Mozilla is planning to launch a new version of Firefox browser based on a non-WebKit engine

Mozilla is developing a new version of Firefox, a non-WebKit engine. According to foreign technology media The Register, Apple is about to relax restrictions on web browser rendering engines, and Google and Mozilla are preparing to develop browsers using non-WebKit engines for the iOS/iPadOS platform.

Queried Mozilla’s official GitHub repository and found that the iOS version of Firefox-related code already references GeckoView (a wrapper for Firefox’s own rendering engine Gecko).

Apple’s App Store rules currently require browser apps on iOS and iPadOS to use its official WebKit browser engine, which means any Gecko-based version of Firefox cannot be released.

The app contains a settings page for toggling GeckoView and may be used for internal testing, but a post on GitHub from Mozilla Software Developers indicates it is a "minor project" and is discussed publicly on "iOS Get the right Gecko Firefox".

Last week, Google’s Chromium team was developing a new iOS browser based on Blink, seemingly in anticipation of Apple changing the rules of the platform.

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