FIREFOX(1)

NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS ...] [URL] firefox-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

USAGE
firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable, firefox-bin.

OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.

  X11 options

--display=DISPLAY
    X display to use

--sync
    Make X calls synchronous

--g-fatal-warnings
    Make all warnings fatal

  Firefox options

-h, --help
    Show summary of options.

-v, --version
    Print Firefox version.

-P profile
    Start with profile.

--profile path
    Start with profile at path.

--migration
    Start with migration wizard.

--ProfileManager
    Start with ProfileManager.

--no-remote
    Do not accept or send remote commands; implies --new-instance.

--new-instance
    Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.

--UILocale locale
    Start with locale resources as UI Locale.

--safe-mode
    Disables extensions and themes for this session.

--allow-downgrade
    Allows downgrading a profile.

--MOZ_LOG=modules
    Treated as MOZ_LOG=modules environment variable, overrides it.

--MOZ_LOG_FILE=file
    Treated as MOZ_LOG_FILE=file environment variable, overrides it. If MOZ_LOG_FILE is not specified as an argument or as an environment variable, logging will be written to stdout.

--headless
    Run without a GUI.

--save-recordings
    Save recordings for all content processes to a directory.

--browser
    Open a browser window.

--new-window url
    Open url in a new window.

--new-tab url
    Open url in a new tab.

--private-window url
    Open url in a new private window.

--preferences
    Open Preferences dialog.

--screenshot [path]
    Save screenshot to path or in working directory.

--window-size width[,height]
    Width and optionally height of screenshot.

--search term
    Search term with your default search engine.

--setDefaultBrowser
    Set this app as the default browser.

--jsconsole
    Open the Browser Console.

--jsdebugger
    Open the Browser Toolbox.

--wait-for-jsdebugger
    Spin event loop until JS debugger connects. Enables debugging (some) application startup code paths. Only has an effect when --jsdebugger is also supplied.

--devtools
    Open DevTools on initial load.

--start-debugger-server [ws:][port|path]
    Start the debugger server on a TCP port or Unix domain socket path. Defaults to TCP port 6000. Use WebSocket protocol if ws: prefix is specified.

--recording file
    Record drawing for a given URL.

--recording-output file
    Specify destination file for a drawing recording.

FILES
/usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox-bin - firefox executable

VERSION
68.0

BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

AUTHORS

The Mozilla Organization
    http://www.mozilla.org/about.html

Tobias Girstmair
    https://gir.st/