Download Waterfox G:4.0.0

The fourth generation of Waterfox has come out. Waterfox is a web browser based on the source code of Firefox. The project was started in 2011 by the then sixteen-year-old Alex Kontos and was one of the first 64-bit browsers on the market. Today it is owned by System1, but Alex is still closely involved in the project. Waterfox G4 is based on Gecko 91.3 with various optimizations, has no plug-in whitelist and does not send telemetry to Waterfox. The release notes and changelog for this release can be found below.

Waterfox 4th Generation Release

Today marks the soft release of the 4th Generation of Waterfox. After enough time has elapsed, the automatic update will be seeded out to all users.

New Website

You may have noticed a new website – much more information, with a more practical structure. This website also allows us to add documentation, support documents and better ways to convey information. We will be optimizing the website over the next few weeks as well as setting up redirects for any old pages that have been missed.

New Browser

Waterfox has returned to its roots with performance at the forefront. We have aggressively optimized Waterfox for as much performance as possible. Unfortunately this means we have to leave older systems behind – but any computer from the last decade should work. ARM builds are now available for macOS and these are also optimized, taking advantage of the new hardware Apple has to offer. Windows and Linux ARM builds will also follow in due course.

We have also changed the way we make changes to the underlying Gecko platform, meaning we can now track releases faster and in a more automated way. Over the next few months we will track the central branch of Gecko. If our features apply cleanly each release, we will then stop tracking the Extended Support Releases and instead starts a rolling release for Waterfox. The idea behind this change is that not only will Waterfox be incredibly performant, but also be at the forefront of supporting the latest HTML standards.

Mobile browsers are also in the pipeline, but are dependent on us having our own Sync service primed. Once that has been achieved, mobile browsers will follow. We will keep you updated on progress.

New

• Based on Gecko 91.3
• “Lepton” theme based on an improved Photon theme.
• You can now import specific Gecko-based profiles (Firefox, Waterfox etc.) from File > Import From Another Browswer

Fixed

• G4.0.0.1 now correctly picks up your profile location.

Changed

• System requirements bumped up to require a CPU with SSE4.2
• Limited as many outgoing connections as possible to keep the browser operational