The Pale Moon Project - Customly optimized and built Firefox browsers for Windows Operating Systems

Important: Version 3.5.6.1 is also available in case 3.6 does not work well for you!

Welcome to the Pale Moon project homepage

Current version: 3.6.0.5

Why settle for a basic build of your Firefox browser on Windows Operating Systems when you can have one that performs 25% faster? Mozilla does not provide optimized browser packages for Windows, while many Linux ("from scratch") users get the advantage of a browser built specifically for their system. That needs to change! So, here is the Pale Moon project: Custom-built and optimized Firefox browsers for Windows Operating Systems. Make sure to get the most speed out of your browser!

Of course, getting a faster browser is not just about optimizing the compilation process (building a program from its source code), but also about carefully choosing features and how to choose the best setup. This means that this browser, however extremely close to Firefox, does not have all the functions that Firefox has. A few, carefully selected, features have been disabled that are not in high demand, and that do not interfere with the way web pages are displayed or function; all to maximize speed and efficiency of the browser. Please see the page with technical details to learn exactly what the browser supports, and what it doesn't support. In short, if you need accessibility features or parental controls, then please visit the firefox homepage and get the official, non-optimized build.

To download the current version* of the Pale Moon browser, please go to the download page.

Main features:

Highly optimized for current processors
100% Firefox sourced: As safe as the browser that has seen years of development.
Uses slightly less memory because of disabled redundant and optional code
Significant speed increases for page drawing and script processing
Support for SVG and Canvas
Support for Firefox extensions, themes and personas

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System Requirements:

Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Seven, 32-bit or 64-bit (64-bit O.S.es are not natively supported, but the browser will run fine on them)
A 7th generation or later processor with SSE2 support like a Pentium IV or Athlon 64 or later (see list of supported processors) Standard Pale Moon will NOT run on Athlon XP processors! Please GO HERE if you are running on an Athlon XP or Athlon MP processor machine.
64 MB of RAM (128 MB or more recommended)
At least 35 MB of free (uncompressed) disk space

If you have any feedback, please use the feedback form to let me know your experiences! Thanks in advance.

If you are interested in keeping updated of new releases of the optimized Pale Moon web browser for windows, please subscribe to the announcement mailing list by sending an empty e-mail to: palemoon-subscribe@wolfbeast.com

* For your convenience, Pale Moon only releases select and relevant version updates of Firefox, and will be released with a delay compared to Firefox for building and testing. If you need to run the latest version at all times ("bleeding edge") please use the official Firefox builds.

Pale Moon is, and will always be, completely FREE to download and use! (MPL/GPL licensed)
But if you feel so inclined, if you enjoy the browser enough to help pay for my bills for hosting this webpage and making (and keeping) this page ad-free:

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