ungoogled-chromium
thorium
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405 | 103 | |
18,979 | 4,036 | |
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6 days ago | 6 days ago | |
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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ungoogled-chromium
- console.log(DOOM)
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Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive
Cromite[0] is the best on Android, it's a privacy-oriented open source patchset on top of Chromium.
Cromite has a desktop build, but it's a bit more experimental than the mobile build, so you can use Ungoogled Chromium[1] instead. Ungoogled is also a privacy-oriented open source patchset on top of Chromium. Check the beta flags to enable some more interesting features like getClientRect anti-fingerprinting measures (unfortunately breaks some React-based sites that go into infinite re-render loop).
Both of these browsers selectively include patches from Brave, but they are community-oriented builds so imo more trustworthy than Brave, which continues to package various shady anti-features and always will because it's backed by a for-profit company.
LibreWolf[2] is the nicest Firefox-based one for desktop, I think. It's pretty hardcore, though, I most only use it to visit mainstream social media sites.
I tried a bunch of the Firefox-based ones on mobile and none of them clicked for me. Cromite is just too slick on Android. Put the address bar at the bottom and off you go. Only downside is no online syncing of tabs and bookmarks, but meh. You can save all open tabs to bookmark bar in one hit then export your bookmarks, send the file through whatever E2EE channel you want to your other device and import then reopen them again.
[0] https://github.com/uazo/cromite
[1] https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
[2] https://librewolf.net/
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Browsers Are Weird
For those that like Chromium but want to remove any integration with Google, there's Ungoogled Chromium
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
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What is the safest and best browser to use???
If you're entirely partial to Chromium browsers, use Ungoogled Chrome https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
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Mozilla CEO received $6,9m salary in 2022, a $2m increase from 2021, meanwhile Firefox has lost 30m of its userbase since 2020.
what about https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
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any working adBlock for YouTube?
Firefox or Ungoogled Chromium (needs to update uBlock manually) in Incognito window with unchanged vanilla uBlock Origin with lists updated and no other plugins and without YouTube account. Works perfectly. Also FreeTube.
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Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent
Ungoogled Chromium is a Chromium-based browser with Google services stripped out.
- Project and source: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
- Binaries: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina...
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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Using these sort of downstream patch set browsers is rarely a good idea. If it has multiple full-time developers from a respected org dedicated to it, then it can be justifiable (Tor Browser, Brave), but take a look at the gaps in time for these two pages:
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/rel...
https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/ch...
There's often days you're going without security patches. If you want a browser without Google tracking, Firefox is a much better choice.
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Installing Chrome extension from raw source code
While these screenshots use Google Chrome, they will also work on all 'Chromium' based web browsers, like Brave, Vivaldi, ungoogled-chromium, etc. Window's Edge is also compatible, though some the button locations are changed.
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Brave is a fork, not a Chromium reskinn
I would highly recommend the Ungoogled Chromium fork instead: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
Entirely volunteer maintained, there is no for-profit entity behind it looking to do crypto referrals or ad swapping or anything like that.
thorium
- Supermium – Chromium fork for Win 2003 and newer
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console.log(DOOM)
I'm dissuaded from using Thorium after the news of the developer including... questionable material in their builds[0], and checked into CVS no less.
[0]: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/issues/147
- Thorium Browser: The fastest browser on Earth
- Thorium – The Fastest Browser on Earth
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Thorium – Radioactive Chromium Fork
Yeah, man. Honestly it's kind of a sexy picture that yiff png^0. I ain't into furry shit and I think it's weird, but that's a pretty sexy pose right there for people of a certain orientation.
0: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/blob/3759529384a18ae7c...
I mean, weird to include it in a GitHub repo, but not evil. The fact that some NPCs are falling over themselves to call this evil (while probably repressed-guilt-projectively retreating to their private stashus of furry-et-al pon when the sun rises) suggests there's "rotten" in the state of browser forking, methinks! hahahahaha :)
- Is Thorium Browser Dead?
- Removal of Offensive Image from Thorium Browser
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Don't Use Thorium Browser – If Installed, Remove It
Too much misinformation, christ. After checking another thread, it appears the browser contains a softcore furry image, and the alleged CP is the anti-circumcision propaganda images the guy hosts on his public github.io page.
Furry easter egg removal commit is here:
https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/commit/9947421f1480bd1...
And these are the alleged edits on the github.io page:
> the site for thorium at one point had a documentary about circumcision on it, alongside furry porn and other weird political stuff, when he was called out on it, it magically disappeared.
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Pick my next browser for the next 3 months.
Thorium!
- Most "secure/private" browser that is still somewhat mainstream/compatible?
What are some alternatives?
chromium - The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source
brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!
Floorp - The most of source code of version 10 or later of Floorp Browser, the most Advanced and Fastest Firefox derivative 🦊
brave-core - Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
Thorium-Win-AVX2 - Repo to serve AVX2 Windows builds of Thorium. https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium/
browser
Mercury - Firefox fork with compiler optimizations and patches from Librewolf, Waterfox, and GNU IceCat.
iridium-browser - Iridium Browser source code
Thorium-Special - Special builds of Thorium for SSE3 and different processors.
Firefox-UI-Fix - 🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.
ThoriumOS - ChromiumOS fork with Thorium Browser, x264/x265 codecs, Widevine, Kernel 5.15, Linux firmware/modules support, Nouveau, Intel microcode, and extra packages.