

"Release" is the current official version of Firefox. The "Beta" channel provides improved stability over the "Nightly" builds and is the first development milestone that has the "Firefox" logo. The "Beta" channel is up to six weeks behind the "Aurora" build, for up to about twelve weeks compared to the most recent "Nightly" build. As of version 35, the "Aurora" channel has been renamed to the "Developer Edition" channel. The "Aurora" build is up to six weeks behind "Nightly" and offers functionality that has undergone basic testing. The most recent available build is called "Nightly Builds" and offers the latest, untested features and updates. In April 2011, the development process was split into several "channels", each working on a build in a different stage of development. Main article: Firefox early version history Rapid releases This was gradually accelerated further in late 2019, so that new major releases occur on four-week cycles starting in 2020.

Starting with version 5.0, a rapid release cycle was put into effect, resulting in a new major version release every six weeks. Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.Firefox was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla browser, first released as Firefox 1.0 on November 9, 2004. Although the Firefox Portable launcher no longer uses any of their code, their past contributions helped get the app where it is today. Many thanks to Gerard Balagué (mai9), tracon, FlashBanG and all the folks participating in the mozillaZine forum thread for their ideas, suggestions and support. Source Code: Launcher (included), Firefox License: Free / Open Source (Launcher: GPL, Firefox: MPL/GPL/LPGL under Mozilla EULA) System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, Wine on Linux/UNIX Plus, thanks to the launcher bundled in the Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your favorite browser along with all your favorite bookmarks and extensions with you wherever you go. It has lots of great features including popup-blocking, tabbed-browsing, integrated search, improved privacy features, automatic updating and more. Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured web browser that's easy to use. Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.
