Iceweasel / GNU IceCat

Versions of Firefox renamed for trademark and free-software reasons (Debian, GNU).

Facts

Developer

Debian / GNU Project

Website

www.gnu.org

Engine

Gecko

Derived from

Mozilla Firefox

Current platforms

LinuxWindowsmacOS

Former platforms

Android

Details

Android: IceCatMobile (F-Droid, discontinued; last known version 68.4.2); GNU now distributes binaries only through Guix (GNU/Linux); Windows and macOS: unofficial third-party builds

Popularity

62/100

Key versions

1. Aug. 2005
   GNU IceWeaselGeckoThe GNUzilla project adopts the GNU IceWeasel name for a rebranded Firefox without non-free plugins.[1]
2. Nov. 20, 2006
   Debian IceweaselIceweasel, Debian’s rebranded Firefox, is accepted into Debian unstable.[2]
3. Apr. 8, 2007
   Debian 4.0 (Etch)First stable Debian release to include Iceweasel.[2]
4. Sept. 23, 2007
   GNU IceCatGNU IceWeasel announces its rename to GNU IceCat to avoid confusion with Debian.[1]
5. Jan. 2008
   IceCat 2.0.0.11-g1Oldest IceCat release on the GNU FTP server.[3]
6. July 2008
   IceCat 3-g1Port to the Firefox 3 codebase, done during Google Summer of Code 2008.[1]
7. June 2013
   Iceweasel (Firefox ESR)Debian stops backporting fixes and ships rebranded Firefox ESR to Debian 7 and later.[2]
8. Mar. 10, 2016
   Iceweasel → FirefoxDebian unstable switches back to Firefox branding; the iceweasel package is replaced by firefox-esr.[2]
9. June 2019
   IceCat 60.7.0Last IceCat release on the GNU FTP server, based on Firefox ESR 60.[3]

Version sources: [1] GNU IceCat (Wikipedia en), [2] Debian–Mozilla trademark dispute (Wikipedia en), [3] ftp.gnu.org

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat
2. https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/