Ladybird is an open-source web browser currently in development, with an alpha version expected to launch in 2026.
LibWeb
Webkit-based Browsers
GNOME Web is the web browser for the GNOME desktop, based on the popular WebKit engine. It offers a simple, clean, beautiful view of the Web featuring first-class GNOME desktop integration. Its code name is Epiphany.
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Firefox-based Browsers
Browsers built on the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
If you're wanting to use Mozilla Firefox itself and not an alternative, then I recommend that you harden Mozilla Firefox at least. You can try the Firefox Profilemaker to achieve this and add it to your installation. You could also follow the instructions available on Privacy Guides.
If you choose to use Tor, I recommend that you follow the guide provided by Privacy Guides, along with the overview of Tor.
Privacy-focused browser with over 500 settings for enhanced security and performance, independent of Firefox, and not affiliated with Mozilla.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- AppImageHub
- Linux Mint
- Arch Linux
- Gentoo
- Flathub
- Fedora
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- OpenBSD
Gnuzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the
Mozilla Firefox browser. Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software.
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The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in a collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It’s designed to minimize tracking and fingerprinting. You could say it’s a Tor Browser to use without the Tor Network.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Mozilla Firefox
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Enhance privacy with a secure, portable browser that hides your IP and encrypts connections on multiple platforms, maintaining anonymity.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- OpenBSD
- Tor
Privacy-centric, open-source browser with unique UI features like vertical tabs, Split View, and Zen Glance, focusing on security and tranquility.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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Chromium-based Browsers
Chromium has been a Google project since its inception, and Google employees have done the bulk of the development work. Most popular browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, etc are built on top of the Chromium project, although those browsers are not recommended by this list for privacy concerns and some are proprietary.
Chromium-based browser with preinstalled open-source blockers, default anti-tracking features, no data collection, full extension support, and a minimal interface.
Open-source browser disables Google integration and background services, increasing privacy, stripping binaries, and offering user control with full transparency.
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Android
IronFox is a fork of DivestOS's Mull Browser based on Firefox. Our goal is to continue the legacy of Mull to provide a secure, hardened and privacy-oriented browser for daily use.
Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS.
Metasearch Engines
Note about 4get: The official instance may show NSFW banners on it's frontpage sometimes. If you do plan to use 4get in a professional or public environment, then you should use "https://4get.sudovanilla.org" as it offers a cleaner UI, doesn't display banners, and removes profanity from the pages and API.
4get is a metasearch engine built by lolcat get retrieves search results from other well known search engines and then strips away all of the tracking parameters that these search engines put in that are unnessary and are invasive. Most other alternatives to large search engines such as Google and Microsoft Bing claim to be "Privacy Respecting" but fail on this promise such as Esosia for example. The developer, lolcat, was fed up with this situation and decided to build 4get, as other alternatives like Searx and YaCy don't live up to their expectation.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Tor
Get Google search results, but without any ads, javascript, AMP links, cookies, or IP address tracking. Easily deployable in one click as a Docker app, and customizable with a single config file. Quick and simple to implement as a primary search engine replacement on both...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
A privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with strong security that offers full API support and utilizes Qwant for images, and DuckDuckGo for auto-complete.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- NGINX
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Extensions
Also look into adding a Toggle JavaScript extension that works on a per-site base. Disabling JavaScript usually helps with bypassing certain annoying popups like login walls and such, I've tested this on site like The Verge and works well.
This efficient browser add-on blocks ads, trackers, and malware by default employing various filter lists, acting as a comprehensive wide-spectrum blocker.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Pale Moon
- Thunderbird
- Opera
- Node.JS
- Chromium
- Mozilla Firefox
Privacy Badger is a browser-add on tool that analyzes sites to detect and disallow content that tracks you in an objectionable, non-consensual manner. When you visit websites, your copy of Privacy Badger keeps note of the "third party" domains that embed images...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Mozilla Firefox
SponsorBlock is a browser extension and open API via crowdsource for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. It's open-source. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about using a privacy...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Mozilla Firefox
Open-source password manager with AES-256 encryption and device sync. Store and access encrypted logins across platforms like iOS and Android.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Apple Watch
- Snapcraft
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Flathub
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Tor Browser
- Safari
- F-Droid
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Flatpak
- Cloudron
- Opera
- Chocolatey
- Mono
- Brave
- Mozilla Firefox
- Docker
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A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Brave
- Mozilla Firefox
- Linux
- Flathub
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Comments
Ladybird is not webkit... it is its own independent web engine: LibWeb
Mull was part of Divest Project which is now discontinued, there is an active fork named IronFox