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Pale Moon (32-bit)

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Pale Moon (32-bit)

  -  29.64 MB  -  Open Source
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Security Status

  • Latest Version

    Pale Moon 33.5.0 (32-bit) LATEST

  • Review by

    Juan Garcia

  • Operating System

    Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Moonchild Productions / External Link

  • Filename

    palemoon-33.5.0.win32.installer.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    400735a0322cd88585be38f2c75122d2

Pale Moon 32bit is an Open Source, Goanna-based web browser available for Microsoft Windows and Linux (with other operating systems in development), focusing on efficiency and ease of use. Make sure to get the most out of your browser!

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

Features and Highlights
  • Optimized for modern processors
  • Based on the optimized layout engine (Goanna)
  • Safe: forked from mature Mozilla code and regularly updated
  • Secure: Additional security features and security-aware development
  • Supported by a friendly, active community of users
  • Familiar, efficient, fully customizable interface
  • Support for full themes: total freedom over 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 Firefox extensions
  • Support for a growing number of PaleMoon exclusive extensions
  • Extensive and growing support for HTML5 and CSS3
  • Many customization and configuration options
  • Able to import existing Firefox profiles with the migration tool
FAQ

Can I use modern Firefox extensions with Pale Moon?
No, it supports legacy Firefox extensions but is incompatible with WebExtensions. However, the browser offers an extensive catalog of alternative add-ons.

Is Pale Moon secure?
Yes, Pale Moon is secure, with regular updates to address vulnerabilities. However, users should keep the browser updated to the latest version.

Does Pale Moon support DRM-protected content?
No, Pale Moon does not natively support DRM (Digital Rights Management), which might restrict access to some streaming services like Netflix.

Can I sync data across devices?
It offers a sync feature, but it is less robust compared to mainstream browsers like Chrome or Firefox.

What makes Pale Moon different from Firefox?
This software is lighter, retains support for legacy features/extensions, and offers a more customizable interface compared to Firefox.

Alternatives

Firefox
A modern, feature-rich browser with extensive add-ons and high performance. Great for users who prioritize security and modern web standards.

Waterfox
A Firefox fork emphasizing privacy and legacy extension support.

Opera
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Brave
A privacy-focused browser with built-in ad-blocking and cryptocurrency integration.

Vivaldi
Highly customizable and modern, Vivaldi caters to users who want extensive control over their browsing experience.

Pricing

The program is completely FREE and open-source, with no paid versions or features hidden behind a paywall.

System Requirements
  • Operating System: Windows 11, 10, 8 or 7
  • Processor: Modern CPU with SSE2 support.
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended).
  • Disk Space: 30 MB for installation.
  • Graphics: DirectX 9-capable GPU for hardware acceleration (optional).
PROS
  • Lightweight and resource-efficient.
  • Highly customizable interface.
  • Supports legacy extensions.
  • Privacy-focused with no telemetry.
  • Open-source and community-driven.
CONS
  • Limited support for modern WebExtensions.
  • Incompatibility with some websites and DRM content.
  • Lacks advanced sync features found in mainstream browsers.
Also Available: Pale Moon (64-bit)

Download Pale Moon (32-bit) Latest Version

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What's new in this version:

Changes/fixes:
- Implemented Regular Expression "match indices" (/d) feature
- Added a way to programmatically clear the DNS cache in the browser, and added a button to the UI for it in about:networking
- Updated handling of referrer policies to adhere to the updated spec
- CSS font variations keywords no longer throw an error. See implementation notes
- CSS border-radius will now also apply to element outlines
- Improved the display of amount of cached web content in preferences when cache is being cleared
- Improved the installer AVX check to skip on early versions of Windows 10 (which don't support it)
- Updated NSS to 3.90.5 (unofficial) to pick up some security fixes
- Refreshed the built-in list of effective top-level domains
- Fixed several application crashes
- Reduced unnecessary debug/informative messages in release builds (WebGL and CSP)
- Backed out building against ffmpeg 6.0 and ffvpx 6.0 for causing a video playback regression on full-range videos (levels 0-255)
- Cleaned up a large amount of leftover Boot2Gecko code, simplifying code paths throughout the code base
- From this version forward we also publish language packs for Persian (Farsi), Hindi, Kannada and Vietnamese
- Security issues addressed: CVE-2024-11693 and CVE-2024-11704

Implementation notes:
- The CSS font variations keywords (woff2-variations, truetype-variations, etc.) allow webmasters to indicate format hints for @font-face font resources so authors can provide alternative resources for browsers that don't support tech(variations). The intent of these hints is to provide an alternate font with variations in addition to regular fonts without. Unfortunately, some webmasters don't indicate a base font the variation font face would be an alternate for, which resulted in Pale Moon throwing an error on the only @font-face src entry provided, in turn having the web font not being loaded at all (because no valid entry was found), breaking website layout. From this version onwards, we parse the -variations keywords allowing variation alternative font-faces to be loaded, even if no base font was specified. To webmasters only supplying @font-face entries with variations keywords: please understand the intent of this CSS 4 spec and always provide a base font entry (graceful fallback).

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