Brave Alternatives

Brave is described as 'Fast, secure browser with built-in ad block, privacy controls, and global tracking protections. Optimizes data, speed, and battery life' and is a leading Web Browser in the security & privacy category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Brave for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and Android Tablet apps. The best Brave alternative is Mozilla Firefox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Brave are Tor Browser, Zen Browser, Vivaldi and LibreWolf.

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Brave alternatives are mainly Web Browsers, but if you're looking for Ad Blockers or Text to Speech Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Kindle Fire, Open Source, Android + Open Source, EU, Android, Windows and Privacy focused. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Brave.
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  1. IronFox icon
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    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.

    78 IronFox alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  2. Opera icon
     1822 likes

    A fast, secure web browser with advanced privacy features like a built-in VPN with ad blocking, Speed Dial, smart AI, cloud sync, picture-in-picture mode, and easy extensibility through plugins and extensions.

    238 Opera alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Kindle Fire
    • Flatpak
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • Snapcraft
     
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  3. Microsoft Edge icon
     334 likes

    Chromium-based web browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android with Chrome extension support, smart security, privacy tools, syncing of history and bookmarks, immersive reader, PDF tools, Collections for organizing content, and customizable new tab layouts.

    231 Microsoft Edge alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
     
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  4. Cromite icon
     79 likes

    Cromite is a Chromium fork focusing on privacy, featuring built-in ad-blocking, user agent customization for privacy, DNS adjustments for security, and anti-fingerprinting measures to ensure user safety throughout browsing sessions.

    46 Cromite alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  5. Fennec F-Droid  icon
     103 likes

    Browser using the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.

    203 Fennec F-Droid alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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  6. Firefox Developer Edition brings you latest features, fast performance, and the development tools you need to build for the open web. Its powerful development tools will extend your ability to work across multiple platforms from one place.

    179 Firefox Developer Edition alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • PortableApps.com
     
  7. Pale Moon icon
     400 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.

    199 Pale Moon alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
     
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  8. Firefox Focus icon
     114 likes

    Firefox Focus is the Mozilla-made browser that considers your privacy first and foremost. By default, it blocks ad-trackers and it helps keep things secure by providing easy ways to clear your browsing history, including passwords and cookies.

    127 Firefox Focus alternatives

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
     
  9. Privacy-focused open-source smartphone browser by DuckDuckGo blocks trackers, enforces encrypted connections, and provides a Privacy Grade. Partners with 'Terms of Service Didn't Read' and offers features like tabs, bookmarks, and autocomplete, keeping search data private.

    182 DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser alternatives

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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
     
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  10. SeaMonkey icon
     243 likes

    Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing in one application. Itis built on the open source Mozilla Gecko engine, the same code which underlies Thunderbird and is the base for the Firefox browser.

    187 SeaMonkey alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  11. GNU IceCat icon
     127 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Android
     
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