Puffin Browser
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Puffin Browser is a remote browser developed by CloudMosa, an American mobile technology company founded by Shioupyn Shen.
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Developer(s) | CloudMosa, Inc. |
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Initial release | November 23, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-11-23) |
Stable release(s) [±] | |
9.0.1.757 (August 20, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-08-20)[1]) [±]
5.2.6 (March 4, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-04)[2]) [±]
9.5.1.51115 (December 9, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-09)[3]) [±]
9.4.0.50938 (October 4, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-04)[4]) [±]
9.4.0.50997 (October 20, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-20)[5]) [±]
9.2.1.50969 (October 18, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-18)[6]) [±]
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Engine | Blink |
Operating system | Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Android TV, Linux |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www |
Puffin Browser was initially released in 2010. It uses cloud servers for content processing.[8][9] It relays the network identity of its users to the websites they visit by adding an extra XFF (X-Forwarded-For) header in each HTTP request[10] containing the user's mobile device's IP address. For websites that did not support the XFF header, Puffin Browser is treated as a proxy server.[11]
Puffin Browser is compatible with Adobe Flash Player to play Adobe Flash content, including on mobile devices, where Flash was discontinued due to security issues.[12] The features also include a virtual trackpad, gamepad, and on-screen keyboard functions.[13]
Puffin Browser is offered for several different platforms: Puffin Browser on Android (and formerly iOS), Puffin Secure Browser on Windows and MacOS, Puffin Internet Terminal[14] on Linux, Puffin TV Browser[15] on Android TVs, and Puffin OS on mainstream smartphones.) Puffin Browser is also known to run on resource-limited hardware like Raspberry Pi,[14] and set-top boxes.[16]
In May 2019, it was announced that they would discontinue the Puffin Web Browser app on iOS devices due to Apple's App Store policies.[17] However, CloudMosa released Puffin Web Browser Lite for iOS devices, which does not support Adobe Flash Player.[18]