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 (MPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Samsung Galaxy Store
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- Epic Games Store
- F-Droid
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Security-focused
- Customizable
- Support for Themes
- AI-Powered
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
- Multi Device Support
- Earn Money
- FTP Server
- Add-ons
- Built in tracking protection
- Cloud Sync
- Built-in Torrent client
- Passive Income
- No Subscription
- No registration required
- BAT Token integration
- Configurable Brave shields
- Website Translation
- Integrated Password Manager
- Picture in Picture
- No Logs
- Support for Gestures
- Spell Checking
- Portable
- Low-Ram Usage
- Cryptocurrency support
- Autoplay block
- Reduce mobile data usage
- Broken Links Check
- Digital currency
- Swift App
- Excel Add-in
- Legacy Firefox Addon
- Support for WebTorrent
- Support for Multiple Users
- Micropayments System
- Built-in AI Assistant
Brave News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Brave
Brave launches Email Aliases and new Brave Accounts that keep passwords off its serversBrave has recently released desktop version 1.94, introducing Email Aliases, a new privacy feature ...
- Fla published news article about Brave
Brave updates GPU fingerprinting protections with version 1.93 rolloutBrave version 1.93 adds new protections against GPU and graphics-driver fingerprinting that de-iden...
- Fla published news article about Brave
Brave Search now supports search bangs in suggestions and address barBrave Search now shows search bang shortcuts within its suggestions, making it easier to find and u...
Recent activities
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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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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.
A browser with good out of box privacy stuff. However a little bloated due to crypto stuff but it can be all turned off.
Been using Brave as my main browser for a while now. Built in ad blocking makes browsing noticeably faster and cleaner without needing extra extensions, and I like that privacy is the default rather than something you have to dig through settings to enable. Switched over from Chrome and haven't looked back.
An ok browser for those who need it to work out of the box. I personally do not like Brave, spending my time to disable all the annoying bloat pisses me off. It's funny how they launched Brave Origin which is exactly what everyone wanted, but they made people pay for it.
best privacy browser
Has the best built-in adblocker, but Brave has now became sort of a one trick pony. There are no new noticable quality of life features added to the desktop browser for a long time; things like Workspaces, for instance.