www/waterfox 6.6.16.1,1 MidnightBSD

Distilled fork of Firefox

System: MidnightBSD
Repository: mports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-07-14
Commit: 9f6efcae98
License: MPL20
Categories: www

Description

Fast and Private Web Browser.

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 6.7.6, as upstream numbers it.

System

Port

Version

Vulnerabilities

Status

Maintainer

Last update

MidnightBSD

www/waterfox

6.6.16.1,1 behind since 2026-08-02

no data

[email protected]

2026-07-14

FreeBSD

www/waterfox

6.7.6,1 newest

none known

[email protected]

2026-10-17

HardenedBSD

www/waterfox

6.7.4,1 behind since 2026-10-03

no data

[email protected]

GhostBSD

www/waterfox

6.7.3,1 behind since 2026-09-24

no data

[email protected]

Version history 1

6.6.16.1 2026-07-14 9f6efcae98

Upstream's version as each commit to the port's Makefile set it, or as this site first saw it in the system's packages; the tree's own revisions are not versions here.

Install

Binary package:

mport install waterfox

From mports:

cd /usr/mports/www/waterfox && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	waterfox>0:www/waterfox

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right (to build, as it needs nothing to run); at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

graph LR
  me["www/waterfox"]
  me --> d0["archivers/zip"]
  me --> d1["databases/py-sqlite3"]
  me --> d2["devel/icu"]
  me --> d3["devel/libevent"]
  me --> d4["devel/nasm"]
  me --> d5["devel/nspr"]
  me --> d6["devel/wasi-libc"]
  me --> d7["devel/yasm"]
  me -.-> dmore(["7 more"])
  classDef this fill:#ab2b28,color:#ffffff,stroke:#ab2b28
  class me this

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Build 15

nspr>=4.32 : devel/nspr
nss>=3.124.0 : security/nss
icu>=76.1 : devel/icu
libevent>=2.1.8 : devel/libevent
harfbuzz>=10.1.0 : print/harfbuzz
graphite2>=1.3.14 : graphics/graphite2
png>=1.6.45 : graphics/png
dav1d>=1.0.0 : multimedia/dav1d
libvpx>=1.15.0 : multimedia/libvpx
${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0 : databases/py-sqlite3
v4l_compat>0 : multimedia/v4l_compat
nasm : devel/nasm
yasm : devel/yasm
zip : archivers/zip
${LOCALBASE}/share/wasi-sysroot/lib/wasm32-wasip1/libc.a : devel/wasi-libc

Build dependencies 15

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

USES: perl5
Service scripts: none

Files

distinfo 2

File

Size

SHA256

BrowserWorks-waterfox-6.6.16.1_GH0.tar.gz

9.26640559e+08

b0b4086cbff68cc1dc0e28321a99055482f19a243f14fa674adc8800b5b83d84

BrowserWorks-l10n-a2e5c9b_GH0.tar.gz

2.5811834e+07

b59e1ad5a16b3fcfb4266edb7a641098c511ce593b8f2ff291cc7dc3ca054b03

Commit history 1

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-07-14

9f6efcae98

Lucas Holt

www/waterfox: update to 6.6.16.1 (#640)

Update Waterfox to 6.6.16.1 based on the current FreeBSD port. Changes: - Update Waterfox and locale distfiles. - Raise the NSS build requirement to 3.124.0. - Import current WASI and HTTPS DNS compatibility patches. Validation: bmake check-license and git diff --check pass. Full patch/build validation was blocked because the large GitHub source archive was truncated during download. ## Summary by Sourcery Update the Waterfox port to the 6.6.16.1 release and sync it with the current upstream/FreeBSD packaging. Enhancements: - Bump Waterfox to version 6.6.16.1 and refresh associated distfiles and locales. - Raise the minimum NSS dependency version required for building Waterfox. - Replace the previous WASI toolchain tweak with updated …