Firefox Lockwise is a deprecated

password manager A password manager is a computer program that allows users to store and manage their passwords for local applications and online services. In many cases software used to manage passwords allow also generate strong passwords and fill forms. Pas ...

for the

Firefox Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current ...

web browser, as well as the mobile operating systems

iOS iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also include ...

and Android. On desktop, Lockwise was simply part of Firefox, whereas on iOS and Android it was available as a standalone app. If

Firefox Sync Firefox Sync, originally branded Mozilla Weave, is a browser synchronization feature for Firefox web browsers. It allows users to partially synchronize bookmarks, browsing history, preferences, passwords, filled forms, add-ons, and the last 25 o ...

was activated (with a Firefox account), then Lockwise synced passwords between Firefox installations across devices. It also featured a built-in

random password generator A random password generator is software program or hardware device that takes input from a random or pseudo-random number generator and automatically generates a password. Random passwords can be generated manually, using simple sources of rando ...

. The application and branding have since been "phased out."

History

Developed by

Mozilla Mozilla (stylized as moz://a) is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape. The Mozilla community uses, develops, spreads and supports Mozilla products, thereby promoting exclusively free software and open standards, w ...

, it was originally named Firefox Lockbox in 2018. It was renamed "Lockwise" in May 2019. It was introduced for iOS on 10 July 2018 as part of the Test Pilot program. On 26 March 2019, it was released for Android. On desktop, Lockwise started out as a browser addon. Alphas were released between March and August 2019. Since Firefox version 70, Lockwise has been integrated into the browser (accessible at ), having replaced a basic password manager presented in a popup window.

End of Support

Mozilla ended support for Firefox Lockwise on December 13, 2021.

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Free and open-source software Android (operating system) software Firefox Firefox extensions merged to Firefox Free and open-source software Free software programmed in Kotlin Free software programmed in Swift Free software programmed in JavaScript IOS software Mobile applications Mozilla Password managers Software using the Mozilla license

History

End of Support

See also

References

External links