zen-browser

    zen-browser/desktop

    Welcome to a calmer internet

    45.6K stars
    2.0K forks
    101 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 7 days ago, with 267 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #6 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 21, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a Firefox-based web browser focused on enhancing user productivity and delivering a calmer internet experience.
    • Offers a familiar Firefox foundation combined with productivity-focused enhancements for a smoother, distraction-reduced browsing experience.
    • Use for users seeking a privacy-respecting, open-source browser alternative with productivity improvements over standard Firefox.
    • Use for developers and contributors interested in customizing or extending a Firefox-based browser with modern features.
    • Use for organizations wanting a stable, open-source browser built on the latest Firefox release with ongoing updates and community support.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Mozilla Public License 2.0

    Weak copyleft: changes to the licensed code itself must be shared when you distribute it, but code that merely uses it can stay under your own license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Zen is a firefox-based browser with the aim of pushing your productivity to a new level!

    Excerpt from the zen-browser/desktop README on GitHub (MPL-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    2.0K+277

    Open issues

    844+228

    Compared with peers in Web

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    Category median22.8K+4.8K75—

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