Mozilla At a Glance
What is Mozilla?
Mozilla is a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better. We emphasize principle over profit, and believe that the Web is a shared public resource to be cared for, not a commodity to be sold. We work with a worldwide community to create open source products like Mozilla Firefox, and to innovate for the benefit of the individual and the betterment of the Web. The result is great products built by passionate people and better choices for everyone.
Mozilla is a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better. We emphasize principle over profit, and believe that the Web is a shared public resource to be cared for, not a commodity to be sold. We work with a worldwide community to create open source products like Mozilla Firefox, and to innovate for the benefit of the individual and the betterment of the Web. The result is great products built by passionate people and better choices for everyone.
Who is the Mozilla Community?
- More than 1,000 volunteers contribute code to Firefox
- 400,000 people contribute to Mozilla through our project tracking system Bugzilla
- SUMO, Mozilla’s community-powered support site, helps an average of 10,000 Firefox users per week
- Students from more than 600 institutions in 57 countries spread Firefox as Mozilla Campus Representatives
- More than 1,000 volunteers contribute code to Firefox
- 400,000 people contribute to Mozilla through our project tracking system Bugzilla
- SUMO, Mozilla’s community-powered support site, helps an average of 10,000 Firefox users per week
- Students from more than 600 institutions in 57 countries spread Firefox as Mozilla Campus Representatives
Company Timeline
- March 31, 1998: The Mozilla Project forms as an open source project at Netscape and releases source code
- June 5, 2002: Mozilla 1.0 released
- July 2003: Mozilla Foundation founded
- February 2004: Mozilla Europe founded
- August 2004: Mozilla Japan founded
- November 9, 2004: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released
- March 4th, 2005: Mozilla China Foundation founded
- August 2005: Mozilla Foundation creates Mozilla Corporation
- November 29, 2005: Mozilla Firefox 1.5 released
- October 24, 2006: Mozilla Firefox 2.0 released
- June 17, 2008: Mozilla releases Firefox 3 and sets a Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours
- June 30, 2009: Firefox 3.5 released
- January 21, 2010: Firefox 3.6 released
- February 8, 2011: Do Not Track added to Firefox 4 beta
- March 22, 2011: Firefox 4 released
- March 29, 2011: Firefox 4 for Android released
- June 11, 2011: Firefox for Android becomes first mobile browser to support Do Not Track
- June 18, 2011: Mozilla launches Web FWD accelerator
- July 25, 2011: Mozilla announces Boot to Gecko project
- January 18, 2012: SOPA/PIPA action request on Firefox default start page generates 360,000 emails to U.S. lawmakers
- February 27, 2012: Mozilla announces partnership with Telefónica Digital on first Open Web devices
- May 22, 2012: Mozilla Webmaker introduced
- June 26, 2012: Upgraded Firefox for Android released
- July 2, 2012: Firefox OS brand and partnerships announced
- March 31, 1998: The Mozilla Project forms as an open source project at Netscape and releases source code
- June 5, 2002: Mozilla 1.0 released
- July 2003: Mozilla Foundation founded
- February 2004: Mozilla Europe founded
- August 2004: Mozilla Japan founded
- November 9, 2004: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released
- March 4th, 2005: Mozilla China Foundation founded
- August 2005: Mozilla Foundation creates Mozilla Corporation
- November 29, 2005: Mozilla Firefox 1.5 released
- October 24, 2006: Mozilla Firefox 2.0 released
- June 17, 2008: Mozilla releases Firefox 3 and sets a Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours
- June 30, 2009: Firefox 3.5 released
- January 21, 2010: Firefox 3.6 released
- February 8, 2011: Do Not Track added to Firefox 4 beta
- March 22, 2011: Firefox 4 released
- March 29, 2011: Firefox 4 for Android released
- June 11, 2011: Firefox for Android becomes first mobile browser to support Do Not Track
- June 18, 2011: Mozilla launches Web FWD accelerator
- July 25, 2011: Mozilla announces Boot to Gecko project
- January 18, 2012: SOPA/PIPA action request on Firefox default start page generates 360,000 emails to U.S. lawmakers
- February 27, 2012: Mozilla announces partnership with Telefónica Digital on first Open Web devices
- May 22, 2012: Mozilla Webmaker introduced
- June 26, 2012: Upgraded Firefox for Android released
- July 2, 2012: Firefox OS brand and partnerships announced
Fast Facts
- Hundreds of millions of people around the world use Firefox
- Firefox is free and open source software, with approximately 40% of its code written by volunteers
- Hundreds of millions of people around the world use Firefox
- Firefox is free and open source software, with approximately 40% of its code written by volunteers
The Global Browser
- Firefox is available in more than 75 languages (covering more than 97% of the world’s online population)
- Almost every non-English version of Firefox is localized by community volunteers
- More than 50% of global Firefox users use non-English versions
- Firefox is available in more than 75 languages (covering more than 97% of the world’s online population)
- Almost every non-English version of Firefox is localized by community volunteers
- More than 50% of global Firefox users use non-English versions
The Power of Customization
- There are more than 17,000 free, community-contributed add-ons for Firefox
- 85% of users have at least one add-on installed
- More than three billion Firefox Add-ons have been downloaded from the Gallery (not including themes)
- There are more than 350,000 different themes available for Firefox
- There are more than 17,000 free, community-contributed add-ons for Firefox
- 85% of users have at least one add-on installed
- More than three billion Firefox Add-ons have been downloaded from the Gallery (not including themes)
- There are more than 350,000 different themes available for Firefox
Going Mobile
- Mozilla’s mobile effort is based on the belief that, regardless of what device you access it from, there is only one Web.
- Built on the same core technology, Firefox mobile has many of the same great features of the desktop version.
- Mozilla’s mobile effort is based on the belief that, regardless of what device you access it from, there is only one Web.
- Built on the same core technology, Firefox mobile has many of the same great features of the desktop version.