Waterfox was first released by Alex Kontos on Mafor 64-bit Windows. The Mac build was introduced on with the release of version 38.0, the Linux build was introduced on Decemwith the release of version 50.0, and the Android build was first introduced in version 55.2.2. Version 29.0, released on July 22, 2015, had a build for iOS.įrom to November 12, 2015, Waterfox had its own exclusive charity search-engine called 'Storm'. After using Ecosia as the default search-engine for a brief time, it now defaults to using Bing. On May 7, 2019, with version 68.0a1, the first alpha version of the next generation of Waterfox was released based on Mozilla's Quantum project (used in Firefox versions 57 and later), which would be named Waterfox Current. In October 2019, the naming scheme of releases changed to follow the syntax YYYY.MM.X for future releases, where X indicates incremental hotfixes. There was also a division into two branches, classic and current. In December 2019, System1, an advertising company which portrays itself as privacy-focused, acquired Waterfox. In November 2020, Waterfox G3 was released. In October 2021, Waterfox G4 was released.

In February 2020, Alex Kontos faced criticism over selling Waterfox to System1, an advertising company. In 2018, How-To Geek advised users to not use Firefox forks such as Waterfox because security updates take longer to be incorporated into the forks compared to Firefox. ^ 'Unique Features – Features that make Waterfox stand out'.

^ 'Waterfox 54.0.1 Release (Windows, Mac & Linux)'.

'The Future of Developing Firefox Add-ons'. 'The Road to Firefox 57 – Compatibility Milestones'.

^ 'Waterfox Classic | Waterfox Classic'.

'Waterfox 50.1.0 Release (Windows, Mac & Linux)'.

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