{"slug": "ironfox", "name": "IronFox", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 7, "warners": 0, "score": 4.353, "rising": 0.02, "first": "2025-12-16", "latest": "2026-09-29", "why": "On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite.", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/ironfox", "official_url": "https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["IronFox"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 798182978, "item_id": 49886436, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49886436", "by": "rpdillon", "date": "2026-09-29", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite.", "excerpt": "This isn't accurate. Mozilla stopped focusing on their core product, which was the browser. Brave has desperately been trying to monetize the creation of a privacy-focused browser for some time, much to the chagrin of folks on HN. I decided to pay for their open source offering, which doesn't have any of that. The hate for Brave is some combination of people dredging up issues from very early in their existence and m", "context": "", "use_case": "Android browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 766387952, "item_id": 47899247, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47899247", "by": "FireInsight", "date": "2026-04-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Android Firefox versions that are geat as well", "excerpt": "Android Firefox versions that are geat as well - [Ironfox](https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox): Hardened - [Fennec](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/): Fully FOSS", "context": "", "use_case": "hardened Android browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine"}, {"id": 753375104, "item_id": 47085944, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47085944", "by": "haskman", "date": "2026-02-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences", "excerpt": "IronFox is Firefox with different settings. IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences - https://ironfoxoss.org/docs/features/ Using a Chrome based browser (i.e. Vanadium) is not an option for me because I need my extensions and generally prefer using firefox everywhere.", "context": "", "use_case": "hardened privacy-focused Firefox", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}, {"id": 740714848, "item_id": 46294678, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46294678", "by": "MattTheRealOne", "date": "2025-12-16", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile", "excerpt": "IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox", "context": "", "use_case": "Privacy-focused mobile browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["android browser", "hardened android browser", "hardened privacy-focused firefox", "browser", "privacy-focused mobile browser"], "compared": [{"slug": "librewolf", "name": "LibreWolf", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "brave", "name": "Brave", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49878759", "title": "I switched to Brave", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359130", "title": "DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897891", "title": "Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045612", "title": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46722284", "title": "Ask HN: What is your opinion on non-mainstream mobile OS options (e.g. /e/OS)?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288491", "title": "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "quotes": [{"id": 798182978, "item_id": 49886436, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49886436", "by": "rpdillon", "date": "2026-09-29", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite.", "excerpt": "This isn't accurate. Mozilla stopped focusing on their core product, which was the browser. Brave has desperately been trying to monetize the creation of a privacy-focused browser for some time, much to the chagrin of folks on HN. I decided to pay for their open source offering, which doesn't have any of that. The hate for Brave is some combination of people dredging up issues from very early in their existence and m", "context": "", "use_case": "Android browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798121761, "item_id": 49882610, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882610", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-09-28", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Ironfox has been well received and will be added eventually, from what I skimmed.", "excerpt": "Ironfox has been well received and will be added eventually, from what I skimmed. https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/ironfox-a-new-mull-fork/23638 Librewolf has community support as you can see here. https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/librewolf-firefox-based-browser/148/454 They don't do anti-recommendations on the pages but you can see the discussion for things on the forum.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 773782081, "item_id": 48361380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361380", "by": "WolfeReader", "date": "2026-06-01", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Using Android and IronFox if that has an effect", "excerpt": "Can you give an example of what you're talking about? I just ran a search on an author I started reading, and the results had no AI and no obvious link to AI. Using Android and IronFox if that has an effect: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?ia=web&origin=funnel_home_website&q=Christopher+Ruocchio", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms"}, {"id": 766387952, "item_id": 47899247, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47899247", "by": "FireInsight", "date": "2026-04-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Android Firefox versions that are geat as well", "excerpt": "Android Firefox versions that are geat as well - [Ironfox](https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox): Hardened - [Fennec](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/): Fully FOSS", "context": "", "use_case": "hardened Android browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine"}, {"id": 753375104, "item_id": 47085944, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47085944", "by": "haskman", "date": "2026-02-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences", "excerpt": "IronFox is Firefox with different settings. IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences - https://ironfoxoss.org/docs/features/ Using a Chrome based browser (i.e. Vanadium) is not an option for me because I need my extensions and generally prefer using firefox everywhere.", "context": "", "use_case": "hardened privacy-focused Firefox", "switched_from": "", "story": "GrapheneOS \u2013 Break Free from Google and Apple"}, {"id": 747572196, "item_id": 46723262, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46723262", "by": "reify", "date": "2026-01-22", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Molly, a fork of signal messenger and Ironfox", "excerpt": "I dumped smart phone shite with CyanogenMod back in 2010. I still have an old Oneplus 5T running lineage with android 15 A samsung S4 with android 11 as my kitchen timer. My family have Motorola edge 20 and Motorola edge 20 pro both with android 16. https://doc.e.foundation/devices https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ I personaly prefer Lineage over E.OS. I use droid-ify app store, which saves messing about with addin", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your opinion on non-mainstream mobile OS options (e.g. /e/OS)?"}, {"id": 740714848, "item_id": 46294678, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46294678", "by": "MattTheRealOne", "date": "2025-12-16", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile", "excerpt": "IronFox is essentially LibreWolf for mobile: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox", "context": "", "use_case": "Privacy-focused mobile browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"}]}