#981291 RFP: librewolf -- community-maintained fork of librefox, privacy and security-focused browser based on firefox

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Jeremy Andrews
Date:
2025-11-29 16:48:18 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#981291#5
Date:
2021-01-28 18:21:15 UTC
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* Package name    : librewolf
  Version         : 84.0.2-1
  Upstream Author : LibreWolf Community
* URL             : https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/
* License         : (MPL GPL LGPL)
  Programming Lang: (C, Python, Bash)
  Description     : community-maintained fork of librefox, privacy and security-focused browser based on firefox

This is a fork of Firefox stripped of some of the functions considred by
many to be privacy and security violations such as the Mozilla
telemetry. The project has lately matured and grown in popuarity so I
believe it would be appreciated by many Debian users.
#981291#10
Date:
2021-02-04 02:31:16 UTC
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Just wanted to give an update that the upstream developers are now
working on a .deb package, so once that is completed, it should require
minimal effort to get this into the Debian repos

https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/debian
#981291#15
Date:
2022-11-02 04:27:01 UTC
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The .deb packaging has been available for download for a while on the LibreWolf
website.
#981291#24
Date:
2024-07-22 07:24:18 UTC
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Hello,

I have the debian sources for LibreWolf version 128.0 available;
however, I have not found any guidelines concerning the inclusion process for
foreign packaging yet, and would much appreciate some help with that topic.
Do I need to amend the metadata somehow?

Kind regards,
Kilian Romberg
#981291#29
Date:
2024-07-23 15:09:38 UTC
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* Kilian Romberg: " Transfer foreign debian packaging into official repository"
  (Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:24:18 +0000):

Hello Kilian,

just to update the link informations of this bug:

librewolf development currently happens at https://codeberg.org/librewolf
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/

I guess it would be good to have a look at the firefox package itself to get an
impression.
https://salsa.debian.org/mozilla-team/firefox/

Alternatively I would suggest to get in contact with the Maintainers of
Mozilla-related packages team at
https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=team%2Bpkg-mozilla%40tracker.debian.org
which currently seems to consist only of Mike Hommey. Probably it would be good
to concentrate such packaging efforts under one umbrella.

And I would want to put a little warning without being demotivating:
librewolf is exactly like firefox a fast moving target requiring frequent
updates, especially for security isues. So please be sure, if you can ensure
the time and team maintenance would certainly help in that case.

Kind regards
Mathias
#981291#34
Date:
2024-08-16 18:44:14 UTC
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if/when this gets into debian cam this be backported to bookworm, I would
appreciate it.
#981291#39
Date:
2024-09-08 13:52:44 UTC
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Hello Mathias,

thanks for your quick response and sorry for getting back to this so late.

Thanks for the tip, I did that and actually got shown that the packaging
is not suitable for my needs since it was created using dpkg-deb.
However, a maintainer showed me packed LibreWolf tarballs that I can use and I made some
progress. I guess I'll be seeking sponsorship with the source package
fairly soon.

Thanks, I'll be using that packaging and am thinking of a mechanism to
keep it in sync.

I'll request review by him for the package and then ask him if I can join.

If no packaging issues arise regularly, I think I'll be fine. Most
bug reports will address the Firefox packaging, certainly.

Kind regards
Kilian
#981291#44
Date:
2025-03-09 15:02:52 UTC
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On Sun,  8 Sep 2024 13:52:44 +0000 Kilian Romberg <kilian.romberg@posteo.de> wrote:

[...]
Hi all,

given the recent blunder by Mozilla considering to sell userdata I'd be
very interested to have an offical librewolf package. Kilian, are you
still working on this ? I can help with review and sponsoring, if
needed.

best,

werdahias