Brave
Fast, secure browser integrating ad and tracker blockage, privacy features, and VPN. Offers seamless performance with data and battery optimization, faster loads by blocking pop-ups and ads. Safeguards user privacy with tracking protections and built-in brave search.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- Samsung Galaxy Store
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Security-focused
- Customizable
- Support for Themes
Features
- Built-in Ad-blocker
Support for TOR- Chromium-based Browsers
- Block Trackers
- Built-in Script Blocker
- No Tracking
- Fingerprinting protection
- Cryptocurrency rewards
- HTTPS Support
- AdBlock Friendly
- Dark Mode
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Brave shield
- Built-in VPN
- Earn Money
- Multi Device Support
- FTP Server
- Add-ons
- Built in tracking protection
- Cloud Sync
- Built-in Torrent client
- BAT Token integration
- Passive Income
- Configurable Brave shields
- No Subscription
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Website Translation
- Integrated Password Manager
- Picture in Picture
- No Logs
- Support for Gestures
- Spell Checking
- Portable
IPFS Integration- Cryptocurrency support
- Autoplay block
- Low-Ram Usage
- Reduce mobile data usage
- Broken Links Check
- Digital currency
- Swift
- Excel Add-in
- Legacy Firefox Addon
- Support for WebTorrent
- Support for Multiple Users
- Micropayments System
Brave News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Brave
Brave tests AI browsing mode with opt-in feature flag, isolated profile & other safeguardsBrave has launched its experimental AI browsing feature in the Brave Nightly development channel. T...
- Fla published news article about Brave
Brave announces Leo Skills for custom AI shortcuts on desktop and AndroidBrave has launched Leo Skills, a new feature for its Leo AI assistant that lets users save and acti...
- Fla published news article about Brave
Brave for Android introduces CSV password import and menu customizationBrave for Android now allows users to import passwords using CSV files, making it easier to transfe...
Recent activities
- lnobile liked Brave
sebastianpaczoski added Brave as alternative to Wave Browser- sebastianpaczoski updated Brave
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What is Brave?
Brave is a fast, free, secure web browser with a built-in ad blocker, tracking and security protection, and optimized data and battery experience.
Brave offers a private search with better results, less SEO spam, and zero profiling, a built-in AI assistant to get answers, generate content, and more, and a powerful VPN to protect every app, on your entire device.
Brave blocks third-party ads on every website. That’s video ads, search ads, social media ads, and more. And those annoying “Accept cookies?” pop-ups? Yeah, we block those too.
Without that unwanted junk, you save Wi-Fi bandwidth and mobile data, battery life and CPU. And websites load 3x-6x faster. Less waiting = more time back in your day.
Shields against tracking and fingerprinting. A premium VPN that can encrypt every connection no matter where you are. On-by-default Global Privacy Control to stop websites from selling and sharing your data. All this (and more) in one ridiculously easy package.
Brave works right out of the box. No dials to turn, no extensions, no PhD required.
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Rating
Average rating of 4Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
The king of all Chromium-based browsers! Blocks ads and really nice to use.
People who know about privacy know this is b.s. - there is no more anonymity in Brave than in Chrome if you know what to do and (on the other side) when you know what to track. As for the claim on their homepage no less than it is 20x faster than Chrome or Firefox, b.s., as well I tested it and it doesn't load even 2x times faster. The biggest con is that the wooper-dooper integrated ad filter is so bad that it breaks pages while at the same time allowing dozens of pop ups and pop unders that even the most basic extension for Firefox or Chrome can block perfectly. Also, full of small crappy details, such as not being able to change the new tab page which shows a new random image over the interwebs (with no possibility to select the thematic/category at least) and a bean-counter's wet dream of numbers showing how many ads it (absolutely imperfectly) blocked (this tracks all the ads, pretty ironic for a browser bragging about privacy). Just to be clear: this disastrous bloatware new tab is NON NEGOTIABLE, you cannot disable it, not even through under the hood flags. Nothing. Better love to see every time a crappy stock photo and how many ads Brave failed to completely block, Bucko. In summary, much ado about nothing. At this time it's neither more safe nor faster than any big name browser.
As of Oct 2021 Version 1.31.87 you can definitely change the new tab page to blank if you wish to. I've been following the progress of Brave for some time and it has been improving steadily. In many reviews it's ranked just behind the top guns, but the beauty of Brave it is ready to run with the best security settings already set, whereas with most other browsers you need to do a lot of tweaking.
You can change the start tab to anything in the settings or using an extension. The browser fingerprint is changed every time. Also Brave allows for a smaller attack surface as it eliminates the need for some privacy extensions. It is definitely better than google chrome as google is one of the biggest data collecting companies.
You may want to try Brave again as your experience is now 4 years old. It would be good to see your perspective comparing Brave 4 years later. I would also encourage you to use EFF's Cover Your Tracks test on your favorite browsers and Tor and Firefox and LibreWolf and of course Brave. Brave is the only browser I have found that can consistently pass the EFF test.
I only started using Brave in 2023 as my browser for some websites (such as gvmnt sites) that work better on stock Chrome, having tried it earlier and not liking it. Now it is quite a good browser. Not the best, but mots of your problems are not present.
Brave Shields isn't as good or robust as uBlock Origins, but it is quite decent, and will still work after Manifest V3. If you need Chrome, it's probably the best option currently, aside from Edge on Windows (for security, not privacy).
No, Brave does not provide anonymity. If they advertise that (I haven't seen it), they should be docked a star. No browser really provides anonymity on its own, with Tor at least being the best. Brave does not protect against fingerprinting, like most privacy browsers. But neither does Firefox, even with Arkenfox.js. The best option for usability currently with some fingerprinting protection would be Mullvad, ideally if people would all get together and decide on like 3 extensions they would all use, and nothing else (i.e. bitwarden, anonaddy, ublock).
Privacy and Anonymity are two different things and seems many people can't differentiate both. Brave is focused on privacy although they went a bit ahead to bring some anonymity with their Tor implementations.
What people ought to be talking about it's regarding the Bloatware it bundles: Crypto & Rewards.
"you have been blocked from visiting 'localhost' because it is unsafe" This CANNOT be disabled. This browser is GARBAGE designed by people who don't understand networking.
Good to recommend for friends and relatives who are not very tech-savvy and need a browser that won't break features, and also good to keep some disposable accs logged.
Being a Chromium-based browser, it's essentially
Google Chrome but with a focus on privacy. Built-in ad blocking and anti-tracking solutions. Same familiar UI and absolute compatibility with all Chrome extensions. Also, it doesn't push for woke political agendas like 
LibreWolf does.
The go to google-chrome alternative for privacy, security, and adblocking. This is the definition of a "good enough" service for the normie tech user to simply install on there OS and have a better internet browsing experience, and the best browser for chromium, if that is needed.
Brave’s pretty solid—fast, blocks ads like a champ, and keeps my browsing private. Definitely my go-to lately. It would be awesome if the Android version supported extensions.