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P3R-Firefox-Browser

Firefox Browser in a forwarded X11 container.

  • Productivity
Firefox Browser in a forwarded X11 container. Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

7/100 Low

Maintained
0last commit 2150 days ago
Popular
61 GitHub stars
Easy to install
201 install platform, Docker image
Light to run
108 GB minimum RAM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 5 days ago

GitHub stars
1
Open issues
0
Last commit
2020-11-23
Activity
stale

Checked 4 days ago - source: GitHub (P3R-CO/firefox-container)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 8 GB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is not supported.

Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

No first-install notes yet.

Alternatives

No alternatives collected yet.

Common questions

Does P3R Firefox Browser require a local Firefox installation on the host?

No. It runs Firefox as a containerized browser using X11 forwarding, so Firefox is not installed directly on the host system.

Can the Firefox container be protected with a reverse proxy and authentication?

Yes. A Reddit thread describes self-hosting Firefox in Docker behind an nginx reverse proxy with authorization for private use from another computer.

Can I self-host Firefox Sync data instead of relying on Mozilla's service?

Yes. A Reddit thread covers self-hosting a Firefox Sync server so the sync data can be managed on your own hardware.

Where should I look for general Firefox troubleshooting guidance?

Firefox Help provides troubleshooting and diagnosis steps that can help fix most Firefox problems.

Answers sourced from support.mozilla.org, www.podwarden.com, www.reddit.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 8 days ago - public community threads