Mercury AVX2

Firefox fork with compiler optimizations and patches from Librewolf, Waterfox, and GNU IceCat.

WindowsSystem ToolsOpen source

v129.0.2

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About

Mercury AVX2 is an open-source web browser for Windows based on Firefox. It is intended for users who want a Firefox-derived browser with a separate set of compiler changes and project patches. The browser is positioned as a Firefox counterpart to Thorium, which is the developer’s Chromium-based project.

Its code includes compiler optimizations intended for the Mercury AVX2 build. It also incorporates patches from LibreWolf, Waterfox, and Ghostery. These changes distinguish Mercury AVX2 from the standard Firefox project while retaining its Firefox-based foundation.

Mercury AVX2 is distributed for Windows under an open-source license. MirrorNest mirrors the official build directly on its own storage rather than presenting a separately modified package. Each mirrored build is scanned for malware before it is published, placing the software in the Windows browser section of the catalog.

Architecture: x64

What's new in v129.0.2

- Finally updated it, plz don't hate me I know ya'll been waiting - Builds for ALL DA OSES! - Incorporated some compiler flags from Zen browser, AND, made some commits to Zen as well to add some of Mercury's AVX2 stuff. See > zen-browser/desktop#1216 Thanks to the author for talking to me on Reddit and then accepting my pull request. - Disabled "Normandy", a component that allows Mozilla to alter extension configurations at will remotely. (bleh wtf is that) - Enabled JS_SHELL, for devs looking to use extensions like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scratchpad/ to get a semblance of that functionality that they removed. - Tabstrip functionality of Firefox View is enabled, without actually enabling firefox view due to it's other bad stuff we don't want (You can still manually enable it in about:config, then re-add it to the tabstrip with the buttons editor). - MacOS builds lack PGO, since I had to cross-compile them. May reduce performance. NOTE: For those looking to build for themselves, cross compiling for MacOS is now broken since Apple complained about Mozilla redistributing the XCode SDK (of course 🙄). The workaround involves a lengthy process to package up the SDK from a Mac, then copy it to your Linux machine. It's outside the scope of these release notes, but I may add instructions to the //docs folder at a later date. UI Update: Next release will have some UI patches from Floorp, a popular Firefox fork. However, remember that Mercury doesn't attempt to heavily modify the UI from upstream Firefox, so don't expect Mercury to end up being a compiler optimized Floorp. I promise there won't be a freakin months long delay in updating. But I also tend to put Thorium and Codium first over my other projects. One man can only do so much, even with as often as I am on the computer doing nerd stuff.

Details

PlatformWindows
CategorySystem Tools
LicenseOpen source
PricingFree
Package IDAlex313031.Mercury.AVX2
Latest versionv129.0.2
File typeEXE
Architecturex64
File size62.8 MB
Published9/25/2026

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