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Firebird

• Developer: Mozilla
• Development Status: Renamed to Firefox
• Released: 2003
• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
• Type: Browser
• Rendering Engine: Gecko

Overview

Firebird was an early name used for the browser that became Mozilla Firefox.

Related Browsers

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

Browser	Description
Firefox	Mozilla's main Firefox browser.
Firefox Mobile	Mozilla's Firefox browser for mobile devices.
Firefox Focus	Mozilla's privacy-focused mobile browser.
Klar	The name used for Firefox Focus in German-speaking markets.
Fennec	Mozilla's former mobile browser, followed by Firefox Mobile.
Phoenix	Firefox's original project name.
Firebird	Firefox's name after Phoenix and before Firefox.

History

Mozilla used the Firebird name after Phoenix. To avoid confusion with another open-source project, it renamed the browser Firefox with version 0.8 in February 2004.

User-Agent Examples

Windows

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7

Code Example

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

const parser = new UAParser();
const ua = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7';

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

console.log(browser);
// {name: "Firebird", version: "0.7", major: "0"}

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