Tor Browser AlternativesTop Web Browsers and other similar apps like Tor Browser

Tor Browser is described as 'Enhance privacy with a secure, portable browser that hides your IP and encrypts connections on multiple platforms, maintaining anonymity' and is a leading Web Browser in the security & privacy category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Tor Browser for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Tor Browser alternative is Brave, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tor Browser are Mullvad Browser, Helium Browser, IronFox and Orbot.

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  1. Brave icon
     1202 likes

    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.

    257 Brave alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
     
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  2. Mullvad Browser icon
     152 likes

    The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in a collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It’s designed to minimize tracking and fingerprinting. You could say it’s a Tor Browser to use without the Tor Network.

    105 Mullvad Browser alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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  3. Helium Browser icon
     80 likes

    Chromium browser with open-source ad, tracker, and cryptominer blocking by default, zero tracking, customizable privacy controls, proxy-anonymized extension downloads, split view, and efficient, unobtrusive interface for full extension compatibility.

    66 Helium Browser alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. IronFox icon
     56 likes

    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
     
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  5. Orbot icon
     166 likes

    Orbot is a freely licensed open-source application developed for the Android platform. It acts as a front-end to the Tor binary application, and also provides an HTTP Proxy for connecting web browsers and other HTTP client applications into the Tor SOCKS interface.

    27 Orbot alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Arti icon
     12 likes

    Arti is a project to produce an embeddable, production-quality implementation of the Tor anonymity protocols in the Rust programming language.

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    • Rust
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  7. Dia Browser icon
     13 likes

    Browser with AI-powered sidebar enables summarizing web pages, answering questions, drafting content, comparing sites, and adapting task-specific tools for writing, research, shopping, and communication, all with privacy features like ad and tracker blocking included.

    93 Dia Browser alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  8. lokinet icon
     20 likes

    Lokinet is a decentralised onion router that uses Oxen service nodes as relays, giving Lokinet the same market-based Sybil attack resistance as the Oxen blockchain. Lokinet supports web browsing, onion-routed real-time voice communications, and other applications.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Arch Linux
     
  9. Rocket into the future of online privacy with the Startpage Private Browser app. This free app is the easiest way to search with Startpage on your mobile device.

    88 Startpage Private Browser alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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  10. Ecosia Browser icon
     17 likes

    Ecosia Browser is the newest product from Ecosia an eco-friendly, fast, ad-free browsing experience that supports reforestation.

    87 Ecosia Browser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  11. Thorium Browser icon
     14 likes

    Chromium fork named after radioactive element No. 90.

    128 Thorium Browser alternatives

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    • Warning

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
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