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The best alternative to Brave is Zen Browser, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Brave and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Brave are Mullvad Browser, Pale Moon, Ladybird and Falkon.

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  1. Zen Browser icon
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    Experience a privacy-focused, open-source browser rich with features like vertical tabs, Split View, Zen Glance, and extensive security protocols. Built on Firefox, it's currently in beta, emphasizing privacy and adaptability, with future plans for horizontal tabs.

    108 Zen Browser alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • AppImage
     
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  2. Mullvad Browser icon
     157 likes

    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.

    106 Mullvad Browser alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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  3. Pale Moon icon
     402 likes

    This open-source Goanna-based browser for Windows, Linux, Mac, and FreeBSD offers customization, security, and privacy. Forked from Firefox, it's optimized for modern processors, ad-free, and supports unique extensions, community-backed. Comes with a functional status bar, supports NPAPI plugins.

    200 Pale Moon alternatives

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    • BSD
     
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  4. Falkon icon
     173 likes

    Falkon, formerly QupZilla, is a QtWebEngine based cross-platform web browser.

    It aims to be a lightweight web browser available through all major platforms.

    Falkon has all standard functions you expect from a web browser. It includes bookmarks, history (both also in sidebar).

    193 Falkon alternatives

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Snapcraft
     
  5. Deta Surf icon
     28 likes

    Workspace fusing browsing, file management, and AI with local-first data; offers note-taking, applet creation, offline media storage, YouTube and PDF interaction, customizable AI-powered notes, citation tools, split views, sidebar navigation, and privacy features.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Iridium Browser icon
     93 likes

    Iridium Browser is a free, open, and libre browser modification of the Chromium code base, with privacy being enhanced in several key areas.

    176 Iridium Browser alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
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  7. K-Meleon icon
     125 likes

    K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko layout engine developed by Mozilla which is also used by Firefox. K-Meleon is free, open source software released under the GNU General Public License and is designed specifically for...

    169 K-Meleon alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Gecko
     
  8. Fulguris icon
     21 likes

    Sparkling Android Web Browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • Android TV
    • Android-x86
     
  9. SRWare Iron icon
     188 likes

    SRWare Iron, or simply Iron, is a fork of the free and open-source web browser Chromium , of which Google Chrome is a fork of. Iron primarily aims to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy violating...

    178 SRWare Iron alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
     
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