Mullvad Browser
Privacy-focused desktop browser from Mullvad and the Tor Project, based on Firefox.
Recommended as a Firefox-based alternative123 that pushes back on browser fingerprinting and works like Tor Browser without Tor plus uBlock Origin, no Mullvad VPN required.45 The one complaint is that, like other Firefox derivatives, it can feel sluggish and heavy on memory and energy.6
Why people recommend it
Firefox alternative · 3
Suggested as a Firefox fork to switch to, including over LibreWolf.
“Go use a fork like the Mullvad browser or Waterfox.”
“I switched to the Mullvad browser.”
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“change the browser to the Mullvad Browser or and librewolf”
Anti-fingerprinting · 2
Recommended for people tired of websites fingerprinting their browser.
“I recommend anyone to use email aliasing and perhaps the Mullvad browser”
“I use Mullvad Browser, which is Tor Browser -Tor +uBlock Origin.”
Secondary browser · 2
Kept as a basic browser used alongside a main one.
“I actually don't want a super basic, boring browser - that's what I have mullvad browser for!”
“I also use Mullvad’s browser from time to time at home.”
uBlock, no VPN · 1
Ships with uBlock Origin and does not require Mullvad VPN.
“I use Mullvad Browser, which is Tor Browser -Tor +uBlock Origin.”
Caveats and dissent
Performance · 1
One commenter finds Firefox-derived browsers, including Mullvad, sluggish and memory- and energy-hungry.
“Even today it is difficult for me to use Firefox, Mullvad, etc.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Hang on to Your Firefox 1 mention
- Ask HN: What browser do you use? 1 mention
- How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) 1 mention
- Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow 1 mention
- You have to have an account to read IMDB reviews now 1 mention
- Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features 1 mention
Data: mullvad-browser.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“I actually don't want a super basic, boring browser - that's what I have mullvad browser for!”
“I also use Mullvad’s browser from time to time at home.”
“I use Mullvad Browser, which is Tor Browser -Tor +uBlock Origin.”
“Even today it is difficult for me to use Firefox, Mullvad, etc.”
“I recommend anyone to use email aliasing and perhaps the Mullvad browser”
“Go use a fork like the Mullvad browser or Waterfox.”
“I switched to the Mullvad browser.”
“change the browser to the Mullvad Browser or and librewolf”