Why use LibreWolf over Mullvad Browser?

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Why would one pick LibreWolf over Mullvad Browser though?

LibreWolf (Firefox-Based Browser)
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Mullvad browser is more of a disposable browser and about blending in. LIbrewolf acts the opposite of that but has some (or most but dont take most as a fact, I would have to research it) of the perks

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My understanding is that by default Librewolf clears all browsing data on shutdown, just like Mullvad Browser. So to me it doesn’t seem like it’s intended to be a persistent browser as opposed to a disposable browser.

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my bad, this is correct, by default it does this, but unlike mullvad it doesn’t feel harmful to disable it while in mullvad it generally isnt suggested to disable just like how it isnt suggested to use extensions in Mullvad.

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I think what they meant was that Mullvad is meant to be fingerprint resistant and for ephemeral use primarily unlike Librewolf.

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I guess that I just don’t really see the difference

Librewolf with changed settings and additional plugins = not recommended

Mullvad Browser with changed settings and additional plugins = not recommended

In both cases you stick out because ultimately, almost no one has your exact setup the second that you anything.

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I would just stick with what JG said they understood the assignment.

What are the concerns with Librewolf?
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You could still use Librewolf as a main browser to log into PII and use Mullvad for anti fingerprinting features.

Librewolf is basically arkenfox with some small modifications. One of the person that works on Librewolf also works on arkenfox.

The only downside is the 1-3 days delay in firefox updates.

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Who?

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I’ve been trying to search where I saw that for the past 30 minutes and can’t find a source. Sorry. It might have been someone on reddit mentioning that, not sure.

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Maybe you are confusing it with this?

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Maybe? Lol. I found another one here, which is also from Thorin:

If anyone wants a detailed breakdown of differences between AF/LW (which are almost identical these days) vs Mullvad Browser, then it’s a short list. It’s just a slightly different space - each with pros and cons.

This is from 2023 though, so there are even less differences.

According to Lumo (take with a grain of salt), the user @fxbrit worked on both Librewolf and Arkenfox.

Edit: found it! Reddit - The heart of the internet

They have their own, but it’s very similar to Arkenfox. They also discuss/work a lot together on the technical details, which you can see on Arkenfox’s GitHub issue tracker. fxbrit from Librewolf is also an admin for the Arkenfox repo.

Good Lumo. Lol.

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This is outdated information. See arkenfox has evolved into great piece of trash · Issue #1906 · arkenfox/user.js · GitHub

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Thanks! It seems Maltejur is now responsible for updating the user.js setting in Librewolf. However, the post is from November 2024. I wasn’t able to find any updates from searching on the web, but I can’t seem to search efficiently on github, so maybe you have a more recent post?

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LibreWolf is on Codeberg

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This helps, but I still can’t find how close Librewolf is to arkenfox.

I can see this: File format of the git(1) suite Git 2.47.3 07/30/2025 GIT-BUGREPORT(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIT-BUNDLE(1) Git.

And I can also lots of settings changes afterwards so I don’t believe the last version is 118.

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this repository benefits from the knowledge and research provided by arkenfox, so special thanks to the project. we do not use arkenfox’s user.js but we try to keep up with it, and we also consider it a great resource for users who want to find their own setup.

You would have to compare user.js from arkenfox to librewolf.cfg.

The biggest difference would be that arkenfox defaults to FPP and LibreWolf to RFP.

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Last update of the user.js seems to have been done 9 months ago in Librewolf (latest cfg file).

This to me is good enough.

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This question is a bit off topic because it is exactly what we are discussing in LibreWolf (Firefox-Based Browser) - #225 but I’ve split it off because the question & replies don’t really add more details than have already been shared in that thread.