Chromium Alternatives for Linux

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox (known simply as Firefox) is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox is highly extensible, with thousands of third-party add-ons available. Firefox version 60+ (Quantum) is presently faster than Google Chrome and use less memory than Chrome. Compare to previous versions of Firefox, the Quantum version is twice as fast, promote parallelism, and has more intuitive user interface. • Video at https://youtu .

• Highly customizable and quite fast. robertopassians • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Mozilla aren't perfect, but Firefox is, overall, still the best browser out there. Just some of the reasons: it's open source (trustworthy), doesn't spy on you like Chrome, has encrypted bookmarks/tabs/settings sync, lots of extensions and a huge array of options under the about:config menu. JohnFastman • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Because it's a heavy-weight browser just like Chromium. Guest • Jul 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Google Chrome

A free web browser developed by Google from the open source Chromium project with a focus on speed and minimalism. Chrome offers fast start-up and web page loading, supports a minimalist user interface, automatically updates in the background, and offers syncing of browser bookmarks, extensions, passwords, and history between multiple computers by your Google account.

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Vivaldi

Vivaldi is fast, rich in functionality, highly flexible and puts the user first. It’s based on the Chromium source code, and is compatible with most Google Chrome extensions. Vivaldi accounts can be used on the support forums, to sync browsing data, and access Vivaldi Mail . Developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by co-founder and former CEO of Opera, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita.

• Full browser with many features for productivity. Web panel on the side. Great for whatsapp and messenger ... Native reading mode. Display tabs side by side. Option to add Notes native. full of features for productivity and customization. Vivaldi is Outstanding! I abandoned all other browsers. Goodbye Chrome, Goodbye Opera. Guest • Mar 2019 Disagree   Agree

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Opera

Opera is a browser with innovative features, speed and security. Opera’s vision is to deliver the best Internet experience on any device and the company is committed to support and contribute to open standards.

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Brave

Brave Web Browser is a fast, free, secure web browser with a built-in ad blocker*, tracking and security protection, and optimized data and battery experience. *What is Brave Ad Replacement? Brave’s goal is to speed up the web, stop bad ads and pay publishers. One of the ways we plan to accomplish this is with ad replacements. We will also invite users to fund their wallets and to use those funds to pay the publishers of their favorite websites.

• Brave is an open source, privacy-oriented browser made by taking Chromium and removing all the bullsh*t that phones home to Google. It also has a built-in ad blocker and some other privacy-protecting features. Excellent, but you should still tweak the settings a little before you're fully protected. JohnFastman • Apr 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Waterfox

Waterfox is a high performance browser based on the Mozilla platform. Made specifically for 64-Bit systems, Waterfox has one thing in mind: speed. What makes Waterfox so fast? It's built with Intel's C++ compiler. One of the most powerful compilers out there. This enables us to make the fastest possible web browser for all the code changes we make. This potent combination makes for an unparalleled browsing experience.

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Pale Moon

Pale Moon is an Open Source, Goanna-based web browser available for Microsoft Windows and Linux focusing on efficiency and ease of use.

• The rendering is much faster in this build. Guest • Aug 2015 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Firefox Developer Edition

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.

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Firefox Nightly

Firefox Nightly is the development (alpha) release channel of Mozilla Firefox . Firefox Nightly gets a new version every few hours. It offers access to bleeding edge features of the development branch of Firefox before they make a final release.

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SeaMonkey

The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite. A lighter alternative to Mozilla Firefox. Such a software suite was previously made popular by Netscape and Mozilla, and the SeaMonkey project continues to develop and deliver high-quality updates to this concept.

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Falkon

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) and tabs. Above that, it has by default enabled blocking ads with a built-in AdBlock plugin. During the Akademy 2017 Konqueror BoF, the ex-maintainer of https://alternativeto .

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Ungoogled Chromium

A Google Chromium variant for removing Google integration and enhancing privacy, control, and transparency A number of features or background services communicate with Google servers despite the absence of an associated Google account or compiled-in Google API keys. Furthermore, the normal build process for Chromium involves running Google's own high-level commands that invoke many scripts and utilities, some of which download and use pre-built binaries provided by Google.

• An excellent choice. This is Chromium but with all the spyware bits removed that phone home to Google. Alternatives at this level include Iridium and Brave. Otherwise, I recommend Firefox as the best all-round browser. All three are open source and Firefox is particularly configurable. JohnFastman • Apr 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• It's Chrome, without Google parts and tracking. Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Same base with some modifications. ddoron • Jan 2017 Disagree   Agree

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Yandex.Browser

Yandex.Browser is a simple and easy-to-use internet browser. Based on the Chromium technology platform, it loads pages quickly, just shows you what you need and gives you plenty of space for viewing webpages. It has a cloud-based “safe browsing technology”, together with Kaspersky Lab’s security solution, that will safeguard users by warning them about potentially malicious websites. It also has a great built-in PDF viewer.

• More security than other browsers. Better configuration menu. Alternative extensions are available. Guest • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Iridium Browser

Iridium Browser is based on the Chromium code base. All modifications enhance the privacy of the user and make sure that the latest and best secure technologies are used. There are many browsers out there. To our belief, Chrome is fast, stable, and user-friendly, but does not meet many organizations’ demands for security. Since the tight integration with its inventor (Google) makes many things easier, it does not comply to restrictive data environments.

• Iridium is a project that takes the Chromium code and removes from it all the bullsh*t that still phones home to Google. The result is a light, open-source, Chrome-compatible browser that doesn't attack your privacy. Nice. JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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GNU IceCat

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. While the principal source code from the Mozilla project is free software, the distribution contains various problematic files, the EULA they require for use of their binaries is troublesome, and they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins.

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Otter Browser

Web browser controlled by the user, not vice-versa. Otter Browser is a project aiming to recreate best aspects of classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5. Its primary objective is to become haven for power users that cannot stand what happened to Opera after ditching Presto engine. Otter will be not a monolithic browser, it is designed to be very modular, going so far that you could replace whole bookmarks manager or history viewer in the future.

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SRWare Iron

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 functionality that Chrome includes. SRware bundles a simplistic hosts-based BLOCKer. You can also install Chrome extensions and themes on Iron.

• SRWare Iron is closed source, offers nothing above tweaking Chrome settings and has [other question marks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRWare_Iron#Criticism) hanging over it. If you want a de-Googled Chrome, see Iridium or Brave; they are open source and therefore more trustworthy. JohnFastman • Apr 2018 Disagree   Agree

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Min

Min is a fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy. It includes an interface designed to minimize distractions, and features such as: - Information from DuckDuckGo in the search bar. - Full-text search for visited pages - Automatic ad and tracker blocking - Reader view - Tasks (tab groups) - Dark theme

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GNOME Web

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. Desktop integration If you use a particular website as if it were an application, make it one! Web allows you to make any website a first-class citizen of your GNOME desktop. Good stuff built-in No fumbling around to install extra extensions.

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Konqueror

Konqueror is an Open Source web browser powered by the KHTML rendering engine (and optionally Webkit) which means it supports the latest web standards such as HTML5, Javascript, CSS3, and others. Konqueror is part of KDEs "kdebase" package. File manager Konqueror is one of the most advanced file managers for KDE.

• Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. In August 2017 the ex-maintainer of Konqueror, David Faure, proposed to integrate QupZilla, now https://alternativeto.net/software/qupzilla/ , into KDE in order to replace the aging Konqueror.

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qutebrowser

qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It’s based on Python, PyQt5 and QtWebKit and free software, licensed under the GPL. It was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and Vimperator/Pentadactyl.

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Slimjet

Slimjet is a fast, smart and powerful web browser based on the Blink engine. It is built on top of the Chromium open source project, on which Google chrome is also based. Slimjet integrates a lot of powerful and convenient features to help users maximize their online productivity. Slimjet users can get more work done in much less time, all without taking the pain to hunt for external plugins from various sources.

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Basilisk

Basilisk is a free and Open Source XUL-based web browser, featuring the well-known Firefox-style interface and operation. It is based on the Goanna layout and rendering engine (a fork of Gecko) and builds on the Unified XUL Platform (UXP), which in turn is a fork of the Mozilla code base without Servo or Rust.

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Cliqz

CLIQZ is a Firefox-based browser with a built-in quick-search and a new Anti-Tracking technology for better privacy protection. Start typing a search query into the address bar of the CLIQZ browser and you'll instantly see just a selection of website suggestions. These are based on our own, independent search engine. If you are looking for more, the Enter key will take you to the alternate search engine of your choice.

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Dissenter Browser

Dissenter is an open source web browser built for The People, not advertisers. Dissenter organizes conversations around individual URL's and creates a public square on them where anyone can leave a comment. The Dissenter browser blocks ads and trackers by default, making your web browsing experience much faster than traditional web browsers.

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