LibreWolf, a browser with a focus on privacy and security

LibreWolf is a browser that is fork independent of Firefox, with the main goals of privacy, security and user freedom.

LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against fingerprinting and tracking techniques, while including some security improvements.

This is achieved through settings and patches aimed at privacy and security. LibreWolf also aims to remove all telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disable anti-freedom features like DRM.

Installation

LibreWolf is available for Linux, OpenBSD, Windows and macOS .

On Linux there are standard procedures for the following distributions:

Ubuntu 20.{04.10} and Linux Mint

Just add the LibreWolf source.list and install. For this do:

echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net focal main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list
sudo wget https://deb.librewolf.net/keyring.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/librewolf.gpg
sudo apt update
sudo apt install librewolf -y

On Debian

For version 11 use:

echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list
sudo wget https://deb.librewolf.net/keyring.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/librewolf.gpg
sudo apt update
sudo apt install librewolf -y

For other versions of Debian(Unstable):

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/bgstack15:/aftermozilla/Debian_Unstable/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:bgstack15:aftermozilla.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:bgstack15:aftermozilla/Debian_Unstable/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_bgstack15_aftermozilla.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install librewolf -y

If it doesn’t work and you can’t install it, clean up the mess:

sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/librewolf.gpg

There is another way using AppImage, see one of the blocks below this article.

On Gentoo

Create a repository in the path and file: /etc/portage/repos.conf/librewolf.conf and insert that content below:

[librewolf]
priority = 50
location = <repo-location>/librewolf
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/gentoo.git
auto-sync = Yes

Now change the repository location to a path of your choice and run:

emaint -r librewolf sync

Portage should now find and update the repository.

You can also use eselect with the command:

sudo eselect repository add librewolf git https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/gentoo.git
emaint -r librewolf sync

On Arch Linux

You can use AUR:

yay -S librewolf

On Fedora

sudo rpm --import https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/034F7776EF5E0C613D2F7934D29FBD5F93C0CFC3
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.librewolf.net
sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install librewolf

via AppImage to any distro

NOTE

This AppImage will probably only work if your environment is running under Wayland . If you are under Xorg you will need(more recommended) use the AppImageLauncher

wget -q https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/24386000/packages/generic/librewolf/95.0.2-1/LibreWolf.x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x LibreWolf.x86_64.AppImage
./LibreWolf.x86_64.AppImage