Is there a better Firefox fork for macOS? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/macos@lemmy.world

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It seems like Firefox crashes all the time on macOS. When you exist (⌘+Q) it says it crashed and wants to send a report back to Mozilla. I just realised I've been doing that for the 3 years I've been a Mac user, and Mozilla still can't be arsed to fix the problem. I'm beginning to think their code is not well ported to ARM64 and they don't care enough to fix it.

So now I'm wondering if one of the Firefox clones, which would be built from source, might be better ported to macOS.

Yes, I could use Safari, and I don't hate it, but I've been using Firefox since it was called Firebird, so like 20-25 years? Safari is completely different. My biggest gripe is that it doesn't support free ad blockers, but I did pay for Wipr2 so that should alleviate the issue. There are ad blocking options on Safari, but I don't think they're quite as good as uBlock Origin on Firefox.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i hate to be that guy, but “works on my machine”. i use firefox on an m1 air all day every day and it runs flawlessly, although it starts chugging a little if i have 20+ tabs open (loaded). but i genuinely cannot remember the last time i’ve seen it crash.

like someone else said, try disabling your extensions, or reinstall firefox on a new user account to try to isolate the issue

[-] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Use it all day on my M1 Pro as well without issue.

this post was submitted on 15 May 2026

9 points (100.0% liked)

macOS

1394 readers

2 users here now

The home for all things macOS on LW.

Rules:

No NSFW Content.
No hate speech or personal attacks.
No Ads / Spamming.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

kylewritescode@lemmy.world