firedragon-browser vs positron

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firedragon-browser		positron
	Project
13	Mentions	17
221	Stars	529
-	Growth	-
8.3	Activity	0.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	almost 6 years ago
JavaScript	Language
Mozilla Public License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

firedragon-browser

Posts with mentions or reviews of firedragon-browser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-13.

"How i learned about Firefox MPRIS" - or - "[PSA/FYI] Add years to your life by avoiding this critical 'WTF?!?' moment."
3 projects | /r/firefox | 13 Mar 2023

I started using firedragon yesterday. it's great so far. that's not what this is about, but, probably has something to do with it.
Is anyone here using FireDragon? How does it compare with Firefox and LibreWolf?
2 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 1 Nov 2022
I'm looking for a lightweight, non-Chromium-based browser.
5 projects | /r/browsers | 26 Sep 2022
Trying to build from source
2 projects | /r/archlinux | 18 Sep 2022

Look at the steps inside https://github.com/dr460nf1r3/firedragon-browser/blob/master/.github/workflows/ci.yml
Binaries for Arch Linux are not compatible with older GLIBC versions (I'm trying to create AppImages for other GNU/Linux distributions).
3 projects | /r/archlinux | 4 Apr 2022

PS: I have the same issue with another program named Firedragon, the Firefox/LibreWolf fork for Garuda Linux, I have already talked with the developer about this issue. The main binary cannot work on other Linux distributions because the GLIBC version is not compatible. Any tips?
Which one is better Liberwolf Browser or Brave Browser?
3 projects | /r/privacy | 13 Mar 2022

A fork of Librewolf that's less strict is Firedragon. If you want to stay within the Mozilla ecosystem but find Librewolf to be overkill, consider this alternative.
How's your experience with Librewolf browser?.
2 projects | /r/privacy | 13 Mar 2022

A less extreme alternative is Firedragon which I've heard good things about, but haven't used. The only downside being that I believe as of right now your only install option is compiling from source, or get it by running Garuda Linux. Not a big deal, but obviously less convenient than a binary or flatpak.
Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
3 projects | /r/linux | 7 Oct 2021
-50M users
9 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 23 Aug 2021

https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/firedragon-librewolf-fork/5018 (KDE)
Is it worth switching to Garuda from Manjaro?
1 project | /r/GarudaLinux | 6 Aug 2021

It comes with its own version of Firefox, called Firedragon, which is a fork of Librewolf with some enhancements.

positron

Posts with mentions or reviews of positron. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-06.

Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Sep 2023

Mozilla used to work on it: https://github.com/mozilla/positron
Currently I'm guessing https://tauri.app/ would be the easiest way to get away from electron.
One meme from my collection
2 projects | /r/firefox | 28 Apr 2023

They made an Electron-compatible replacement, Positron, discontinued.
Firefox should have a webview
2 projects | /r/firefox | 2 Mar 2023
What if Discord changed their Desktop app to use Firefox browsing engine instead of chromium?
1 project | /r/discordapp | 6 Sep 2022

Replacing Electron and rebuilding Discord from the ground-up would be quite the undertaking. What framework would you use? Firefox has tried to make an Electron-like framework in the past with Positron, but it has since been discontinued.
Is there a way to build desktop apps using Firefox engine?
1 project | /r/firefox | 6 Sep 2022

Mozilla Positron https://github.com/mozilla/positron
How do you think Mozilla can better optimize Firefox (and Gecko)?
2 projects | /r/firefox | 18 Aug 2022

That way: * other browsers can base their engine on Firefox's * it's possible to make nodejs applications based on Gecko rather than Blink (i think it was called Positron) * other company can join and help them having an engine that is truely free and open source, where everybody can contribute and assure that the web standard is respected
Chad Spotify
16 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 26 Jun 2022

Yeah, totally. Mozilla started something that would do just that, but it looks like it's been abandoned for a while. https://github.com/mozilla/positron Not sure if anyone's made a fork that's being maintained.
day 1 : so far so good
1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 4 May 2022

It’s been discontinued github/mozilla/positron
Created a comparison table (Firefox vs. the big three): feedback?
3 projects | /r/firefox | 6 Apr 2022

Firefox has project seperated from it's browser, just the problem is it never took off and only stay as... a relic of the past https://github.com/mozilla/positron
Chrome says nom-nom
5 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 19 Feb 2022

They did, twice. But they both were really unused.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing firedragon-browser and positron you can also consider the following projects:

temp_librewolf_prefpane - temporary repository to share librewolf built with the prefpane

gecko-dev - Read-only Git mirror of the Mercurial gecko repositories at https://hg.mozilla.org. How to contribute: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/contribution_quickref.html

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

qbrt - CLI to a Gecko desktop app runtime

kitsune - Platform for Mozilla Support

ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

openbsd-wip - OpenBSD work in progress ports

FirefoxPWA - A tool to install, manage and use Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in Mozilla Firefox [Moved to: https://github.com/filips123/PWAsForFirefox]

policy-templates - Policy Templates for Firefox

youtube-music - YouTube Music Desktop App bundled with custom plugins (and built-in ad blocker / downloader)

tridactyl - A Vim-like interface for Firefox, inspired by Vimperator/Pentadactyl.