Mypal

Mypal is a free, open-source web browser for Windows XP and other older versions of Windows that current browsers no longer support. It is developed by Feodor2, and its stated goal is to provide a current, secure and reliable browser for Windows XP, because many older machines are still in use but cannot run modern browsers. The original Mypal was a fork of the Pale Moon browser, based on code from Moonchild Productions and adapted for Windows XP and Server 2003; its About window reports, for example, version 29.3.0 and says that it is based on Pale Moon. That line has been discontinued, and development continues as Mypal 68, which is based on the Firefox 68 ESR (Firefox Quantum) code base with many later additions.

Features:

• Windows XP support: Mypal runs on Windows XP SP3 through Windows 8, and 32-bit and 64-bit builds are available. The 64-bit build does not run on Windows XP x64 Edition, and systems with Windows XP SP2 or older may be unstable.

• Modern web engine: Mypal 68 uses the Gecko engine from Firefox 68 and adds functions backported from newer versions, such as TLS security updates and missing DOM and network features, so many current websites still open on old computers.

• Familiar interface: tabs, bookmarks, a Most Visited list, a separate search bar with DuckDuckGo as the default engine in the tested build, a download manager and a Preferences dialog with General, Tabs, Content, Applications, Privacy, Security, Sync and Advanced sections.

• Multiprocess mode: to work around the memory limits of 32-bit Windows XP, Mypal 68 can split its work across several processes, which helps it cope with heavy pages.

• Low requirements: the minimal system is a Pentium III or Athlon XP class processor with SSE and 512 MB of RAM, while a Core 2 Duo class processor with 2 GB of RAM is recommended.

• Open source: the source code, issue tracker and release downloads are published on GitHub, and the project is maintained with the help of its user community, who report bugs and test new builds.

Mypal is a practical choice for anyone who still uses a Windows XP or Vista computer and needs a web browser that keeps receiving updates. It will not make an old PC as fast as a modern one: on minimal hardware, very heavy sites and video services may be slow or unusable, as the developer warns. New releases appear regularly on the project's GitHub page, and recent versions of Mypal 68 carry version numbers in the 78.x range, reflecting the features added on top of the original Firefox 68 base.

Mypal gives old Windows XP and Vista computers an updated browser that can still open many modern websites.