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  "textContent": "**Nordstjernen — strengths vs Pale Moon**\n\n\n  * **No JIT** — QuickJS is a pure bytecode interpreter. Pale Moon keeps SpiderMonkey's JIT, the single biggest source of browser RCE (type-confusion, codegen bugs). Nordstjernen eliminates that bug class entirely.\n  * **No WebGL / WebGPU** — no GPU-driver or shader-compiler attack surface. Pale Moon ships WebGL.\n  * **Tiny, auditable codebase** — ~30 .c files, clean-room, readable by one person. Pale Moon carries a large Gecko-derived tree no single person can fully audit.\n  * **Zero phone-home** — no telemetry AND no automatic update/blocklist/start-page pings. Pale Moon avoids telemetry but still makes default outbound connections (update checks, add-on blocklist, OCSP, hosted start page).\n  * **OS-level sandbox by default** — Linux Landlock + seccomp privilege drop (src/security.c). Pale Moon's sandboxing is weaker/older than modern Gecko's and not a project focus.\n  * **Lower resource footprint** — no multi-process GPU/compositor stack; runs in environments where a Gecko fork would struggle.\n  * **Memory-safe media decoding** — images go through Wuffs (transpiled, bounds-checked C). Pale Moon uses conventional C/C++ decoders.\n  * **Clean-room, no legacy baggage** — modern stack (lexbor, libcurl HTTP/2, Cairo/Pango) without years of accumulated Gecko cruft and dead code paths.\n\n**Honest counterweight** : Pale Moon still wins decisively on raw compatibility — mature Gecko layout, far broader CSS/DOM/JS coverage, an extension ecosystem, and better real-world site support. Nordstjernen's edge is security, leanness, and privacy, not feature breadth.\n\n* * *",
  "title": "General Discussion • Re: Nordstjernen web browser",
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