Mull, Kiwi, Cromite looks okay for me. Though I have to admit Mull(Fenix) is kinda slow on my old devices, so I use Cromite there.
I’ve switched over to Fennec on android and liking it so far. Last updated 4 days ago on f-droid.
Mull is Fenix stripped of it’s play store requirements with arkenfox built in.
The credited choice for android IMHO
you should always look at the git activity.
https://github.com/bromite/bromite
Two years since a update, this project is not suitable for production use.
I recommend mull browser instead, updated last week, https://github.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix
Also just to add, while Bromite is dead, the fork of it Cromite is still alive and well
I use Firefox mobile day to day and keep both Mull and Brave installed. Unfortunately right now Brave is recommended on mobile for privacy:
Firefox (Gecko)-based browsers on Android lack site isolation,1 a powerful security feature that protects against a malicious site performing a Spectre-like attack to gain access to the memory of another website you have open.2 Chromium-based browsers like Brave will provide more robust protection against malicious websites.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-browsers/#brave-sync
Hope to switch back to Firefox & Mull only once that’s fixed
Thanks for that. I was just looking at the Github project and noticed the same.
Bromite is abandoned and unsafe to use, the latest release is like 2 years old. Use Cromite for an up to date fork or better yet something not Chromium based like Mull.
Thank you!
You said not Firefox, but have you considered Firefox Focus? Its a much smaller app with the privacy features all enabled by default.
firefox focus is not a “privacy browser solution”
ever since it stopped relying on the built-in Android WebView engine and started packing Gecko (which happened a few years ago), it stopped being “much smaller” than Firefox. the package size is a similar 100 MB now.
I’d meant smaller as in feature set, but I take your point.
IMO, using Gecko instead of WebView-- which is based on Chromium-- is a plus. Chrome itself gets some bad press for being invasiveness and anti-adblockiing. Yes, Mozilla Foundation has been getting too cozy with their advertiser handling and telemetry practices, but you can still disable those. They have a lot more credibility with me still than Google & Chrome/Chromium, who are first and foremost an advertising platform.
using Gecko instead of WebView-- which is based on Chromium-- is a plus
I’ve never claimed otherwise.
