Puffin Browser

Puffin Browser is a remote browser using cloud servers for content processing. Developed by CloudMosa, an American mobile technology company founded in 2009 by Shioupyn Shen, Puffin Browser was initially released in 2010. It relays the network identity of its users to the websites they visit by adding an extra XFF (X-Forwarded-For) header in each HTTP request containing the user's mobile device's IP address. For websites that do not support the XFF header, Puffin Browser is treated as a proxy server. Puffin Browser was compatible with Adobe Flash Player, enabling it to play Adobe Flash content, including on mobile devices, where Flash was discontinued due to security issues. Adobe discontinued Flash Player in 2020, and Puffin Browser subsequently dropped its Flash support as well. The browser also features a virtual trackpad, gamepad, and an on-screen keyboard. Puffin Browser can be used on Android (and formerly iOS); Puffin Secure Browser on Windows and macOS; Puffin Internet Terminal on Linux; Puffin TV Browser on Android TVs, and Puffin OS on mainstream smartphones. Puffin Browser also runs on resource-limited hardware such as Raspberry Pi and set-top boxes. In May 2019, CloudMosa announced that they would discontinue the Puffin Web Browser app on iOS devices due to Apple's App Store policies. However, CloudMosa released Puffin Web Browser Lite for iOS devices, which does not support Adobe Flash Player.