Base Browser is assembling a Firefox hard fork as a set of patch sets applied on top of a Firefox ESR 153 base, describing its aim as stripping out ‘people-hostile’ features and keeping the browser developed and maintained by humans so it can serve as a base for a wider browser ecosystem. The repository currently ships patch sets such as purge-ai and purge-newtab and presents itself as a first step toward organizing the contributors who would maintain the fork.
Base Browser hard-forks Firefox to strip out AI features
Base Browser is assembling a Firefox hard fork as a set of patch sets applied on top of a Firefox ESR 153 base, describing its aim as stripping out 'people-hostile' features and keeping the browser developed and maintained by humans so it can serve as a base for a wider browser ecosystem. The repository currently ships patch sets such as purge-ai and purge-newtab and presents itself as a first step toward organizing the contributors who would maintain the fork.
Source: Codeberg