cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34644975

Not sure if this the appropriate place for it but the FOSS communities seemed dead.

This is Bridge - a privacy focused, Firefox AI disabled, Fediverse integrated browser. It has vim navigation via Tridactyl, Bitwarden integration, as well as Ublock integration.

It has an old Firefox RSS feature where you can scan a site for RSS feeds and it will add them to the RSS feed reader.

But the highlight of this is the Mastodon and Lemmy integration. you can have your Mastodon feed displayed in the sidebar on the browser which will give you access to your home, local, and fediverse feeds. you can post, reply, boost, and favourite posts.

The Lemmy extension allows you to see and link directly to lemmy discussions on whatever instance you like (multiple even) if you're on a site/news article/blog post/whatever. If the extension sees that this has been posted on Lemmy, it will provide you with a direct link to whatever discussions it finds based on the current URL you're on.

This has been a hobby project of mine for a bit now, It's very slow development as I have a job and can't dedicate all the time in the world to this. I wanted to originally build a browser from scratch but realized that would probably take me years so I settled with a fork of firefox.

Currently I believe it only works on Linux and is in a very early alpha. It hasn't crashed on me yet but visually is a bit rough around the edges.

I just wanted to share this little hobby project I've been working on. Thanks!

https://codeberg.org/rozodru/Bridge

UPDATE Since I already got a lot of feedback and more people than anything else wanted the Lemmy Extension as a stand alone extension...I delivered.

You were all correct, the Lemmy Add-on is a bigger deal than the browser. Again this was just a hobby project of mine as I've never played around with firefox forks before or extensions/addons for that matter so this is my first time.

Regardless, here it is: https://codeberg.org/rozodru/LemmyBridge

NOTE: I have submitted it to Mozilla so it is NOT VERIFIED as of right now, if you want to use it, use it at your own discretion. If it breaks something in whatever fork of firefox you're using then I take no responsibility.

Again thanks for all the support, appreciate it.

This is a very good thing! And it will be available for other browsers to use.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/crlite/

#Firefox #certificates #revocation

Firefox 142 rolls out today with some new stuff: news stories can be curated by topic on new tabs (US only for now), new exception lists to Enhanced Tracking Protection, and wllama API support so web extensions can run LLMs on your device. "Yay", I guess.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-142-browser-update-new-features

#firefox #opensource #tech

Fast, private and secure (pick three): Introducing #CRLite in #Firefox

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/crlite/

#FOSS #Mozilla #privacy #cybersecurity

#Firefox 143 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect https://9to5linux.com/firefox-143-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux #Android

#Firefox just got better for #Chinese, #Japanese and #Korean speakers on #Android

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/cjk-translation-on-android/

#FOSS #privacy

INTERVIEW The Mozilla Foundation has changed its look, but its goals remain the same – supporting an internet that's open and inclusive, and that prioritizes the interests of people over corporations.

Yet the rebranding of the foundation in August, and of its subsidiary Mozilla Corporation last December, reflects internal changes at organizations looking to redefine themselves, to shake off setbacks, and to reassert their relevance at a time of rapid technological and political transition.

Last May, Nabiha Syed became executive director of The Mozilla Foundation, and a year on, reached out to The Register to share her vision for an organization humbled by layoffs and confronted by stochastic parrots and stochastic politics. [...]

#Firefox 142 Open-Source Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/firefox-142-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

Firefox’ new “AI” features cause CPU spikes and battery drain: https://www.osnews.com/story/143044/firefox-new-ai-features-cause-cpu-spikes-and-battery-drain/ #Firefox #AI

Firefox users report high CPU and memory usage in the latest release, caused by browser's on-device AI inferencing for its 'smart tab grouping' feature.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-high-cpu-usage-inference-disable

#mozilla #firefox #opensource

Wave of 150 #crypto-draining extensions hits #Firefox add-on store

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wave-of-150-crypto-draining-extensions-hits-firefox-add-on-store/

#cybersecurity

#Firefox 141.0.3 is out now to fix a regression that caused issues on sites built with the Svelte framework and an issue where cryptominers were not listed as blocked in Strict Tracking Protection https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0.3/releasenotes/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

#Firefox 141.0.2 is out now to fix a startup crash experienced by some #Linux users with outdated #NVIDIA drivers, an issue where Firefox wouldn't start on some Linux systems where GTK+ was built without Wayland support, and other bugs https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0.2/releasenotes/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Nice to see my hare-csv module (https://git.sr.ht/~blainsmith/hare-csv) is needed for the Himitsu Firefox add-on.

https://himitsustore.org/

#HareLang #SecureSecrets #PasswordManager #Firefox #OpenSource