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Swiftfox ​

  • Developer: Jason Halme
  • Development Status: Discontinued
  • Released: 2005
  • Platforms: Linux
  • Type: Browser
  • Rendering Engine: Gecko

Overview ​

Swiftfox was a set of processor-optimized Firefox builds for Linux.

These Firefox-derived browsers are separate projects, not official Firefox editions:

BrowserDescription
FirefoxThe Mozilla browser these projects are based on.
WaterfoxAn independently maintained Firefox fork.
LibreWolfA community Firefox fork focused on privacy and security.
PaleMoonAn independent browser that began as a Firefox fork.
IceCatGNU's Firefox-based browser and rebrand.
IceweaselDebian's former rebranded Firefox package.
SwiftfoxA Firefox-based build optimized for Linux.

User-Agent Examples ​

Linux ​
sh
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061024 Firefox/2.0 (Swiftfox)

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 i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061024 Firefox/2.0 (Swiftfox)';

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

console.log(browser);
// {name: "Swiftfox"}

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

UAParser.js v2 is licensed under AGPLv3 or PRO licenses.