| Port details on branch 2025Q3 |
- waterfox Distilled fork of Firefox
- 6.6.3,1 www
 =0      6.7.1.1,1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: freebsd@sysctl.cz
- Port Added: 2025-07-18 23:33:11
- Last Update: 2025-09-11 19:55:25
- Commit Hash: 75f3911
- License: MPL20
- WWW:
- https://www.waterfox.net/
- Description:
- Fast and Private Web Browser.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
- no SUBR information found for this port
- Dependency lines:
-
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/www/waterfox/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install www/waterfox
- pkg install waterfox
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: waterfox
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1757593056
SHA256 (BrowserWorks-waterfox-6.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 5a5cac40a23e0a4a0f3f0a6086ef6b4665dc5dc2b4416718558a36d95285cf15
SIZE (BrowserWorks-waterfox-6.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 919750321
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
-
- nspr>=4.32 : devel/nspr
- nss>=3.112 : security/nss
- icu>=76.1 : devel/icu
- libevent>=2.1.8 : devel/libevent
- harfbuzz>=10.1.0 : print/harfbuzz
- graphite2>=1.3.14 : graphics/graphite2
- png>=1.6.45 : graphics/png
- dav1d>=1.0.0 : multimedia/dav1d
- libvpx>=1.15.0 : multimedia/libvpx
- py311-sqlite3>0 : databases/py-sqlite3@py311
- v4l_compat>0 : multimedia/v4l_compat
- nasm : devel/nasm
- yasm : devel/yasm
- zip : archivers/zip
- libc++abi.a : devel/wasi-libcxx19
- libc.a : devel/wasi-libc@19
- wasi-compiler-rt19>0 : devel/wasi-compiler-rt19
- rust-cbindgen>=0.28.0 : devel/rust-cbindgen
- rust>=1.87.0 : lang/rust
- libnotify>0 : devel/libnotify
- jack.h : audio/jack
- pulseaudio.h : audio/pulseaudio
- sndio.h : audio/sndio
- gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
- llvm-config19 : devel/llvm19
- node : www/node24
- pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
- python3.11 : lang/python311
- update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
- xorgproto>=0 : x11/xorgproto
- x11.pc : x11/libX11
- xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
- xcomposite.pc : x11/libXcomposite
- xdamage.pc : x11/libXdamage
- xext.pc : x11/libXext
- xfixes.pc : x11/libXfixes
- xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr
- xrender.pc : x11/libXrender
- xt.pc : x11-toolkits/libXt
- xtst.pc : x11/libXtst
- Runtime dependencies:
-
- libpci.so : devel/libpci
- ffmpeg>=6.0,1 : multimedia/ffmpeg
- update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
- x11.pc : x11/libX11
- xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
- xcomposite.pc : x11/libXcomposite
- xdamage.pc : x11/libXdamage
- xext.pc : x11/libXext
- xfixes.pc : x11/libXfixes
- xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr
- xrender.pc : x11/libXrender
- xt.pc : x11-toolkits/libXt
- xtst.pc : x11/libXtst
- Library dependencies:
-
- libdrm.so : graphics/libdrm
- libepoll-shim.so : devel/libepoll-shim
- libfontconfig.so : x11-fonts/fontconfig
- libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
- libevent.so : devel/libevent
- libffi.so : devel/libffi
- libgraphite2.so : graphics/graphite2
- libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz
- libicui18n.so : devel/icu
- libnspr4.so : devel/nspr
- libnss3.so : security/nss
- libpng.so : graphics/png
- libpixman-1.so : x11/pixman
- libvpx.so : multimedia/libvpx
- libwebp.so : graphics/webp
- libdbus-1.so : devel/dbus
- libdbus-glib-1.so : devel/dbus-glib
- libGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
- libatk-1.0.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core
- libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
- libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
- libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
- libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
- libgtk-3.so : x11-toolkits/gtk30
- libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz
- libpango-1.0.so : x11-toolkits/pango
- libjpeg.so : graphics/jpeg-turbo
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for waterfox-6.6.3,1:
CANBERRA=off: Sound theme alerts
DBUS=on: D-Bus IPC system support
DEBUG=off: Build with debugging support
FFMPEG=on: FFmpeg support (WMA, AIFF, AC3, APE...)
LIBPROXY=off: Proxy support via libproxy
LTO=off: Use Link-Time Optimization
OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS=on: Use extra compiler optimizations
PROFILE=on: Build with profiling support
TEST=off: Build and/or run tests
====> Extra cubeb audio backends (OSS is always available)
ALSA=off: ALSA audio architecture support
JACK=on: JACK audio server support
PULSEAUDIO=on: PulseAudio sound server support
SNDIO=on: Sndio audio support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- www_waterfox
- USES:
- compiler:c++17-lang cpe elfctl gl gmake gnome iconv llvm:min=17,noexport localbase nodejs:24,build,env pkgconfig python:build desktop-file-utils jpeg
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- ## Missing features
Some features found on Windows, macOS and Linux are not implemented:
- Encrypted Media Extensions (requires Widevine CDM binary)
- Process sandboxing (requires Capsicum backend)
- Reduced memory usage (requires mozjemalloc)
- Crash Reporter (requires Google Breakpad and reproducible builds)
- WebVR (requires open source runtime)
- TCP fast open
- `about:networking` (requires link state notification)
## Audio backend
Currently used audio backend can be inspected on `about:support` page.
Supported backends and default probing order is as follows:
- `pulse-rust` if `pulseaudio` package is installed (PULSEAUDIO option)
- `jack` if `jackit` package is installed (JACK option)
- `sndio` if `sndio` package is installed (SNDIO option)
- `alsa` if `alsa-lib` package is installed (ALSA option)
- `oss` (always available)
To force a specific backend open `about:config` page and create
`media.cubeb.backend` preference.
Microphone selection only works in `oss`, `pulse`, `pulse-rust` backends.
Other backends are limited to `default` which is usually `/dev/dsp`,
so use virtual_oss to reroute microphones from non-default devices.
## Gamepad API
Requires evdev(4) joystick support. On FreeBSD 13.0 enable hgame(4)
while older versions can use sysutils/iichid or multimedia/webcamd.
## smb:// issues
Network group, machine, and share browsing does not work correctly.
## sftp://
Only sftp access using public key authentication works. To easily
setup public key authentication to `remote_host`:
$ ssh-keygen
$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh remote_host "cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys"
The SSH server on `remote_host` must allow pub key authentication.
- Master Sites:
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| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
|---|
6.6.3,1
11 Sep 2025 19:55:25
 |
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: Update 6.6.2 => 6.6.3
Changelog:
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.3/
PR: 289463
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit b18bd76e530691845d2bcd94242a82aa74dbdc87) |
6.6.2,1
30 Aug 2025 21:42:03
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: Update 6.6.1 => 6.6.2
Changelog:
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.2/
PR: 289164
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit 90edfceb916944e519275390ac5ea2216303eaf7) |
6.6.1,1
22 Aug 2025 21:04:45
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: Update 6.6.0-beta-6 => 6.6.1
Changelogs:
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.0/
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.1/
PR: 288981
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit 2507471e94be66bce71b22df48fb90e75b388ef0) |
6.6.0.b.6,1
15 Aug 2025 11:55:28
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: Update 6.6.0-beta-5 => 6.6.0-beta-6
Changelog:
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.0-beta-6/
PR: 288870
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit 752d3f3e2f46dc0d18314ee2362fda28f40bdcb4) |
6.6.0.b.5,1
10 Aug 2025 18:56:36
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: Update 6.6.0-beta-3 => 6.6.0-beta-5
Changelogs:
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.0-beta-4/
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.0-beta-5/
PR: 288769
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit abd83a6b1077effb99e289f0788c395067483f2a) |
6.6.0.b.3_1,1
28 Jul 2025 16:29:43
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/{librewolf,tor-browser,waterfox}: Fix runtime on arm64 (gecko-based ports)
Reports of crashes on arm64 with aslr enabled.
PR: 271081 288512 288516 288504
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit 9add38eb0b0e4972b3316966c46a6666dd0d36c8) |
6.6.0.b.3,1
26 Jul 2025 23:31:44
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: Upstream silently replace distfiles
No functional changes - full diff is:
---
waterfox-6.6.0-beta-3.old/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/third_party/attrs/.git_archival.txt
+++
waterfox-6.6.0-beta-3/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/third_party/attrs/.git_archival.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
node: a5bcba70a19f96ddb5e29ee0229f2324dab364ab
node-date: 2025-07-24T17:43:44+01:00
describe-name: 6.6.0-beta-3
-ref-names: tag: 6.6.0-beta-3, future
+ref-names: tag: 6.6.0-beta-3
PR: 288470
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit b3542651e0604a142be8407db2e064d992388889) |
6.6.0.b.3,1
25 Jul 2025 12:14:32
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: 6.6.0-beta-2 => 6.6.0-beta-3
Changes:
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.0-beta-3/
PR: 288427
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit bda9abe973d4bbf2175a60ca92443103d1a202c4) |
6.6.0.b.2,1
18 Jul 2025 23:31:12
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Martin Filla |
www/waterfox: Update 6.5.9 => 6.6.0-beta-2
Changes:
Platform Changes (128.0 to 140.0)
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.0-beta-1/
https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.6.0-beta-2/
Improve port:
- Fix build on i386 - use www/node24 on i386 and hande sse2.
- Unification of Makefile with Firefox - make it more similar.
- Use ${DESKTOPDIR} instead if ${PREFIX}/share/applications.
PR: 288283 288109
MFH: 2025Q3
(cherry picked from commit 46a4933e863e1da25fcbbe76718d11aedd094f4b) |
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