Pulse Browser is an experimental Firefox fork designed to enhance focus and increase work productivity through its hyper-minimalistic user interface and built-in tools.
It offers a distraction-free environment with key features such as a sidebar for quick access to essential tools, an integrated ad blocker using uBlock Origin, a QR code generator, regular security updates due to its Firefox foundation, and the absence of telemetry.
Ideal for professionals seeking a distraction-free work environment, Pulse Browser helps users maintain focus and improve productivity by minimizing distractions and providing necessary tools within easy reach.
Installation is straightforward via winget.
README
A note on maintenance
This project will never make it past alpha, nor will it receive any bug fixes or new features that do not directly affect me (@trickypr). I am putting my energy towards a project using a different approach. For a rough guide to my reasoning, see this Mastodon post.
Pulse Browser
An experimental Firefox fork that enhances focus and increases work productivity due to its Hyper minimalistic UI and built-in tools.
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🌑 Features
Features of Pulse Browser
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Removed Telemetry
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Built in Ad-Block (uBlock Origin)
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Built in light-weight QR Code Generator
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Firefox source based browser with regular security updates
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A sidebar to put tools you love within the reach of a click
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Hyper minimalistic UI to increase pure focus
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Adequately maintained repository and software
👨💻 Install
We (Pulse-Browser developers) support building open source software personally for security and comfort reasons. Although this is an option, we also have prebuilt installers available on our Releases page.
🐛 Bugs, Support and Chat
For bug reports, support, and just having a friendly chat with the team, feel free to join the discord at https://discord.gg/xNkretH7sD or create an issue on the GitHub repository.
📋 Goals
Minimalist ui that feels more native than firefox's (custom skin, not a rewrite)
Replace some internal firefox components with better open source alternatives (e.g. uBlock origin)
Remove mozilla's telemetry, ads and pocket
🏗️ Credits
Dot HQ's melon build tool, which was extracted from Dot Browser. They have been driving development of firefox forks and have made incredible progress. - MPL-2.0 License
We maintain our own fork, Gluon which is used by this project
The BetterFox user.js tweaks, which are used throughout the browser. - MIT License
