Pale Moon

Name: Pale Moon
Rating: 4 (13 reviews)

Version 33.1.0

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Pale Moon overview

Pale Moon is an Open Source, Goanna-based web browser focused on efficiency and customization. Make sure to get the most out of your browser!

Pale Moon offers you a browsing experience in a browser completely built from its own, independently developed source that has been forked off from Firefox/Mozilla code a number of years ago, with carefully selected features and optimizations to improve the browser's stability and user experience, while offering full customization and a growing collection of extensions and themes to make the browser truly your own.

Main features:

Optimized for modern processors
Based on our own optimized layout and rendering engine (Goanna)
Safe: forked from mature Mozilla code and regularly updated with the latest security patches
Secure: Additional security features and security-aware development
Supported by our user community, and fully non-profit
Familiar, efficient, fully customizable interface
Support for full themes: total freedom for any element's design
Support for easily-created lightweight themes (skins)
Smooth and speedy page drawing and script processing
Increased stability: experience fewer browser crashes
Support for many "legacy" Firefox extensions
Support for a growing number of Pale Moon exclusive extensions
Extensive and growing support for existing web standards

What’s new in version 33.1.0

Updated on Apr 24 2024

Changes/fixes:

Removed site-specific override for Amazon.com due to breakage.
Fixed script timeout values that were inadvertently overridden in branding.
Fixed an issue where empty MIME type registrations would break some parts of the UI.
(Linux only) Pasting URLs to content now by default does not navigate to that URL.
If content-paste-navigation is enabled (via middlemouse.contentLoadURL), navigation is now restricted to pasting to active body type elements (to prevent unwanted navigation when pasting URLs to input boxes, for example).
Fixed a problem with JS modules preventing ExportEntries from working.
(Linux only) Fixed a build issue when building with a system-supplied cairo library (unsupported).
Fixed an issue where workers could lock up the browser with SetInterval with an out-of-bounds (too small) value. This is now clamped to 4ms matching the HTML spec.
Fixed a few usability issues with the built-in developer tools.
Fixed a potential crash in web workers.
Fixed a potential overflow issue in image maps.
Fixed a potential security issue with multi-part/mixed content (CVE-2024-1551).

Information

License

Free

Size

44.7 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.palemoon.org/

Downloads

12968

App requirements

Intel 64
Mac OS X 10.7 or later
Version for Apple Silicon

0.0

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User Ratings

zlazkow

Dec 23 2023

32.5.2

5.0

Version: 32.5.2

Rating corrected to 5 stars!

Like Gazman noted (below), the M1/M2 Silicon ARM version can be downloaded on Palemoon website. Thanks to developer for taking care of their exceptional browser!

Gazman

Oct 12 2023

32.4.1

Version: 32.4.1

The download link above is for the Intel version. To download the Apple Silicon version you need to go to their website and download the 'Mac OS ARM' dmg. MacUpdate needs to make their description clearer.

Jul 14 2023

32.3.0

Version: 32.3.0

Unfortunately this excellent browser needs a "helper" to work on Silicon Mac. It's unacceptable. It's been two years since M1 was released.

Septic Monkey

Mar 29 2023

32.1.0

Version: 32.1.0

I have to say, this is a speedy browser. Webpages load a lot quicker than Google & Firefox. But, the pop-ups come thick and fast, even when my preferences were set to block AND I installed two extensions. I really want to like this, but at the moment, the advertising is taking-up too much room on my screen within a few seconds and I can't see much.

Derekcurrie

32.0.0

Version: 32.0.0

v32.1.0 has been released. It is UNIVERSAL, running natively on Intel and ARM 64. Extensive RELEASE NOTES are here: https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml

Dec 14 2022

29.0.1

Version: 29.0.1

Today Safari couldn't open a specific page on a local postal office website, in order to create shipping, to pay, make a label. Vivaldi couldn't open as well. Then tried Pale Moon, and voila!!!...opened. So PaleMoon is Excellent and certainly I will keeping and using it when needed. It is in continued development, an Open Source, it's a project community supported.

Alan B

Oct 6 2020

28.14.2

Version: 28.14.2

Can’t find link to macOS version on developer website :-(

Aug 6 2020

28.12.0

Version: 28.12.0

I downloaded, tried it. Still trying. Looks good so far. Fast. Pleasing soft colors. In about 5 minutes I really enjoyed using it.

Scion777

Aug 5 2020

Wow. Crashes on launch - on three different 10.6.8 Macs. How can the developer possibly release such a complete piece of junk? DON'T YOU HAVE A TEST BED FOR YOUR SOFTWARE?!!??

BillyDee203

Aug 4 2020

Been using it on Mac Mini 2012, 10.13.6 High Sierra and it's been a daily driver. No problems so far and kicked Firefox to the curb due to it phoning home as much as Windows phones M$.

Nihilism4U

Jul 16 2020

28.11.0

4.0

Version: 28.11.0

Haven't had any problems. Haven't imported bookmarks as Annie tried to. Obviously has a lot of moon themes and so forth. If you setup different browsers for different functions then add it to your list. I like to separate functions so a banking browser isn't used with a click on random stuff browser etc.

Annie-Walker

May 8 2020

28.9.2

1.0

Version: 28.9.2

Can't rate it because not able to keep it from crashing when attempting to important HTML Bookmark file from (Chrome). Long time Mac user/tech. Performed all the checks I know, (believe me), no luck. Will keep at it when I have more time to waste.