LibreWolf

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Dem still dey call am libre wolf, librewolf browser

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Community Firefox fork with stricter privacy defaults. On Windows the process na librewolf.exe.

Wetin you need know

LibreWolf na Firefox fork. E no be Firefox and e no be LibreOffice.

LibreWolf dey ship community Firefox builds with telemetry turned off and tighter cookie defaults. The process na librewolf.exe. Mozilla Firefox na firefox.exe. LibreOffice na office suite.

Wetin e be?: Web browser
Still current?: Yes, see Current status
Official download?: Use di vendor link inside dis article

Feex tok say

If site talk say your browser no be Firefox, I go check whether you dey on LibreWolf. The engine na Gecko. The defaults dey stricter, and e no be LibreOffice.

Wetin be LibreWolf?

LibreWolf na community-maintained Firefox fork. The Windows executable na librewolf.exe.

If you never use am before

If you want Firefox with stricter out-of-the-box defaults, this na LibreWolf. E no be mozilla.org Firefox and e no be LibreOffice. Download am from librewolf.net/installation/windows. The process na librewolf.exe. Some bank sites dey complain about the hardening. firefox.exe na stock Firefox. LibreOffice dey write documents.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

Daily browsing on Gecko

Same engine family as Firefox. Add-ons dey come from addons.mozilla.org, no be the Chrome Web Store.

Stricter defaults

Tighter cookies and fingerprint resistance. Na why some sites dey ask you to use Firefox.

No Mozilla account push

Sync no be the Firefox account product. Na LibreWolf choice be dat.

Na who e dey for?

People wey want Firefox without Mozilla defaults
Users wey already dey keep LibreWolf profile
Anybody wey search LibreWolf con land for LibreOffice

Current status

LibreWolf (2020) na current web browser from LibreWolf community. The vendor still dey point Windows users go https://librewolf.net/installation/windows/.

How old e be?

LibreWolf start for 2020 as community Firefox fork. E fresh well well pass Firefox 1.0. Current builds still dey follow the Firefox train. One 2012 IceCat guide na cousin story, no be this installer.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Current Windows build

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
Operating system	Current supported Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, according to di vendor
RAM	E reach for Windows plus dis app. Heavy projects go want more.

Resource profile

CPU demand: Dey follow wetin you open inside di app
RAM demand: Dey follow documents, tabs, or libraries

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
librewolf.exe	Main Windows executable

Startup components

LibreWolf fit restore the previous session. Dat one na browser setting, no be Windows service.

File locations

Common LibreWolf locations
Typical install	C:\Program Files\LibreWolf\

File formats

HTMLPDFPNGJPEG

Common wahala dem

Site logins dey fail after hardening

ResistFingerprinting and strict cookies dey break some banks. Relax per-site settings before you reinstall Windows.

Name collision with LibreOffice

To uninstall LibreOffice no dey do anything to librewolf.exe.

How to get unstuck

Open about:support inside LibreWolf

E dey name the profile and build. Stock Firefox about:support na different folder.

Read the FAQ before you fix search

LibreWolf dey change default search and telemetry on purpose. Dat one alone no mean say dem don hijack am.

Install from librewolf.net

One LibreWolf plus codecs bundle on filename site na junk.

Alternatives

Stock Firefox if you want Mozilla sync. Tor Browser if you need the Tor network. LibreOffice no dey browse web.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Download	librewolf.net/installation/windows/ Official installer or vendor page
Help	librewolf.net/docs/faq/ Vendor support
Official site	librewolf.net/ Start here, no be random exe host

Related hardware

Same class as Firefox: RAM and current GPU driver.

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

LibreWolf official site · Vendor product page
LibreWolf help · Vendor support
Foxhole process map · First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

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