use in ur browser?

[@DavidCoutinhoCG]

why do you preffer librewolf to waterfox for example, i do use waterfox for quite a while for now, change some options here and there, install some privacy extensions like privacy badger, decentraleyes, ublock origin, nocoin, user-agent switcher, change some search engines to startpage, qwant, duckduckgo, and it works fine.

[@kayf7073]

Great. I would hope that we will at some time also have chocolatey packages for windows

[@tuxpowerpc]

I like this browser Derek. Are you planning on a follow up video once you see if the blank tabs windows are fixed? Also, I'd be curious to hear your take on the un-Googled Chromium. Thanks for the video, now I have another rabbit hole to go down...... LOL

[@DistroTube]

Possibly!

[@iamlegion990]

What do you think about Firefox focus ? Seems barebones at first look which is the goal

[@maureenmiaullis6427]

A video on how to compile a web browser would be nice to watch. Thanks for the info.

[@madthumbs1564]

I tried it, got the pgp error, and now I'm not sure if it's connected (dependencies?) but FF's PiP is borked (fills screen and isn't adjustable).

[@donbruce8234]

I know not too much about the deep insides of computer architecture. Could a program be compiled to search out any high tek company gathering info and send garbage but acceptable data?

[@cuttlefishn.w.2705]

Anyone know how I can make Librewolf remember all my account information so I don't have to keep logging back in every time I quit it? Or is that more something I should leave up to my password managers? If so, then why does it have an incognito mode if it's already deleting cookies on close?

[@favor94]

That's what I did a few days ago, I thought why it took so long to install Librewolf, it turns out that what I installed was librewolf and that means I have been compiling it and it took a very long time (at least 5 hours until I realized I chose the wrong one. ). finally I canceled and installed librewolf-bin

[@timr5066]

Same :)

[@kmemz]

I've been waiting for either build instructions, or better yet straight builds, of librewolf on Windows, for months now. I'm not a fan of windows, but I have to use it as a primary OS out of necessity, thus I also need a browser that works on it.

[@madthumbs1564]

They don't even have it working right for all Linux machines. Imo: too early to jump ship. For now, I'm disabling pocket, and their built-in search engines to prevent revenue for them.

[@hunterwilhelm]

I would use it but did it have an app version?

[@braaitongs]

I use brave on win 11 and want to move to linux. Would I be able to import my passwords into librewolf?

[@warfist-mv8mh]

Really hope to have LibreWolf download for my windows machine as well eventually.

[@sammywilliam8156]

Just now got it on my Windows machine yes I know I love it it has the bookmarks of Firefox the add-ons of Firefox it has the ability to be new because like you said most of the forks of Firefox are usually the first Firefox where you use anything and it crashes or it's not safe libre wolf is very very easy to use I mean from installing it to using it it took me about 12 minutes to figure out how to import and everything works I'm still going to use Firefox on my phone I use tour but it's basically super Firefox

[@Thomas-rl8kw]

If i compile this, how will the updates work? Will i have to compile it every time?

[@tejing2001]

Anyone know of a keyboard-oriented browser (or a browser configurable enough to create a good keyboard-based experience), that's still compatible with extensions for chrome or firefox? I'm using brave with the surfingkeys extension right now, but there are some fundamental limitations to what an extension can do as far as keyboard customization. (for example, surfingkeys key shortcuts don't work while the current tab is still loading, some keys (like ctrl-n) are not capturable by the extension, and I believe some websites override the js code injected by surfingkeys.)

[@petolejua]

thanks. what would you recommend for an email client instead of Mozilla's thunderbird?

[@shaymaeel-jaouahiry6278]

Mailspring

[@caubert]

first search on Internet returns > "Librewolf is promoted as "the community-maintained fork of Librefox: a privacy and security-focused browser" however Librewolf is suffering from the same problems as Waterfox. Librewolf is a set of scripts and patches that removes the Firefox telemetry feature among other things. However, a network dump reveals that the very first time Librewolf is started it immediately contacts the Mozilla add-on CDN, Amazon Cloudfront, and several other places even though automatic updates of extensions is disabled by default." // unixsheikh.com

[@outlierjahd7910]

is that good or bad?

[@NilRipamonti]

@@outlierjahd7910 Bad. They are not doing what they are claiming.

[@joelchrono]

My webcam didn't work with app image,I could not install any other version since I am on void, is it the appimage? Or is the browser just too hardened? Or is just my broken system?

[@J43rv1]

As far as I know, AppImages don't have access to your computer - they are ran in an isolated VM like environment. Much more secure but of course you lose features like that.

[@thatguynar]

You could probably create an extension that works just like a new tab page. I'll probably have to look into that.

[@guilherme5094]

Looks really good.

[@erics7004]

I recommend using appimage launcher so it's easier to have a shortcut of Librewolf or Pling Store in your software menu.

[@zeocamo]

DT for the new tab, i don't like Firefox default and you can't trust the new tab plugins as it is one of the best way to track you, so i made my own, it was about 30-60 mins searching on the API for firefox and i build a plugin my self, you can too and it can be a great live steam, and if you fail it is ok, it is still good content ...

[@AYT04]

7:17 😂 | i just for an API ad after you said that there should be a force start custom page.

[@JoshuaVonNoctis]

They don't have a Windows branch just yet. Waiting on that. I'd love to switch over.

[@aetvrna]

Same

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

they have windows releases now

[@JoshuaVonNoctis]

@@theodiscusgaming3909 No way. For real? Sweet.

[@fcaughli]

We can't set startup for "open previous windows and tabs"

[@martinboonzaaier]

Can one use addons, like Duckduckgo essentials, Ublock, etc, to make Firefox safer? Or is it better to swtch to a browser that's clean from the get go?

[@noferblatz]

Like your local homepage. Where can I get a copy of it (or the CSS) so I can imitate it?

[@DistroTube]

gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.surf/html

[@soulofhogwarts]

In your preferences settings just change new tab from blankpage to homepage.

[@SkyyySi]

Not directly related to LibreWolf, but assuming that the popup menus look the same for you in Firefox, you need to add this to the blur-background-exclude and shadow-exlude picom rules: "class_g = 'firefox' && window_type = 'utility'",

[@jfs5873]

Does it work well with screen readers like NVDA?

[@sokoloft3]

tabliss* is a great new tab extension imo. Seems really lightweight, maybe check it out.

[@sokoloft3]

@Saeed Habibi Yeah I love it. I think I've used it for the past year or so. I switched to Brave a couple days ago and disabled their new tab page and setup tabliss.

[@JowiKrause]

Does this have a sync functionality?

[@eyeoftruth4405]

If I'm doing blogging or online business, should I stick with Google Chrome?

[@shamaYahu8635]

I just want something that doesn't put am invisible images in front of a video or picture that stops me from downloading them. Somebody please help!

[@ChrisM243]

Are there any comparable browsers with built-in adblock for android?

[@funnymackerel9432]

How I can set my own start page? Any idea? Google gave me nothing

[@yankee7664]

Looking for libre wolf for windows 7 32 bit...we only find it on 64 bit..my laptops are 32 bit whit only 2 gigabyte Ram...and run win XP, win 7 and one with Linux mint 19.1.. can't change now all my OS to 64 bit...that easy

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

Does it work on a Macbook or apple?

[@bogdanlupu3679]

An idea. Regarding putting a webpage. Upload your homepage links to your server and point to it. It should work. Down somewhere in the comments there is a solution to DRM.

[@madeyeQ]

I guess this is an older video, but just wanted to let you know the new tab page now can have shortcuts, and at least youtube videos can be watched as well. Haven't tried with netflix.

[@andygaal7936]

my comment on that would be that, if Mozilla-Project hangs or falls, Libre-Wolf falls too. The free world needs more of those browsers. It would be nice to have more 100% FOSS browsers. Looking at Palemoon, Basilisk and Ladybird to mature hopefully soon or one of them gets forked by a dynamic team.

[@Minsc]

Edging me to installing Linux Mint on my daily machine. Still using Windows 8.1 for the moment. Planing to transition away sometime before the end of 8.1's security updates.

[@Minsc]

@Pedro Ferreira I decided to install Mint a couple months ago. When installing I saw the dual boot option so that's what I did.

[@Minsc]

@Pedro Ferreira I do like it, though there's always quirks to find. Just the other day I noticed no easy way (in my knowledge) to reverse the left/right audio channels. Due to my setup the cables won't reach unless the speakers are reversed.

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@minepro1206]

Switched to LW before this video 😁.

[@outlierjahd7910]

already using it far before the creation of earth 😝

[@voidtoast4880]

Great video, did not know about this, Mozilla's direction has been deeply disappointing, hopefully Librewolf gets some windows builds too, if enough users defect maybe it will bring some long needed changes in leadership at Mozilla.

[@LucaAccorsi1986]

disappointing for what?

[@holyhelga]

correct me if im wrong but you probably could remove those locked settings in the source and then compile it

[@QuizmasterLaw]

sudo apt-get install librewolf ? or does it require a ppa?

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@renealbrechtsen9743 i got about 5 minutes into it and went back to learning russian he's got a great voice but i don't need 30 minutes of video for 30 seconds of info.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@Chris Cassata RUssiaaaaa!

[@ThomasNoname]

@Chris Cassata How is it lazy. Dude was just asking how to install the browser, cause he already made up his mind. Why waste more time on a video than needed, if you already have the information you want.

[@TheLinuxCast]

I use a new tab plugin and then host my startpage on Github. Easy.

[@TheSulross]

I prefer Brave as my daily driver, but I've kept Firefox installed for rare occasion where have an issue using Brave with a site, but now I will strip Firefox off of all my computers and devices and replace with LibreWolf. Don't want to have any Firefox install that gets counted by Mozzilla in their stats for number of active updating users

[@RamasesBullock]

So many great PC web browsers. I use my phone more then PC (Android not IOS) and it's hard to find a browser I like as most suck. I do like bromite.

[@abaneyone]

Brave is good on Android.

[@madthumbs1564]

They're mostly Chrome or Firefox based. I'm fine with Chrome based on my android phone, but for PC I want something else.

[@MarioShotgun]

For any IOS user out there, apple forces there website engine

[@datawolk]

Tabby Cat is an amazing plugin

[@xpuc6214]

Now I have mixed feelings. Should I stay with brave or switch to LibreWolf ?

[@DistroTube]

I have both installed. :D

[@bigbangengineer7686]

@@DistroTube which do you believe is better after using them both?

[@eddyecho]

Try both. Use the one that suits you best.

[@eldete6210]

I think I'll stick to Brave for now just because I'm pretty used to Chrome and like it better than Firefox

[@zonnodon163]

Do both

[@AnimeFan4Life2022x]

where do i download libre wolf? is there a website

[@nikolayhidalgodiaz9463]

With regards to having local file as start page, make it have a localhost-based http url by hosting it a local webserver file:///home/username/.../home.html -> localhost:111/home.html

[@minepro1206]

What would be a bit of an overkill but ok.

[@oalfodr]

I have used some other tweak to get local file as home page. It was easy to set up. It involved creation of the two new files in firefox folder (enable-autoconfig.js and autoconfig.cfg)

[@minepro1206]

@rasuru Well, everything's a single command on UN*X.

[@undefinednull5749]

Ublock Origin is there probably to improve privacy, for less tracking etc.

[@leeh.1900]

Firefox pushes Google Search...cause Alphabet pays Mozilla...a couple hundred million dollars per year to ship with Google as default search engine. Typically making up 75 to 90% of Mozilla Foundations funds. That's scary...and why would Google do that? To turn Firefox into Chrome for techies that are concerned about Privacy/Tracking. I think we should go back in time and start paying for a Browser. It was before my time...but didn't Netscape at one time cost like $19.95??? I want my browser to be updated and developed regularly by successful Open Source Devs....and I would be willing to pay for it! Any "Free Software" makes me think that they are selling all telemetry. to whomever...and that data winds up going to Facebook, Alphabet and all the rest of their ilk. Great video DT...gonna check this out! Thanks!

[@HelvecioGomes]

Interesting.

[@techtutorials8812]

Could you serve your html file on a local server and use localhost as the new tab page?

[@theterribleanimator1793]

Of course, youd need an apache server installed tho.