@emotional_soup_88@programming.dev
Made the switch to IronFox. First impressions.
2026-03-26 10:46 UTC
Following what I learned over at programming.dev/post/47796780 about Brave I decided to switch to IronFox, which is also recommended by LibreWolf.
I wasn’t able to find the damn ~/Bookmarks directory.
I tried to create one under /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.ironfoxoss.ironfox/files/ and copied my Brave bookmarks.html file into it, but to no avail. I ended up manually copying the bookmarks into IronFox, since I couldn’t find any import function.
The documentation and FAQs are top notch, as in relevant and concise.
I love the developers’ opennes about the limitations
My hardware security key - a Yubico Yubikey - didn’t work “out of the box” as it did with Brave, but lo and behold, IronWolf had a solution. I have never used Android’s function to manage passkeys before, so I’m unsure of the security and/or privacy implications.
All in all, I can strongly recommend this browser based on my initial impressions! Also:
Replies (3)
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@lemmyng@lemmy.world 2026-03-26 14:07
Hard agree that bookmark import/export would make transitioning to IronFox much more incentivizing, but aside from that, I love how hardened it is.
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@RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-26 15:47
I import bookmarks into Librewolf and sync with Ironfox though a Mozilla account. Just a matter of getting the bookmarks file onto a desk/laptop.
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@fluckx@lemmy.world 2026-03-26 14:02
For some reason it refuses to load a ( local ) http site for me. I have no idea why. No complaints otherwise.