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fxa

Monorepo for Mozilla Accounts (formerly Firefox Accounts)

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Monorepo for Mozilla Accounts (formerly Firefox Accounts)

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2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2
2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2024	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2025	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	3

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TheDong·Mar 13, 2025

> And let's be real, every browser (even Firefox) has closed source server side code. What is Firefox's? Accounts and Sync are both open source, and I'm struggling to think of anything else i.e. https://github.com/mozilla/fxa

In Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google

mdaniel·Mar 2, 2025

Depending on how far those Firefox forks have deviated, self-hosting the Firefox sync services has been a thing for quite a long time: https://github.com/mozilla/fxa and https://mozilla-services.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howtos/run...

In Trust in Firefox and Mozilla Is Gone – Let's Talk Alternatives

3np·Mar 1, 2025

Note that this setup still relies on Mozilla infrastructure for several surrounding services for auth, email, account metadata, etc. https://github.com/dan-r/syncstorage-rs-docker/blob/main/app... It's a good start though and as long as you're OK migrating your account you can plug those in later. Fully self-hosting all the components is just as doable but a little bit more involved. Compared to when I last set it up they seem to have been improving on docs and devex. https://github.com/mozilla/fxa https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/tutorials/devel... https://mozilla-services.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howtos/run...

In Self-Hosting a Firefox Sync Server

3np·Mar 18, 2022

Kiiind of. For the syncserver itself, where all the data is synced and stored, you just need tokenserver+syncstorage, plus a database backend of choice. Easy-peasy, you can set it up trivially in minutes if you're used to spin up docker containers and have a database server. Loads of people do this. However, you still need a way to authenticate. Most people just piggyback on Mozilla's servers for this. This means some metadata (not the synced data itself, mind you, but still) will be shared with Mozilla and a surprising number of third-parties. To get the last meter and be fully self-reliant you need to go down quite the rabbit hole and set up the fxa stack. It involves several interconnected microservices and a handful of separate mysql databases. I managed to but it took a couple of days to dig through the sources and figure out exactly

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what is necessary and disable all the third-party integrations. The pieces are all there and it's all done in the open but it's clearly built with the mindset of a cloud-based startup. https://github.com/mozilla/fxa Once up and running it has been hands off, not much maintenance at all. Happy I did it but unless you like doing this kind of stuff as a challenge, I'd probably recommend using some alternative extension, until it becomes more approachable. If you take it on, there are helpful people in the #fxa:mozilla.org Matrix room. More activity there, and self-hosting related discussion/issues/PRs in the fxa github repo, might push them to put in more effort to make it easier to self-host the stack and bring/keep docs up to date. Hoping to do a proper write-up soon to make it more approachable for others, once things cool down a bit at work.

In LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

3np·Feb 12, 2022

I don't think I've seen anything official after this: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/pocket-source-code/43686/12 Quite a lot has happened on their GH, though. I don't think the web front-end is there, but it seriously looks like they're getting there? https://github.com/Pocket It's pretty radical just how transparent Mozilla actually is, I think. Here's the start of the mentioned migration https://github.com/mozilla/fxa/issues/10635

In Pocket migration to Firefox accounts

mulmen·May 6, 2020

I believe you can host your own instance of the back end portion if you wish: https://github.com/mozilla/fxa

In Firefox 76

cdubzzz·Apr 19, 2019

Looks like this has improved a lot since I used it a few years ago. That documentation even seems a bit outdated -- the new monorepo is here: https://github.com/mozilla/fxa. I eventually abandoned it when I was cutting back on things I had to manage, but maybe I'll take another look soon...

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