Boot to Gecko (B2G/Firefox OS)
DEPRECATED - Boot to Gecko aims to create a complete, standalone operating system for the open web. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5234
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2249
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1132 stars · 770 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Gaia is Mozilla's HTML5-based phone user interface for the Boot to Gecko (B2G) project, which aimed to build a complete standalone operating system for the open web (Firefox OS). The project is deprecated and unmaintained, with its last release in 2021.
Use cases
- build a phone UI entirely in HTML5 and JavaScript
- study how Firefox OS implemented its user interface
- run a web-based mobile OS on a compatible device or desktop
- explore historical Mozilla mobile OS architecture
- contribute to or fork an open-source web-based phone stack
When to choose
- you need to reference or maintain legacy Firefox OS code
- you are researching web-based operating system design
- you want to fork an HTML5 phone UI as a starting point
When to avoid
- you need a maintained mobile OS or UI framework
- you are building a new product for modern devices
- you need security updates or active community support
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
ui-components frontend-framework testing mobile-development web-development operating-systems cross-platform firefox-os boot-to-gecko html5-phone-ui deprecated mozilla mobile-os mobile javascript
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G · fetched 2026-08-28 · f90d57c87d76
- homepage: https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00a72dc60973
- site_page: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation · fetched 2026-08-29 · ec8057123d54
- site_page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozillaWiki:About · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0a09e7e891e7
- site_page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/FAQ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d7c8460b9e77
- site_page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/FAQ/Apps · fetched 2026-08-29 · ea3d3baf05e7
- site_page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/QA/Bugzilla/FAQ · fetched 2026-08-29 · ec4691d277d2
- site_page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8be31ebd7049
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla-b2g/B2G | main | 10 |
| mozilla-b2g/gaia | frontend | 10 |
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