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Waterfox vs Pale Moon: catalog facts
Waterfox	Pale Moon
Free Free and open source under MPL-2.0. Development is funded by donations.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Telemetry and data collection are removed from the build, not just disabled in preferences Ad blocking and private, anonymised DNS are on by default	It keeps the pre-Quantum Gecko engine and the old XUL extension model, so add-ons that Firefox dropped still…
One small team tracking Mozilla, so security updates land after Firefox's The project has changed hands in the past, which matters if you are picking it on trust	The source is MPL but the official binaries carry a separate branding licence, and its older engine misses…
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: MPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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