Tor Browser
2008 – present
Active
68
Modified Firefox ESR for browsing anonymously over the Tor network.
Facts
- Developer
- The Tor Project
- Website
- www.torproject.org
- Engine
- Derived from
- Mozilla Firefox ESR
- Platforms
- Popularity
- 68/100
Lineage
- Derived browsers (1)
- Mullvad Browser
Key versions
- Tor Browser BundleGeckoThe Tor Browser Bundle, created by Steven J. Murdoch around Firefox, is announced.[1]
- 3.5Tor Browser Bundle 3.5 becomes the stable series; the 2.x series is deprecated.[2]
- 4.0Gecko (Firefox 31 ESR)Moves to Firefox 31 ESR, with SSLv3 disabled after the POODLE attack.[3]
- 5.0Gecko (Firefox 38 ESR)Moves to Firefox 38 ESR, with better HTML5 video support.[4]
- 7.0Gecko (Firefox 52 ESR)Moves to Firefox 52 ESR with multiprocess mode (e10s) and content sandboxing.[5]
- 8.0Gecko (Firefox 60 ESR)First release based on Firefox 60 ESR (Quantum), focused on user experience.[6]
- 8.5First stable release for Android.[7]
- 10.0Gecko (Firefox 78 ESR)Desktop release based on Firefox 78 ESR.[8]
- 11.0Gecko (Firefox 91 ESR)Moves to Firefox 91 ESR with a new look following Firefox’s redesign.[9]
- 11.5Automatic censorship detection and circumvention when connecting.[10]
- 12.0Gecko (Firefox 102 ESR)Moves to Firefox 102 ESR.[11]
- 13.0Gecko (Firefox 115 ESR)First stable release based on Firefox 115 ESR.[12]
- 14.0Gecko (Firefox 128 ESR)First stable release based on Firefox 128 ESR.[13]
- 15.0Gecko (Firefox 140 ESR)First stable release based on Firefox 140 ESR.[14]
- 16.0Gecko (Firefox 153 ESR)Based on Firefox 153 ESR, with redesigned desktop settings and a Jetpack Compose UI on Android.[15]