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Re:Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly by tech234a on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @10:29PM (#48929723)
Loosely related to porting the Firefox engine in unusual places: here is a project that ports Firefox's Gecko rendering engine to iOS as a sideloadable app (normally Apple only allows its own WebKit rendering engine in iOS apps): https://github.com/minh-ton/reynard-browser
Re:Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly by The_SamminAter on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @11:05PM (#48929911)
Indeed. This is both the best and the only actively maintained way for older versions of iOS to use modern js.
Re:Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly by rlmineing_dead on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @10:32PM (#48929740)
Starred, very cool!