Chromium
Chromium is the open-source browser project from which Google Chrome takes its source.
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Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.
An unofficial portable version of Chromium is available here: http://crportable.sourceforge.net
Windows binaries are available at: https://chromium.woolyss.com
Download the latest builds (Windows, macOS, GNU+Linux, Android) at: https://download-chromium.appspot.com/
An unofficial portable version of Chromium is available here: http://crportable.sourceforge.net
Windows binaries are available at: https://chromium.woolyss.com
Download the latest builds (Windows, macOS, GNU+Linux, Android) at: https://download-chromium.appspot.com/
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Chrome and Chromium are basically the same, except for some differences:
and maybe other things I'm not aware of.
But, even if Chromium is open-source, it still sends lots of data to Google.
So, if you want to keep using a Chromium-based web browser and not use Mozilla Firefox or Waterfox, you should take a look at Iridium Browser or Ungoogled Chromium. Another good alternative is Brave.
Google will limit the capability of adblock extensions drastically especially for uBlock Origin with their manifest v3 which includes radical changes like 30k filter limit and disabling dynamic filters.
I will not recommend it anymore, it became an evil and and starting to become a considerable threat to open source world and security within privacy of users.
Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave and so much alternatives have all same feature sets and maybe even more. Like better developer tools and better extension support in Firefox, VPN and Turbo support in Opera, better theme customization in Vivaldi etc.
Google Chrome have become just a habit for most of users but its abilities are not greater than alternatives. They rely on it just like Internet Explorer relied it years ago.
Chromium may look just like Chrome with a different icon and, for the most part, it is, but it's more geared towards "power users" and for open-source projects. The most significant differences are Chromium being less annoying with warnings (when using custom extensions for instance), it doesn't silently install any auto updaters and it has fewer user tracking features (no RLZ). And of course, you can modify it, but the codebase is so huge and complicated, it's most likely not worth it.
If you'd like to try it, I highly recommend downloading an unofficial build with all the auvio/video codecs built in from here: chromium.woolyss.com
Though open source, Chromium is still very much tied in with Google. For me, it's only real use is for watching YouTube. I can't justify using a Google product for anything else.
I personally like Chromium a bit more than I do Google Chrome or any of the other ones based off the Chromium source code, and since it doesn't come with all the propriety software Google loads into Chrome, it allows me to customise what I use to replace it, or if I need it at all.