Past-projects

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Past projects is a list of past Mozilla projects that have either been spunout or turned into community projects or in some cases closed down.

Product Name	Brief Description	Transition Date	Why sunset?	Current Status
Mozilla WebThings	Open source code for creating one’s own smart platform, gateway, and things using web protocols. Successor of FirefoxOS > Connected Devices.	2020	The market, router product ecosystem, and our Gateway implementation wouldn’t together yield something compelling commercially even though we felt it might offer distinctive value to end users. [open letter from dbryant, 2020]	Transferring ownership to volunteer community. Will remove Mozilla naming/branding as part of that transition. Project lives on under WebThings
[DATA] Location services
[EM] ChecknShare
[ET] Firefox Listen (Scout)		2018	Project lead (Jack Moffitt) left Mozilla	https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj-vWdfFaMu/
Firefox OS Marketplace	Discovery and distribution platform for web apps (on top of Firefox OS).	2018	Once Firefox OS was discontinued, Firefox OS Marketplace stopped receiving many submissions.
Hopscotch	A creative toolkit, empowering people of any skill level to create and remix bite-sized, visually rich content for the open web using their mobile.	2018		https://www.instagram.com/p/BcsrtvBH6EP/
Connected Devices	Renamed Firefox OS organization to Connected Devices to reflect the pivot to IoT connected device solutions. Prototyping the future and exploring how we can make the biggest impact in IoT.	2017(?)
Mozilla Home Router	Possibility of making a Mozilla Home Router.	2017	It became clear (at the time) that a pure router play is unlikely to be a success, for various reasons, including strong competition and technology. [Jkaye, 2017]
FirefoxOS	Open source operating system on smartphone and smartTV.	In early December, 2015 a decision was made to stop offering smartphones through operator channels, as we failed to deliver a phone that could win in the commercial smartphone marketplace. Despite the amazing work of our team and community in creating an impressive OS, we weren't in a competitive enough position to gain the necessary market share. [JMcCracken, 2016]		The b2g platform will remain available for volunteers, contributors and enthusiasts to improve and submit patches for further advancement of the OS stack. Some cleanup and repackaging of Firefox OS was done to create “B2G OS”, which was forked and commercialized by KaiOS. KaiOS and Mozilla partnership
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See Also

• https://killedbymozilla.com/ (independently maintained)