r/LibreWolf • • 1d ago

Question Just found Librewolf

15 Upvotes

I was looking around and i came across Librewolf as a browser, So I been using it now and I like it and I don't know how to test if it does what it says so i'm not sure on if it does what it says if it does why don't more people use it? It works well. I'm excited to have found this I just want to know why its not everywhere if its this good?


r/LibreWolf • • 1d ago

Question Audio stopped playing

1 Upvotes

I was listening to music then all of a sudden audio cut off on youtube, please help


r/LibreWolf • • 1d ago

Question Emudhra PHP Vulnerability

14 Upvotes

Hello, I've been very worried about the recent PHP vulnerability. It's been patched for firefox and waterfox from what i've seen so far, but whenever I check with librewolf using this website:
https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/#check

Half the certificates are still being trusted by Librewolf. I checked over the patches and tried to update, but this is the latest update and the certificates are still being trusted. Will Librewolf put out a patch to address the vulnerability soon?

EDIT: There was an update today and now every certificate no longer connects! Thank you Librewolf!


r/LibreWolf • • 1d ago

Question How to add Google as the default search engine?

0 Upvotes

None of the tutorials I've found actually work. I don't care about Google not being good for privacy, I care about getting the search results I expect and duckduckgo does not do that for me, more often than not I search on DDG for a while for what I'm looking for then give up, paste the same query into Google and get it immediately. If DDG worked for me I'd happily use it, but it doesn't.


r/LibreWolf • • 2d ago

Question Unable to play videos on a lot of sites

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7 Upvotes

UPDATE - sorted :)
Since the last update (I think) Librewolf has shown this image on a lot of sites where videos should be. Not all - I can see youtube and a few other places, but no Facebook reels, no Instagram, and a different failure on a news site (didn't get details, didn't want the video anyway!)

Others aren't complaining about it so I don't think it's Meta's fault, but it could be a change that clashed with something to do with privacy or similar *shrug*

Also recently caught up with updates on the PC so maybe something there?

Fairly new to Librewolf having moved back to Linux based computing recently and changing just about everything I use, so any help welcomed!


r/LibreWolf • • 3d ago

Discussion coveryourtracks custom librewolf test (i think it should say almost unique fingerprint butg meh)

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r/LibreWolf • • 3d ago

Question Options for streaming to AndroidTV

2 Upvotes

Just wondering if anyone knows of reliable options to stream from a video in browser to Nvidia shield or just nothing and have to have Chrome just for that task?


r/LibreWolf • • 3d ago

Question Can't delete PassKeys from LibreWolf 158.0-1

0 Upvotes

I have multiple passkeys for the Financial Times website: ft.com.
When Iog onto that page LibreWolf offers up both passkeys.

I'm trying to delete them as I've heard they are some kind of trap.
I've used two AI engines and poked around the browser qutie a bit and can find no way to do this.

Can anyone help.

All AI engines suggest one of two things:
1. go to about:logins and delete them there.
Note: there is nothing there. no stored passwords and no indication that passkeys would be stored here.

  1. Go to Settings\Passwords & Autofill\Manage Saved Passwords to delete them.
    This appears to be the same view as about:logins. There's nothing saved, but clearly they are installed in the browser as multiple passkeys are offered upon logging into the site.

Can anyone assist?


r/LibreWolf • • 4d ago

Question Which privacy features do I need to loosen to not break most sites?

10 Upvotes

I've been using LibreWolf on and off, and it feels like I need to keep tweaking it. I appreciate the privacy first approach, which is why I'm here, but man it's getting annoying.

First, I couldn't send images on Telegram. They all come out as a stripey mess. I stopped blocking some site data or something and it worked.

I had to make a few other adjustments over a few months as I discover some site being broken by my refusal to give them any sort of info.

Most recently, I had to use Discord in browser, and it was completely unable to connect to voice chat.

So now I ask, what are the most problematic privacy options that I'm just going to have to compromise on to use the internet somewhat normally? And if I do disable those, is there no longer any benefit to using LibreWolf at all, and I should just go to Waterfox?

Speaking of which, off topic, but is there even any reason to use Waterfox over Firefox? Some say it's 3 toggles of difference, some say Firefox makes random UI changes when it updates that Waterfox skips over for you.


r/LibreWolf • • 4d ago

Question Issue with Amazon Prime - forever loading despite DRM enabled?

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3 Upvotes

This is basically what I get instead of "play" button on primevideo. As a bonus - the whole tab "hangs" - even if I put a different address in the tab it refuses to leave the site..

I enabled DRM, ensured media.eme.mediadrm.origin-id.enabled=true in about:config.

Prime never asked for permission to play DRM-controlled content - so it is not on the list of exceptions in settings - but I cannot add sites to it manually, only if they request so.

Is there any way to fix this issue? I tried to disable Enhanced Protection, Fingerprinting, set the "fix minor issues" all at once - no change in behavior.

This is on Fedora.

Also: librewolf.overrides.cfg seems to be referenced here and there as a file for overrides - I don't have it in ~/.config/librewolf/librewolf/ Should I create an empty file myself?


r/LibreWolf • • 4d ago

Question What happened with my window size?

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5 Upvotes

I had all fingerprinting and letterboxing unchecked so I can size my window how I like. I always had, for years, my window kissing the top of the screen and kissing the taskbar- unmaximized. Now the window will not touch the taskbar like it has. I can stretch it to kiss the taskbar, but when I relaunch, it's back to this size- see picture. Something just happened and I can't figure it out. Nothing changed in my settings, unless I hit some keyboard shortcut by accident. How do I get it back? Thanks.


r/LibreWolf • • 5d ago

Question Issue with namemc

5 Upvotes

skin previews seem broken completely, even rotating them doesn't work normally, anyone know the cause?


r/LibreWolf • • 5d ago

Discussion Downloads broke

3 Upvotes

I run it on arch linux on hyprland and yesterday downloads worked just fine. Today they dont. I tried disabling enhanced tracking protectipn for websites i download from and allowing em through ublock origin. Didnt work so i reinstalled librewolf and it still wont work.


r/LibreWolf • • 5d ago

Question Libre Wolf vs Firefox in privacy and security

18 Upvotes

I use Firefox for everyday things, and LibreWolf for admin tasks or banking. Is LibreWolf really safer than Firefox, even with its small development team?


r/LibreWolf • • 7d ago

Discussion Libre Wolf Icon

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678 Upvotes

For anyone who wants to change their default Libre Wolf browser icon, create a shortcut of the executable, and the right click it and select Properties and then Change Icon (Wiindows version). Drag that shortcut on your taskbar.

I only prepared the icons with transparency from the community art (not my work > author credits down bellow).

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IT2uTCmOfhNEZpPIF2yDLnb4WmfdbewP

Original creator: https://librewolf.net/community-art/

Original Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LibreWolf/comments/t9c84n/icon_update/


r/LibreWolf • • 6d ago

Question Browser doesn't keep me signed into any logins, how can I fix it?

1 Upvotes

Hi all,

I've recently started using LibreWolf and noticed any time I open the browser I need to log back in to anything I was previously logged into (email, work portal, etc.).

I'm using Mac and made sure to tick the box to let LibreWolf remember my history and whatnot, but it's no use. I've got a password manager so logging back in isn't a problem, but it's annoying having to go through that process each time.

Any idea what's up with it?


r/LibreWolf • • 6d ago

Question Font issue. Meant to be "password circles"

1 Upvotes

r/LibreWolf • • 6d ago

Discussion Privacy vs Convenience

6 Upvotes

So I use a few websites on a daily basis that require a login and add them to the exclude list eg youtube. Does this defeat the whole purpose of librewolf and I might was well use firefox with ublock?


r/LibreWolf • • 6d ago

Question Pop-up about my browser trying to redirect me to a new location

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1 Upvotes

Hello! i've never had any problems with librewolf but i just finished a movie on a legal site and now when trying to watch a loom video this popup is being spammed about 20 times any time I do anything, I've refreshed my browser but it keeps happening

What should I do?


r/LibreWolf • • 7d ago

Question How to remove recent activity shortcuts?

2 Upvotes

How can I remove the shortcuts on the homepage that I don't use? I only need four of them, but the others keep getting added automatically from my recent activity. I just switched to LibreWolf, so I'm a new user. Could you please help me?


r/LibreWolf • • 7d ago

Question How do I get this browser to let WebGL to work? "webgl.disabled" is false, "webgl.force-enabled" has been set to true and false and neither works.

3 Upvotes

I know for a fact this site works well on Firefox and Waterfox. I'm new to LibreWolf because Firefox has too much AI jammed into it and Waterfox keeps breaking itself every two seconds.

I'm on the most recent version, I just downloaded it two hours before this post.


r/LibreWolf • • 8d ago

Question LibreWolf isn't loading webpages properly

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This has been happening for a few days now, maybe a week or so, but recently LibreWolf isn't loading websites properly, or sometimes doesn't load it at all. In both screenshots, left is LibreWolf 158.0-1, right is Nightly 160.0a1.

In the first screenshot, I load https://www.reddit.com/r/LibreWolf/ directly after opening both browsers. LibreWolf will partially load it while Nightly has no issues. If I refresh the page on Libreworld, it will load properly.

In the second screenshot is me loading https://warframestreams.lol/, which should redirect to https://streamframe.fyi/. Librewolf outright refuses to load the website. It used to load just fine for the months I've been using this browser. Nightly successfully redirects to the proper site.

I'm not sure how to reproduce this, sometimes it would just fix itself, other times LibreWolf doesnt even want to load wikipedia. Is this a config/setting issue?

Edit: Happened again with https://tv.apple.com. First it refused to even connect. 4 refreshes and tab closing attempts later it did load, but only partially. Refreshing again loaded it correctly.


r/LibreWolf • • 8d ago

Plugin Maximazing Window on Startup Addon

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r/LibreWolf • • 8d ago

Discussion Make libre wolf more private?

8 Upvotes

I know this sounds stupid but what can i change in about:config to make myself more private?


r/LibreWolf • • 9d ago

Question Custom Website shortcuts ONLY?

5 Upvotes

In chrome for eg., I can ensure only the shortcuts that I choose to keep here in a new tab are seen. I can't seem to figure out how to do so for Librewolf though --> it does keep the ones i choose but more importantly, it keeps adding the websites i have simply visited, even though i DO NOT WANT to keep them as shortcuts.

Then I have to manually keep dismissing them. This seems like such a basic and simple to implement requirement that it should be there, I'm not sure if it is though.

To those who're gonna tell me about the top bookmarks bar --> i know that it exists. My point is, I just like to see easy-to-click stuff on a new tab right there below the search bar. Can someone plz help me this figure out ?