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		causality0 on Aug 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the F... Someone want to explain what "based on the Firefox engine" means? Is it a fork of Firefox or do they think I'm too stupid to know what Gecko is?

Kokouane on Aug 21, 2024 [–]

Not a fork, it is just based on Gecko from what I can tell on their GitHub. To be fair, Zen is clearly targeting a regular audience who most likely do not know what Gecko is.

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