Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.12.0
Open source
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
Pale Moon is a customised version of Firefox, which has been carefully optimised for speed and efficiency.
The program has been made more lightweight, for instance, by stripping out little-used components like the accessibility features, and the parental controls. The crash report has also been stripped out, as it's designed to work with server-side technology that isn't available on palemoon.org. And Pale Moon also drops support for Internet Explorer's ActiveX and ActiveX scripting technology, which also offers a security benefit as it means the browser can't be infected by malicious ActiveX controls.
Other optimisations are more technical. In particular, Firefox is compiled with the most conservative of settings, to ensure that it'll run on even ancient CPUs. Pale Moon, though, is optimised to take full advantage of modern processors, and this can give it a huge advantage over Firefox in some areas.
FEATURES
Highly optimized for modern 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
Stability: experience fewer browser crashes.
Support for SVG and Canvas, and downloadable fonts including WOFF
Support for HTML5 and WebGL (v4+)
Support for Firefox extensions (add-ons), themes and personas
Support for OOPP (Out-of-process plugin execution)
Able to use existing Firefox bookmarks and settings with this migration tool.
The program has been made more lightweight, for instance, by stripping out little-used components like the accessibility features, and the parental controls. The crash report has also been stripped out, as it's designed to work with server-side technology that isn't available on palemoon.org. And Pale Moon also drops support for Internet Explorer's ActiveX and ActiveX scripting technology, which also offers a security benefit as it means the browser can't be infected by malicious ActiveX controls.
Other optimisations are more technical. In particular, Firefox is compiled with the most conservative of settings, to ensure that it'll run on even ancient CPUs. Pale Moon, though, is optimised to take full advantage of modern processors, and this can give it a huge advantage over Firefox in some areas.
FEATURES
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Keywords:
pale moon
firefox
browser
optimized
modern
processor
License type
Open source1
Author's homepage
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Date added
12 Aug 2020
Downloads
8,589
File size
28.08 kB
(<1min @ 1Mbps)
Supported languages
English
Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Spanish
Dutch
Danish
Operating systems
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP1
1License and operating system information is based on latest version of the software.
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.12.0(Latest stable version) 12 Aug 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.11.0 30 Jul 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.9.3 09 May 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.9.2 01 May 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.8.4 02 Mar 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.8.3 19 Feb 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.8.2.1 05 Feb 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.8.2 29 Jan 2020
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.8.0 11 Dec 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.7.1 13 Sep 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.7.0 31 Aug 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.6.0.1 07 Jul 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.6.0 03 Jul 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.5.2 11 Jun 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.5.0 06 May 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.4.1 28 Mar 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.4.0 22 Feb 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.3.1 25 Jan 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.3.0 18 Jan 2019
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.2.2 07 Dec 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.2.1 16 Nov 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.2.0 14 Nov 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.1.0 20 Sep 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.0.1 02 Sep 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.0.0.1 28 Aug 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v28.0.0 17 Aug 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.9.4 20 Jul 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.9.3 23 Jun 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.9.2 19 May 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.9.1 08 May 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.9.0 18 Apr 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.8.3 29 Mar 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.8.2 23 Mar 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.8.0 04 Mar 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.7.2 02 Feb 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.7.1 19 Jan 2018
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.6.2 29 Nov 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.6.1 16 Nov 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.6.0 09 Nov 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.5.1 15 Oct 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.5.0 26 Sep 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.4.2 23 Aug 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.4.1 04 Aug 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.4.0 14 Jul 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.3.0 29 Apr 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.2.1 01 Apr 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.2.0 18 Mar 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.1.2 09 Mar 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.1.1 22 Feb 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.1.0 11 Feb 2017
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.0.3 17 Dec 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.0.2 07 Dec 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.0.1 28 Nov 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v27.0.0 27 Nov 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.5.0 03 Oct 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.4.0 17 Aug 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.3.3 06 Jul 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.3.1 25 Jun 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.3.0 24 Jun 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.2.2 11 May 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.2.1 09 Apr 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.1.1 25 Feb 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.1.0 19 Feb 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.0.3 06 Feb 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.0.2 04 Feb 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v26.0.0 30 Jan 2016
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.8.1 29 Nov 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.8.0 24 Nov 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.7.3 17 Oct 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.7.2 02 Oct 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.7.1 01 Oct 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.7.0 27 Aug 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.6.0 27 Jul 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.5.0 14 Jun 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.4.1 10 May 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.4.0 08 May 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.3.2 28 Apr 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.3.1 25 Mar 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.3.0 13 Mar 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.2.1 28 Jan 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.2.0 15 Jan 2015
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.1.0 15 Nov 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.0.2 26 Oct 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.0.1 18 Oct 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v25.0.0 09 Oct 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.7.2 14 Sep 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.7.1 07 Aug 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.7.0 29 Jul 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.6.2 20 Jun 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.6.1 12 Jun 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.6.0 08 Jun 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.5 25 Apr 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.4.2 02 Apr 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.4.1 19 Mar 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.4.0 11 Mar 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.3.2 11 Feb 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v2.4.3.1 03 Feb 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.3.0 28 Jan 2014
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.2.2 13 Dec 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.2.1 04 Dec 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.2.0 26 Nov 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.1.2 19 Nov 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.1.1 05 Nov 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.1.0 04 Nov 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.0.2 27 Sep 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.0.1 18 Sep 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v24.0 13 Sep 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v20.3 13 Aug 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v20.2.1 22 Jul 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v20.2 01 Jul 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v20.1 23 May 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v20.0.1 14 Apr 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v19.0.2 09 Mar 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v19.0.1 24 Feb 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v19.0 22 Feb 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v15.4.1 29 Jan 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v15.4 16 Jan 2013
Pale Moon (64-bit) v15.3.2 06 Dec 2012
Pale Moon (64-bit) v15.3.1 01 Dec 2012
Pale Moon (64-bit) v15.2 08 Oct 2012
Pale Moon (64-bit) v15.0 28 Aug 2012
Pale Moon (64-bit) v12.2 09 Jun 2012
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