omegafox/README.md

Omegafox

General-use browser based on [Camoufox] (https://github.com/daijro/camoufox)

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Features

• Reversions of Camoufox defaults for general-purpose use:

  • Re-enabled CSS animations
  • Removed cursor highlighter
  • Re-enabled stock Firefox features that do not make outside connections
  • Search engine usage allowed
  • etc.

• Security enhancements:

  • Improved process isolation
  • Weak ciphers and outdated TLS versions disabled by default
  • Hardened compilation configuration
  • Bundled with [hardened_malloc] (https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc)
  • More to come

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Building

First, clone this repository with Git:

git clone --depth 1 https://forge.fsky.io/oneflux/omegafox
cd omegafox

Next, build the Omegafox source code with the following command:

make dir

After that, you have to bootstrap your system to be able to build Omegafox. You only have to do this one time. It is done by running the following command:

make bootstrap

Finally you can build and package Omegafox the following command:

python3 multibuild.py --target linux --arch x86_64 arm64 i686

CLI Parameters

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --target {linux} [{linux} ...]
                        Target platform to build (Linux only)
  --arch {x86_64,arm64,i686} [{x86_64,arm64,i686} ...]
                        Target architectures to build for each platform
  --bootstrap           Bootstrap the build system
  --clean               Clean the build directory before starting

Example:
$ python3 multibuild.py --target linux windows macos --arch x86_64 arm64

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Thanks

• [Camoufox] (https://github.com/daijro/camoufox) - For inspiring this project
• [GrapheneOS] (https://github.com/GrapheneOS) - Hardened memory allocator