Firefox Lite (Rocket)

Mozilla's lightweight WebView-based Android browser for emerging markets.

Facts

Developer

Mozilla

Website

github.com

Engine

Blink (WebView)

Derived from

Android WebView

Platforms

Android

Popularity

66/100

Key versions

1. Oct. 8, 2017
   0.8 betaBlink (WebView)Firefox Rocket open beta, limited to the Indonesian market.[1]
2. Jan. 16, 2018
   1.0.2First non-beta release published on GitHub, still named Firefox Rocket.[2]
3. Nov. 1, 2018
   1.0.0 (Firefox Lite)The browser is renamed Firefox Lite and restarts at version 1.0.0.[3]
4. June 30, 2021
   2.6.2Last version; Firefox Lite support ended on June 30, 2021.[1]

Version sources: [1] Firefox for Android (Wikipedia en), [2] mozilla-mobile/FirefoxLite (GitHub), [3] mozilla-mobile/FirefoxLite (GitHub) · Full history →

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_for_Android
2. https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/FirefoxLite