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Fennec ​

  • Developer: Mozilla
  • Development Status: Replaced by Mobile Firefox
  • Released: 2010
  • Platforms: Android, Maemo
  • Type: Browser
  • Rendering Engine: Gecko

Overview ​

Fennec was Mozilla's mobile version of Firefox.

UAParser.js detects these Mozilla Firefox products and historical names separately:

BrowserDescription
FirefoxMozilla's main Firefox browser.
Firefox MobileMozilla's Firefox browser for mobile devices.
Firefox FocusMozilla's privacy-focused mobile browser.
KlarThe name used for Firefox Focus in German-speaking markets.
FennecMozilla's former mobile browser, followed by Firefox Mobile.
PhoenixFirefox's original project name.
FirebirdFirefox's name after Phoenix and before Firefox.

History ​

Fennec was Mozilla's codename for its mobile Firefox work, especially Firefox for Android.

User-Agent Examples ​

Linux ​
sh
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux armv61; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081015 Fennec/1.0a1
Maemo ​
sh
Mozilla/5.0 (Maemo; Linux armv7l; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.1 Fennec/10.0.1

Code Example ​

js
import { UAParser } from 'ua-parser-js';
import { BrowserName } from 'ua-parser-js/enums';

const parser = new UAParser();
const ua = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux armv61; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081015 Fennec/1.0a1';

const browser = parser.setUA(ua).getBrowser();

console.log(browser);
// {name: "Fennec", version: "1.0a1", major: "1"}

console.log(browser.is(BrowserName.FENNEC));
// true

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