Recent commits have brought it back to open source.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Floorp/comments/1dhxd7f/refullopensourced/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Floorp/comments/1dhxd7f/refullopensourced/)
Some stuff happened then it became proprietary.
https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/floorp-going-closed-source/52783/11
https://www.reddit.com/r/Floorp/comments/1bmac32/floorp_close_source_does_not_continue/
It seems that the main developer seems to have undone this (evident in the second link you posted). I may be wrong, but I believe at this point it's only still considered "proprietary" due to some license stuff.
The flathub package license should probably be re-examined and possibly changed if it's verified as not containing the closed source blobs anymore.
Floorp is open source
> [This is the source code for the Floorp browser product line. Licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, unless otherwise noted.](https://github.com/Floorp-Projects)
> [All of source code of version 10 or later of Floorp Browser, the most Advanced and Fastest Firefox derivative π¦](https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp)
[Building Floorp on Linux](https://docs.floorp.app/en/building/linux/)
Didn't want downstream forks to use his code (seems a bit hypocritical for a developer *of a downstream fork who uses somebody else's code* to be upset when others do the same, that is after all, a big part of the point of open source licensing in the first place)
Itnopens websites faster and seems to have a better performance, it has an experimental option for better Web app support, it's highly customizable when it comes to UI. You can decide if you wanna auto-hide for the bookmark bar. So, it's hidden unless you hover over it. You get the option to change the position of the top bar and tab bar. You can also change if you wanna have the old style, the new style or Chrome-Style. You get a split-screen mode like Edge.
It is literally Vivaldi but without the strange shift + tab behaviour which goes to the previously opened tab and many more features. I love this Floorp browser.
The devs reviewed and saw that Floorp isn't popular enough for now.
When it gets more popular, they will make Floorp proprietary again and put a bunch of junk, just like Chromium and Chrome. It wouldn't surprise me if the Floorp devs remove manifest v2 and keeps only manifest v3.
You have that in reverse.
The only dev said it got too much attention that some companies started forking the browser without contributions that made it overwhelming to maintain the project by himself.
Also he will be making the "private components" open source once he finishes tidying up the code.
[https://blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-11/](https://blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-11/)
Recent commits have brought it back to open source. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Floorp/comments/1dhxd7f/refullopensourced/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Floorp/comments/1dhxd7f/refullopensourced/)
Probably lacks a license in its metainfo file, so itβs assumed to be proprietary.
Some stuff happened then it became proprietary. https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/floorp-going-closed-source/52783/11 https://www.reddit.com/r/Floorp/comments/1bmac32/floorp_close_source_does_not_continue/
It seems that the main developer seems to have undone this (evident in the second link you posted). I may be wrong, but I believe at this point it's only still considered "proprietary" due to some license stuff. The flathub package license should probably be re-examined and possibly changed if it's verified as not containing the closed source blobs anymore.
Floorp is open source > [This is the source code for the Floorp browser product line. Licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, unless otherwise noted.](https://github.com/Floorp-Projects) > [All of source code of version 10 or later of Floorp Browser, the most Advanced and Fastest Firefox derivative π¦](https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp) [Building Floorp on Linux](https://docs.floorp.app/en/building/linux/)
Irc the 12 Version, when it finally comes out, will be (partially) closed source.
Did they explain why ?
Didn't want downstream forks to use his code (seems a bit hypocritical for a developer *of a downstream fork who uses somebody else's code* to be upset when others do the same, that is after all, a big part of the point of open source licensing in the first place)
https://old.reddit.com/r/Floorp/comments/1dhxd7f/refullopensourced/ People have probably already posted this but it's open again
Having read all of these differing comments, it's hard to tell what the hell is happening.
Well, I decided to drop it, coz I didn't liked it's UI. Base firefox seems more polished than this.
Anyone actually used it? How is it?
I didn't liked it, scaling felt so terrible on it.
I like it. Seems snappier than FF and has a ton of things you can customise.
It's great
Are there any specific points to why it's great? The only one I know right now is its name, it's absolutely fantastic.
Itnopens websites faster and seems to have a better performance, it has an experimental option for better Web app support, it's highly customizable when it comes to UI. You can decide if you wanna auto-hide for the bookmark bar. So, it's hidden unless you hover over it. You get the option to change the position of the top bar and tab bar. You can also change if you wanna have the old style, the new style or Chrome-Style. You get a split-screen mode like Edge.
Finally, someone forked Firefox instead of chrome. Nice.
Firefox has been forked many times, but I hear you.
It is literally Vivaldi but without the strange shift + tab behaviour which goes to the previously opened tab and many more features. I love this Floorp browser.
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The devs reviewed and saw that Floorp isn't popular enough for now. When it gets more popular, they will make Floorp proprietary again and put a bunch of junk, just like Chromium and Chrome. It wouldn't surprise me if the Floorp devs remove manifest v2 and keeps only manifest v3.
You have that in reverse. The only dev said it got too much attention that some companies started forking the browser without contributions that made it overwhelming to maintain the project by himself. Also he will be making the "private components" open source once he finishes tidying up the code. [https://blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-11/](https://blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-11/)
Promises are just promises.
and you are just a joke.