Pale Moon
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pale Moon, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pale Moon's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pale Moon | Free | Open-source browser · released as-is · Free (gratis) to download and use |
The facts
Each one read from Pale Moon's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Browser engine
- otherchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Cross-device sync
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Platforms
- Official downloads are listed for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS; FreeBSD builds are marked beta.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- desktopchecked 21 Sep 2026
What it does
- Built-in ad blocking
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Compatibility limit
- The maker warns that some websites may need special consideration or a secondary browser because they are designed around Chrome-centric assumptions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The browser supports full theming and XUL add-ons that can change its features, capabilities, and appearance.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- The official add-ons site offers extensions, themes, language packs, dictionaries, and search plugins.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Extension support
- own_storechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Open source
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Portable version
- The Windows portable build keeps bookmarks, passwords, history, and downloads on removable media and requires write access to its location.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says the browser contains no ads, telemetry, or data gathering.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy details
- The browser connects to services for updates, add-on security lists, geolocation, certificate verification, and search; geolocation can be disabled.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Pale Moon is an open-source web browser built on its own maintained platform and Goanna rendering engine.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says Pale Moon is regularly updated with security patches; release 35.0.2, dated 2026-10-06, is described as a performance, bugfix, and security release.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to its community forum for questions and offers donations, merchandise, or service contributions to support development.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Sync
- Pale Moon Sync can synchronize bookmarks, open tabs, browsing history, form history, passwords, and a limited subset of preferences.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Sync limitations
- Sync is a free courtesy service without availability guarantees or an SLA, and stored data is transitional and may be purged.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Sync security
- The maker says Sync encrypts data before transmission, keeps the recovery key in the browser, and encrypts connections using TLS.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The project is community-driven and owned and led by M.C. Straver; the site identifies Moonchild Productions as the copyright holder.checked 8 Oct 2026
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