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SRWare Iron

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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...

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  • FreeProprietary

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  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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3.1 / 5 Avg rating (9)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Block Trackers
  2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  3.  Portable
  4.  Chromium-based Browsers
  5.  SRWare
  6.  Built-in Ad-blocker

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SRWare Iron information

  • Developed by

    DE flagSRWare
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.1
  • Alternatives

    158 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 12 comments and reviews about SRWare Iron, and it has gotten 187 likes

SRWare Iron was added to AlternativeTo by Joz on Apr 17, 2009 and this page was last updated Aug 27, 2024. SRWare Iron is sometimes referred to as Iron.

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Comment summary: Users hold mixed opinions on SRWare Iron. Some commend its privacy features and compatibility with Chrome addons, while others criticize the claims of privacy as overstated, labeling the browser as unnecessary or potentially a scam. The browser's speed shows strong performance in several tests, but its built-in ad-blocker receives criticism. Overall, users describe it as solid and fast, yet lacking innovative features compared to other Chromium builds.
Top Positive Comment
Marzena Landsberg
Dec 28, 2020
5

Fast and effective on a chrome engine. I rate 5/5

Top Negative Comment
Azazel
Mar 9, 2014
3

I gave this project a second try and it still looks too shady and unclear for me. First and foremost, are its sources really can be found only on Rapidshare and their "Download permission denied by uploader", or I am missing something here? What kind of opensource is that? Second, it rarely gets updated, but when it does, new versions can ship with odd bugs, bugs that do not actually exist in Chrome. One of such was not working tooltips (pieces of text that appear when you hover over a tab, a button, or an image with filled 'title' attribute).

Third, when I tried to report that bug on the official forum, my post would never get approved. I don't really like Chrome either, but I'd say avoid Iron anyway. Switch to Firefox -- which is real open source, and, with version 27, just as fast as Chromium.

TBayAreaPat
Nov 11, 2022
0

Runs nicely, but I don't see the particular perks. Gosh knows their built in Ad-blocker isn't one of them. Does not allow cookie whitelisting.

ANNA VLASENKO
May 23, 2021
3

Finds content fairly quickly, doesn't crash and runs smoothly.

MasterJayanX
Jan 23, 2021
2

Pretty solid web browser

KillAdwareDevelopers
Apr 23, 2016
2

There is nothing better or substantially different from chromium builds.

SRware site is loaded with 3rd party ads not blocked by "their" mind numbingly simplistic host block list that is invoked with the update checks.

euleralves
Oct 28, 2014
0

Source: http://eu.alves.pro.br/comodo-dragon-chrome-versus-srware-iron-chrome-versus-internet-explorer-10-browsers-speed-test-2/

Comodo Dragon (Chrome) versus SRWare Iron (Chrome) versus Internet Explorer 10 – Browsers speed test

Tests and results by order (best to worst)

Acid 3: All OK OK OK OK Sun Spider: IE, Iron, Dragon Octane: Iron, Dragon, IE Mozila Kraken: Iron, Dragon, IE Webvizbench: IE, Iron, Dragon Browsermark: Iron, Dragon, IE

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What is SRWare Iron?

SRWare Iron, or simply Iron, is a fork of the free and open-source web browser Chromium icon Chromium , of which Google Chrome icon 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.

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