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Self-Hosting a Firefox Sync Server

After switching from Firefox to LibreWolf, I became interested in the idea of self-hosting my own Firefox Sync server. Although I had seen this was possible before, I had never really looked into it—until now. I embarked on a journey to set this up, and while it wasn’t completely smooth sailing, I eventually got it working. Here’s how it went. Finding the Right Sync Server Initial Search: Mozilla’s Sync Server Repo I started by searching for “firefox sync server github” and quickly found Mozilla’s syncserver repo.

I started by searching for “firefox sync server github” and quickly found Mozilla’s syncserver repo. The description explained that the author had also encountered issues with the original documentation and decided to create a Docker container for their own infrastructure. Setting up a self-hosted Firefox Sync server is not the easiest task, especially if you’re not very familiar with Docker or database management.

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