Pale Moon

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Pale Moon

https://www.palemoon.org/
A Goanna-based web browser

Pale Moon is an free software, Goanna-based web browser available for Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux (with other operating systems in development), focusing on efficiency and customization.

Main features:

• Optimized for modern processors
• Based on the Unified XUL Platform (UXP) containing our own optimized layout and rendering engine (Goanna)
• Safe: forked from mature Mozilla code and regularly updated with the latest security patches
• Secure: Additional security features and security-aware development
• Supported by our user community, and fully non-profit
• Familiar, efficient, fully customizable interface
• Support for full themes: total freedom for any element's design
• Support for easily-created lightweight themes (skins)
• Smooth and speedy page drawing and script processing
• Superior gradients and fonts
• Increased stability: experience fewer browser crashes
• Support for many "legacy" Firefox extensions, but please read this
• Support for a growing number of Pale Moon exclusive extensions
• Extensive and growing support for existing web standards

Download

version 29.1.1 (stable)
released on 30 March 2021

Donate link

https://www.palemoon.org/donations.shtml

Categories

• Internet-application:web-browser
• Programming-language:C++
• Programming-language:python
• Programming-language:javascript
• Protocol:dns
• Protocol:http
• Protocol:ssl
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:Windows
• UI Toolkit:gtk
• UI Toolkit:xul
• Use:internet-application
• Works-with:audio
• Works-with:html
• Works-with:images
• Works-with:text
• Works-with:video
• Works-with:xml
• Works-with-format:mp3
• Works-with-format:ogg-vorbis
• Works-with-format:FLAC
• Works-with-format:ogg-theora
• Works-with-format:opus
• Works-with-format:webm

Related Projects

• Unified XUL Platform

Extensions, plug-ins, or add-ons for this program

Ambassador

Fork of ChatZilla for the Unified XUL Platform

https://github.com/Ascrod/ambassador

Licensing

License

Verified by

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Notes

License

MPL-2.0

Verified on

14 September 2020

Notes

https://www.palemoon.org/licensing.shtml

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
trava90	Linux developer and Team leader
Mark Straver	Owner, lead developer, and Windows developer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
General discussion and support	Forum	https://forum.palemoon.org/

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to build	Unified XUL Platform

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