foxfork.json Reference

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name

This is the name of the product that is to be built.

{
  "name": "FoxFork Browser"
}

vendor

The name of the company that is building the browser

{
  "vendor": "BinaryBlazer"
}

appId

A reverse DNS identifier for the browser

{
  "appId": "com.binaryblazer.browser"
}

binaryName

The name of the output binary.

{
  "binaryName": "foxfork-browser"
}

updateHostname

The host of the update server for updating. This is configured as part of the build command

{
  "updateHostname": "updates.foxfork.app"
}

license

Information about the license the browser will be under. This is used by the FoxFork license checker to ensure files have the MPL header if specified.

Specification:

interface LicenseConfig {
  /**
   * What license you intend to put your project under. Currently MPL is the
   * only one supported by the license checker, but if you want implement more
   * please feel free to open a pull request.
   *
   * To disable the license checker, set this type to `unknown`
   */
  licenseType: 'MPL-2.0' | 'unknown'
  /**
   * Files to be ignored by the license checker. For default values see the
   * `defaultConfig` variable in the config.ts file
   *
   * These should be rejex tests because compiled regex tests are **really**
   * fast which will stop the license checker from becoming absurdly slow with
   * larger projects
   */
  ignoredFiles: string[]
}

Example:

{
  "licenseType": "MPL-2.0",
  "ignoredFiles": [".*\\.json"]
}

Commands that maybe used:

foxfork license-check
foxfork lc # Alias

version

Provides information to foxfork about the product and version that FoxFork is responsible for managing.

Specification:

enum SupportedProducts {
  Firefox = 'firefox',
  FirefoxESR = 'firefox-esr',
  FirefoxESRNext = 'firefox-esr-next',
  FirefoxDev = 'firefox-dev',
  FirefoxBeta = 'firefox-beta',
  FirefoxNightly = 'firefox-nightly',
}

interface VersionConfig {
  /**
   * What branch of firefox you are forking. e.g. stable ('firefox'), dev ('firefox-dev')
   * , esr ('firefox-esr') etc.
   *
   * For use in code, use {@link SupportedProducts}
   */
  product: SupportedProducts
  /**
   * The version of the selected product you are forking
   */
  version?: string
}

Example

{
  "version": {
    "product": "firefox",
    "version": "102.0.1"
  }
}

buildOptions

These are flags that change how parts of FoxFork operate.

windowsUseSymbolicLinks

When set to true, symbolic links will be enabled on Windows. From internal testing, this appears to fail on a majority of computers

addons

An index for each addon. These will be downloaded and configured as part of the download step that gluon performs. You can download extensions from AMO, Github or any URL. Note that the furha-robot will only be able to provide update checking to AMO and Github Extensions.

Specification:

export interface GithubAddonInfo {
  platform: 'github'
  id: string
  repo: string
  version: string
  fileGlob: string
}

export interface AMOAddonInfo {
  platform: 'amo'
  id: string
  amoId: string
  version: string
}

export interface UrlAddonInfo {
  platform: 'url'
  version: string
  id: string
  url: string
}

export type AddonInfo = GithubAddonInfo | AMOAddonInfo | UrlAddonInfo

type addons = Record<string, AddonInfo>

Example:

{
  "addons": {
    "ublock": {
      "platform": "github",
      "id": "[e-mail]",
      "repo": "gorhill/uBlock",
      "version": "1.43.0",
      "fileGlob": "uBlock0_*.firefox.signed.xpi"
    },
    "tabliss": {
      "platform": "amo",
      "id": "[e-mail]",
      "amoId": "850407",
      "version": "2.6.0"
    }
  }
}

Commands that use this:

foxfork download
foxfork updates-addons # Generates update manifests for addons

brands

These are different distrobutions, for example, beta and stable.

Specification:

export interface ReleaseInfo {
  /**
   * The version of your output product. E.g. 1.3.5
   */
  displayVersion: string
  github?: {
    repo: string
  }

  x86?: {
    windowsMar?: string
    macosMar?: string
    linuxMar?: string
  }
}

export interface BrandInfo {
  backgroundColor: string
  brandShorterName: string
  brandShortName: string
  brandFullName: string
  release: ReleaseInfo
}

type brands = Record<string, BrandInfo>

Example:

{
  "brands": {
    "stable": {
      "backgroundColor": "#2B2A33",
      "brandShorterName": "FoxFork",
      "brandShortName": "FoxFork Browser",
      "brandFullName": "FoxFork Browser",
      "release": {
        "displayVersion": "1.0.0",
        "github": {
          "repo": "binary-blazer/browser"
        },
        "x86": {
          "windowsMar": "windows.mar",
          "macosMar": "macosIntel.mar",
          "linuxMar": "linux.mar"
        }
      }
    },
    "beta": {
      "backgroundColor": "#2B2A33",
      "brandShorterName": "FoxFork",
      "brandShortName": "FoxFork Browser",
      "brandFullName": "FoxFork Browser Beta",
      "release": {
        "displayVersion": "1.0.0-b.0",
        "github": {
          "repo": "binary-blazer/browser"
        },
        "x86": {
          "windowsMar": "windows.mar",
          "macosMar": "macosIntel.mar",
          "linuxMar": "linux.mar"
        }
      }
    },
    "alpha": {
      "backgroundColor": "#2B2A33",
      "brandShorterName": "FoxFork",
      "brandShortName": "FoxFork Browser",
      "brandFullName": "FoxFork Browser Alpha",
      "release": {
        "displayVersion": "1.0.0-a.16",
        "github": {
          "repo": "binary-blazer/browser"
        },
        "x86": {
          "windowsMar": "windows.mar",
          "macosMar": "macosIntel.mar",
          "linuxMar": "linux.mar"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Commands:

foxfork build
foxfork package
foxfork updates-browser
foxfork set brand <brand_name>