What is the best alternative to&#x20;Google Chrome?

Based On:Netscape>Mozilla Suite

Browser Engine:Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)

Takes privacy seriously by blocking ads and trackers and not tracking people's searches. Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More

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score 1155 · Answer 2

Brave

Top Pro

Takes care of privacy and security

Top Con

Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement

Brave is advertised as a browser that respects your privacy and blocks ads while still supporting content creators. However, at the same time the company is making deals with Facebook, Twitter and others to whitelist their trackers and ads. See More

Top Pro

Free/libre software

Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely. See More

Top Con

Same security-holes as Chrome

On the desktop: Brave uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome may also hack Brave. However, Brave has security features that Chrome doesn't (such as a built-in adblocker). Those features will stop many hacking attempts. See More

Top Pro

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

Top Con

Still dependent on Google

Since it's based on Chrome. See More

Top Pro

Built-in adblocking

Other apps make it difficult to block ads without rooting your phone or going through unoptimized add-on stores, but Link Bubble blocks them out of the box, making browsing much less crowded. Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More

Top Con

Power hungry, uses much more battery power than other browsers

Per default Brave enables hardware acceleration which results in a much higher energy (battery) consumption than the most other web browsers. See More

Top Pro

Tor is available right in the browser

Top Con

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Brave takes on a lot of roles besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file. See More

Top Pro

Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

Set up automatic micro-donations. Brave will automatically divide a monthly donation among the top sites you visit. And/or, you can decide which sites get what percentage of your donation. It’s called pinning. See More

Top Con

Dumbed down in the latest versions

In previous versions, Brave felt more like Firefox. Now it's been dumbed down, it feels more like Chrome/Chromium. For example: There's no menu-bar. See More

Top Pro

Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Basic Attention Token; you can decide to opt into a new blockchain-based digital advertising system, giving publishers a better deal and users a share of the ad revenue for their attention. See More

Top Con

Sync issues

Unable to sync extensions, no cloud sync (only device sync). See More

Top Pro

Very fast

The fastest browser out there. See More

Top Con

No reader view

Can be accessed with an extension though. See More

Top Pro

Now supports Chrome Webstore

It's now a faster, less intrusive Chrome. See More

Top Con

The iPhone version has some odd behavior

On reopening Brave, it often returns you to the "search results" page, rather than the webpage you had previously browsed to from the search results page. Might just be a specific configuration. See More

Top Pro

Faster than Google Chrome

Brave consistently beats Chrome in speed, might have to do with less tracking being run in the background. See More

Top Con

Uses Google as its default search engine

Quite ironic for the "privacy" browser. See More

Top Pro

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

Top Con

Bookmark button located on the left side of the URL bar and can't be moved

Top Pro

Built-in torrent client

Top Pro

Sync is now available

Specs

License:OpenSource (MPL)

Based On:Chromium core

It is mainly a renamend older version of Firefox that comes preinstalled with some extensions. See More

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score 279 · Answer 3

GNU IceCat

Top Pro

Extra security and privacy features

Top Con

Mainly just an old Firefox

Top Pro

Made by idealists

It is part of the GNU Project. See More

Top Con

Dependent on Mozilla

Since IceCat is based off Firefox, it's dependent on all of Mozilla's decisions. See More

Top Pro

Protects your freedom, certified free by the FSF

Top Con

Too much bloat

The browser comes with 15 addons installed by default, most of which are useless or ruin one's browsing experience. See More

Top Pro

All the benefits of Firefox, but with 100% free software

Top Con

Can't install some Firefox themes/addons

"Installation aborted because the addon appears to be corrupt". See More

Top Pro

LibreJS

LibreJS blocks proprietary JavaScript code, ensuring your user freedom. See More

Top Con

Made by idealists

It is part of the GNU Project. See More

Top Pro

No spyware

Top Con

Requires too much unnecessary configuration to use

You have to manually delete all the bloated addons from your files (only for them to show up again when the browser is updated) and manually install some addons and themes that the browser labels as "corrupt". See More

Top Pro

Https-Everywhere by default

Top Con

Includes LibreJS by default with no way to remove it

Top Pro

SpyBlock

Blocks privacy trackers. See More

Top Con

Very slow boot time

It takes 10+ seconds for the browser to load up See More

Top Con

Very slow boot time

It takes 10+ seconds for the browser to load up See More

Top Con

Not up to date

Latest binary is still version 60.7 ESR and was last updated over a year ago See More

Specs

License:OpenSource

Based On:Mozilla Firefox

Browser Engine:Gecko

Since Vivaldi is built on Chromium, the same base as Chrome (among other browsers) is built on, it was possible for Vivaldi developers to allow Chrome extensions to run in their browser. See More

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score 1249 · Answer 4

Vivaldi

Top Pro

Compatible with most Chrome extensions

Top Con

Not available on iOS/iPadOS

There is an Android version of Vivaldi, but no iOS/iPadOS version yet. iPhone and iPad users are out of luck for the time being. See More

Top Pro

Tabs can be stacked

Tabs can be grouped under a single tab to easily keep track of all open webpages. See More

Top Con

Some non-optional telemetry

According to its privacy policy, Vivaldi sends an approximate location (country or major city), randomized ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution (to know what screen sizes to test on) and time since last message every 24 hours (to know amount of active users). See More

Top Pro

Lots of features and customizability

Vivaldi has a lot of features and customizability. Far more then most (perhaps all) other browses, and many to list them all individuality as separate pros. See More

Top Con

No automatic page translation

Unlike Chrome, it doesn't automatically translate pages that are not in your language, since this requires service integrations Vivaldi can't afford to buy access to. See More

Top Pro

Ability to search through settings, history, open tabs, bookmarks in one place

A feature called Quick Commands (accessed via Ctrl + Q) allows quickly getting to settings, history, open tabs, bookmarks with incremental search. See More

Top Con

Same security vulnerabilities as Chrome

Vivaldi uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-vulnerabilities as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a vulnerability for Chrome will likely also exist in Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

Full of customizable keyboard shortcuts (can be completely keyboard-driven)

It's possible to change and add keyboard shortcuts for basically all commands. It also has single key shortcuts to execute actions with one click. See More

Top Con

Still uses some Google services (can be disabled)

Top Pro

PC Cross-platform

Vivaldi is available on Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS, so it covers the most used PC operating systems. See More

Top Con

Web Panels

Web Panels allow for easy access to any site from the side panel. They are useful for reading two websites side by side or for chatting (i.e. Facebook) and surfing at the same time. Panels can be hidden when not in use. See More

Top Con

Can't protect pinned tabs from changing to another URL

Clicking on a page link, then another, easy to wind up far from the original pinned tab site. There is no chrome addon or native vivaldi function to stop this. See More

Top Pro

Mouse gestures

Integrated mouse gestures. Fully configurable as of Vivaldi 1.2 (snapshot available now). Allows for navigating the web, switching tabs, closing windows, opening settings etc. with a flick of the mouse. See More

Top Con

Can't disable all telemetry

Vivaldi needs some amount of knowledge about the amount of active users, for business deals. See More

Top Pro

Custom search engines

You can add as many search engines as you like. For example you can set up one for YouTube, one for Wikipedia, or whatever you want: you need only the URL of the search and it can be used from the URL bar (by prefixing it's nickname, yt for YouTube for example). See More

Top Con

Extensions miss hotkeys

You can set your shortcuts at vivaldi://extensions, but they do not work. See More

Top Pro

Synchronisation

Everything can be synced with a Vivaldi account. Though there's still no mobile version, you can sync between computers and OSes. See More

Top Con

No automatic silent background updates, except on macOS

Unlike most modern browsers, Vivaldi doesn't have the option to update silently in the background. It gives you a dialog box when an update comes out. The box doesn't warn you that not updating the browser could expose you to security risks, which could be pretty bad for your average joe, who doesn't know computers that well. See More

Top Pro

Tab behaviour can be customised

The order you toggle, open, close or clone tabs can be modified to match a workflow that best works for you. For example you can choose tabs to toggle in recent order so you can go back and forth between the last most useful tabs without needing to change their position on the tab bar. See More

Top Con

No option to open saved tab stack as a tab stack

You may save stack, but you can open it as separate tabs. Interesting that when you save session with stacks, you'll be able to open the stacks with inner settings of page tiling (size and zoom) as well. Contradiction worth of shame. See More

Top Pro

Notes

A notes panel allows to save notes from webpages and can include screenshots for reference and have tags and organized in folders to help manage them. Thumbnails are too small and Notes do not have separate page in settings, but it should, there are a lot of things to improve. See More

Top Con

No touch bar support

Top Pro

Built-in page capture

Vivaldi can grab a picture of the whole webpage or part of it and saves it automatically inside a note or as a file in your disk, or in your elected directory. But I have problems with images of full windows shown on monitor (using X Window System in GNU/Linux). Here I use system XWindow screenshots. See More

Top Con

Partially proprietary

While Vivaldi is currently available gratis (without monetary charge), it is currently not fully libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications). It is therefore not considered free or open-source software. The C++ source code, for the Chromium backedn, however is open-source under a BSD license and can be downloaded and browsed from here. The UI code is not open-source, but consists of easily readable HTML, CSS & JS. Modifications can be shared on their forum's dedicated section. See More

Top Pro

Reader mode

Vivaldi has a built-in reader mode so you can remove all the clutter in news pages and read only the content, you can also customise the reader mode, like font size, style and colours. See More

Top Con

No built-in proxy

Unlike Opera (but like most browsers), Vivaldi doesn't have a proxy service out of the box. You'll need an extension or an external program, to use Vivaldi with a proxy server. See More

Top Pro

Programmable user interface

For you programmers out there: Since Vivaldi uses JavaScript, React, Node.js, Browserify and multiple npm packages to build the browser, it can be customized with ease by anyone who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. See More

Top Con

Freezes often

Top Pro

Analytical history

View graphically your most visited pages on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis. See More

Top Con

Some users seem to believe the developers do not care for your privacy

Top Pro

Tab bar position can be changed

You can change tab bar position to top, bottom left or right. See More

Top Con

Feature creep

Top Pro

Non-closable fixed tabs

A setting lets you prevent closing fixed tabs so you don't close anything important by accident. See More

Top Pro

Manages bookmarks well

Vivaldi has an excellent bookmarks system. Bookmarks can be easily accessible via Speed Dial, side-bar, bookmarks bar, quick commands. No more messy bookmarks bar is needed and location bar suggestion is improved thus! See More

Top Pro

Dark theme out of the box

There's even an option to automatically transition from light to dark based on the time of day. See More

Top Pro

Allows navigating to the next page without searching for the link

A feature called "fast forward" puts a dedicated button before the address bar. It takes you to the next page of a multi-page article, forum thread, or search results, without having to hunt for the link. See More

Top Pro

WebRTC IP leaking can be disabled

A built-in setting called "Broadcast IP" will stop the IP leaking with WebRTC when disabled. See More

Top Pro

Saving sessions

It saves oversights many options and functions implemented in Vivaldi. E.g. see CON "No option to open saved tab stack as... tab stack!" See More

Top Pro

Usable fullscreen mode with address bar when needed

In comparison, on Chrome you will not see the address bar, only on ChromeOS when your mouse is on the top of the screen. See More

Top Pro

Updates via dialog box

Unlike most modern browsers (but like most browsers of yesteryear), Vivaldi gives you a dialog box when an new version comes out; it doesn't just update silently in the background. The dialog box tells you about the changes that have been made, and lets you chose when you want to update. See More

Top Pro

Fast and safe

It is so faster and safer. See More

Top Pro

Portable version can be added on default apps

Most portable version cannot be added as default apps but Vivaldi offers that option and it comes with updater too. See More

Top Pro

GDPR compliant

Top Pro

Built-in ad and tracker blocker

Vivaldi has a built-in blocker that allows you to select between blocking just trackers or both trackers and ads. With customizable blocking list sources, good performance, and support for all the standard blocker list features you find in ad blocker extensions (with more to come), you might not need an ad blocker extension at all. This also comes in handy on Android, where Chromium/Vivaldi doesn't support extensions. See More

Top Pro

Customizable UI and colors

Vivaldi can change the colors across the browser and has the option to change the color automatically depending on the page. Also, page loading animations are available in the address bar. See More

Top Pro

Side panel and status bar

Unlike most modern browsers (but like most browsers of yesteryear), Vivaldi has a status bar. But the status bar is optional, you can turn it off (in the settings) if you don't want it. Vivaldi also has a side-panel, which again, can be turned off. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux; Android

License:BSD+Proprietary

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

Both Chromium and and its rendering engine Blink are licensed under the BSD-license which includes no copyleft unlike the GNU or Mozilla Licenses. See More

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Chromium

Top Pro

Completely Open Source

Top Con

High RAM usage

Due the sandboxing, Chromium also eats a lot of RAM , which can be a problem for machines with smaller RAM. See More

Top Pro

Access to Chrome's extensions

Chromium can access the Chrome Web Store and all the extensions hosted there can be installed and used on Chromium. See More

Top Con

Lacks privacy options

Top Pro

Supports all of Google Chrome features

As Chrome is based on Chromium they overlap in supported features. Chromium syncs between devices, automatically updates, has great built-in developer tools, installs extensions without a restart, includes a combined text bar for entering URLs and searching and has excellent HTML5 compatibility just like Chrome. See More

Top Con

No official builds

There are no official builds available so you have to rely on a third party distributor See More

Top Pro

Sandboxing

Every tab and plugin runs in its own subprocess so they will never affect the whole browser ,however that consumes more memory than other browsers See More

Top Con

Not possible to disable WebRTC

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Chrome and Chromium are available on almost every device nowadays See More

Top Con

Can be dangerous / only available as Source

There are plenty of unofficial Chromium distributors and every one of them can disable specific features (like sandboxing) for their build, so you will never know what you get. See More

Top Pro

Does not come with Google

Unlike Chrome it does come wihout any Google account requirement. See More

Top Con

Fat, slow, and another piece of google spyware

Top Pro

Latest Blink

This is the browser Blink is made for and developed alongside. See More

Top Con

Lacks support for certain common media formats

As Chromium avoids bundling any proprietary software, media that requires proprietary codecs or formats such as AAC, H.264, MP3 and Flash will not play by default on Chromium. See More

Top Pro

Bare

It does not have any extensions preinstalled and focuses to be a web browser. See More

Top Con

Under BSD License

Top Pro

Gets constant updates

While the Chromium-based browser haev to adapt their code to the update before release, original Chromuim doesn't need it so it gets updated more constantly and frequently. See More

Top Con

Can be dangerous

Because it's completely open source, people can make a fake version and install it when you install other software. And people can add a virus in it. See More

Top Pro

Backed by Google

Chromium was first released as a large portion of Chrome's source code as an open source project by Google in september 2008. The idea was to encourage developers to review the underlying code and to contribute in making Chrome cross platform and port it to Mac and Linux as well. Nowadays Chromium is a large project with a huge community that's standing behind it but still Google continues to take an extremely active role in Chromium development. This ensures the longevity and constant development and improvement of the browser. See More

Top Pro

Chromium sets the standard for Web Browsing

Since Google Chrome is the most used web browser, and that browser along with many others is based on Chromium, Chromium sets the standards for the internet and for security, and Firefox will always be years behind. See More

Top Pro

BSD license

You can do almost anything with the code. See More

Specs

License:Opensource (BSD)

The built-In adblocker is faster than any extension. It's possible to add your own filter lists. However, the adblocker isn't enabled by default. See More

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Opera

Top Pro

Built-In Adblocker

Top Con

WebKit/Blink is not customisable or lightweight

Opera is built on WebKit/Blink, which means it shares cons of Chromium: high RAM usage (Not lightweight), lack of customizability. See More

Top Pro

Video pop-out feature

You can pop-out any video and it will stay on top while you are surfing on other tabs. See More

Top Con

Owned by a Chinese consortium

Who certainly need to conform with Chinese government requirements to let them infiltrate everything you do online. See More

Top Pro

VPN onboard

Free and fast VPN onboard, includes Germany, Canada, USA, Netherlands, Singapore. See More

Top Con

Cannot select tabs

Unlike in Chrome and Vivaldi, one cannot select multiple tabs to move to another/new window. See More

Top Pro

Compatible with Chrome extensions

Since Opera is built on Blink, the same engine Chromium is built on, it was possible for Opera developers to allow Chrome extensions to run in their browser. See More

Top Con

Extension icons not directly moveable

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Opera scores highly on HTML5 feature support. See More

Top Con

Same security-holes as Chrome

Opera uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome will also hack Opera. See More

Top Pro

Opera Turbo

Opera has a functionality called Turbo which increases browsers speed and reduces data consumption considerably by compressing the data that's found in a web page. See More

Top Con

Uneditable default search providers

It can not delete or replace already built-in search services such as Yahoo, Google, DuckDuckGo, and Wikipedia. See More

Top Pro

You can install extensions on the sidebar

Unlike other browsers, you can install add-ons such as tabs, bookmarks, history, sessions, notes, and extension manager in the sidebar. So you have the flexibility to use it for your purpose. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

While Opera is currently available gratis (without monetary charge), it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefor neither free nor open-source software. See More

Top Pro

Opera Sync

Opera Sync allows you to synchronize your bookmarks, passwords, and more from any computer, phone, or tablet. See More

Top Con

Buggy

Some buggy or confusing behavior with the bookmarks bar and moving tabs, and entire windows turning black after a while. See More

Top Pro

Customizable

Opera is full of user controlled settings. Everything can be imported and exported even RSS feeds. It can be skinned in a variety of different themes or it can be extended through the use of a large number of plugins available. See More

Top Con

Cannot stop auto update

Top Pro

Battery saving mode

Top Con

Trash VPN

Terrible VPN service. Super slow. And it's not even a VPN, It's just a proxy service. See More

Top Pro

Speed Dial

Opera's Speed Dial (new tab page) has the ability to hold as many websites as you want, and you can customize it almost however you want. You can also organize the websites on the Speed Dial into folders. See More

Top Con

Unable to sync extensions

Imagine having 100 extensions and Opera link cannot sync them, which will be troublesome. See More

Top Pro

Partly open source

Source code available on GitHub. See More

Top Con

Basically a Chrome clone

The latest versions of Opera are basically Chrome clones, so they really don't add anything new. See More

Top Pro

Opera can have extensions from Opera Addons & Chrome Store websites

Opera supports cross-browser extensions. Opera Addons site keeps quality up compared to Chrome Store. Full of useful extensions, Opera also supports extra APIs like Speed Dial API, Extension Sidebar API and Stash API meaning wider variety of extension possibilities than in Chrome. See More

Top Con

Needs user prompt to install from Chrome web store

Every time you install an extension, you need to say install first from Opera extension list to proceed. See More

Top Pro

Blazingly fast

Scores top on Basemark. See More

Top Con

No reader view

There is a great reader view extension which is available. See More

Top Pro

Portable

You can save the Opera's setup files on a USB hard drive and run its portable version anywhere. See More

Top Con

No address bar in fullscreen mode

Unlike in Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

For Opera 2017 & 2018 gonna be time of new

Opera got Reborn UI as the first implementation from Opera Neon concept browser. Snap -feature is next. Opera constantly improves its basic functionality - unlike Chrome. See More

Top Con

Built ad-blocker works when it wants

Top Pro

Lightweight

It doesn't consume much RAM, unlike Chrome. See More

Top Con

No menu bar

Top Pro

Touch bar support

Top Pro

Built-in currency converter

Just highlight price on a website and see this price in your currency. See More

Top Pro

Fast video loading

Opera loads videos faster, making it useful for slow internet connections. See More

Specs

License:Proprietary

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

Default Search Engine:Google

Pale Moon lacks the sandboxing and other privacy protecting features included in latest Firefox releases. See More

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Pale Moon

Top Con

Unsecure

Top Pro

Has its own add-on ecosystem, built on time-tested technologies such as XUL (plus JS and CSS) and XPCOM

"Classic" Firefox add-ons can work, but they are not supported and should be updated or forked to become a Pale Moon add-on. See More

Top Con

Outdated rendering engine

It is an really old fork of Gecko that misses many of the newer web features. See More

Top Pro

Designed for usability, not the shiny new things

Top Con

Pale Moon is based on very outdated Firefox code

Top Pro

Light on resources, although it's not its main focus

Top Con

Uses Goanna

It an old Gecko-fork that is developed mainly by one man. See More

Top Pro

Independent from Google and Mozilla

Pale Moon is an independent fork of an older version of Firefox. Therefore, it is independent from Mozilla and are not affected by their terrible decisions such as removing XUL, adding telemetry, pocket, etc. See More

Top Con

Lacks popular extensions and adblockers

No it doesn't ublock origin and umatrix are the best blockers See More

Top Pro

Customizable

Top Con

Still contains some spyware

Default homepage is spyware and search suggestions and automatic updates are enabled by default. See More

Top Pro

Open source

So we can verify that the browser is not spyware. See More

Top Con

Does not contain multi-process sandboxing

Top Pro

Respects your privacy

Contains much less spyware than Chrome and Firefox and all of it can easily be disabled. See More

Top Con

Incompetent developers

Top Pro

Support for GTK themes

Pale Moon supports your GTK theme while Firefox does not. See More

Top Con

WebAssembly enabled by default

Top Pro

Stable

Top Con

Lead developer loves Cloudflare and hates Tor

website is cloudflared and he thinks most sites should be hostile towards tor. See More

Top Pro

Uses Goanna layout engine

Unlike most other browsers, Pale Moon uses its custom engine. See More

Top Con

Pale Moon's website is cloudflared

Top Pro

Support for existing web standards

Top Pro

Supports complete themes

Pale Moon supports complete themes, something which Firefox used to have before version 57. See More

Top Pro

Has its own library of legacy extensions

Top Pro

Optimized for modern processors

Top Pro

Good community support

Top Pro

Legacy Firefox

Specs

Platforms:x86-32, x86-64

Browser Engine:Goanna (Gecko-fork), SpiderMonkey

Based On:Firefox ESR 38

If you follow their instructions religiously, Tor is the nec plus ultra in terms of safety and privacy. For the time being at least. See More

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Tor Browser

Top Pro

Tor sets the standard for safe and private browsing

Top Con

Must adapt new browsing habits

It is not recommended to do several things TOR browser that users would want to do in a normal browser, such as visiting social networks and banking. See More

Top Pro

Access hidden .onion sites

Top Con

Extremely slow

Caused by the tor network the browser depends on. See More

Top Pro

Portable

Can be installed and run on a portable device such as a USB stick. See More

Top Con

You will hang on every recaptcha

Top Pro

Free and open source

Top Con

Does not guarantee perfect anonimity unlike what most users would suspect

Please elaborate. See More

Top Pro

Relatively fast

Top Con

Not made as your daily browser

It does not support many modern features due security and is pretty slow. See More

Top Pro

Uses the Tor network

Top Con

Illegal

Accessing the hidden wiki or any other content on the dark web is illegal and people have even been imprisoned for this. See More

Top Pro

The only browser package which includes a gateway built-in into TOR a network where you can actually browse the web completely anonymously

Privacy. It's fundamental. And this browser has enabled and keeps enabling people to lookup things they don't want their ISP/ government or surveillance marketers to see. And what's better they won't know a thing about what you searched. What is visible to the outside world however is the fact: you make use of TOR and probably the TORBrowser this client / citizen of ours is using TOR to obfuscate his /her traffic (=~anonymize ). See More

Top Con

Dangerous

Hackers may insert something illegal onto your computer and get you arrested. See More

Top Pro

NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere installed by default

Top Con

Open Source

Anyone can hack the source code and insert malware. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android

It has some issues with multimedia content eg. Non-playing videos on webpages. See More

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Falkon

Top Pro

Lightweight

Top Con

Weak multimedia support

Top Pro

Free and Open Source

GPLv3 license. See More

Top Con

Now under the KDE umbrella

Qupzilla is now discontinued and renamed to Falkon. It will also now be a part of KDE and will probably need more dependencies like kde-frameworks in the future. See More

Top Pro

Developed by KDE

Top Con

Bookmark management not the strongest part

It often requires quite a lot of clicks to add and remove bookmarks. See More

Top Con

Nobody uses it

Specs

License:OpenSource (GPLv3)

Based On:QupZilla

Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

Does not phone home. See More

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Waterfox

Top Pro

Offers excellent privacy

Top Con

Lag, lag, lag, freeze, freeze, freeze

Need to do something about it. See More

Top Pro

Works with Firefox addons

Firefox 56 add-ons compatibility, including unsigned XUL extensions and complete themes. See More

Top Con

Owned by an advertising company

The same company that bought Startpage See More

Top Pro

Works with major streaming services

Includes widevine plugin and suitable user agent for viewing major streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Video. See More

Top Con

Owned by an advertising company

The same company that bought Startpage See More

Top Pro

Extremely customizable

It has almost every setting imaginable. See More

Top Pro

Never Ever Freezers

High Reliability See More

Top Pro

Less bloated than Firefox

Pocket is removed Telemetry is removed Data collection is removed Startup profiling is removed See More

Top Pro

Fast

Even faster than firefox See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux, Android

Disable "Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors" Disable autocomplete through prediction service when typing in Omnibox Always send "Do-Not-Track" header Network/DNS prediction is disabled by default Block third-party cookies by default Link auditing (<a ping="...">) is disabled by default Fetch plugins list from iridiumbrowser.de where it will be updated regularly Site data (cookies, local storage, etc.) is only kept until exit, by default Passwords are not stored by default Input form autofill is disabled by default For IPv6 probes, use a DNS root server instead of Google The default search provider is Qwant Load "about:blank" on new tabs instead of the currently set search engine and/or promotions. Don't report Safe Browsing overrides. Don't use autofill download service. Disable cookies for safebrowsing background requests. Disable the battery status API. See More

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score 193 · Answer 11

Iridium Browser

Top Pro

Privacy enhancements over Chromium

Top Con

Slow updates

Since the whole Chromium Release need to be scanned, PC users may wait half a year while the Chrome base gets updated five or six iterations. See More

Top Pro

Fast

It is fast since all background services have been disabled or removed See More

Top Con

Extensions MUST be updated manually

Top Pro

Lots of extensions available

Due to access to the Chrome Web store. See More

Top Con

Buggy

Sometimes, removing extensions won't work. Some websites downright refuse to load, no matter the settings. See More

Top Pro

Extensions are updated manually

They won't update automatically in the background. See More

Top Con

Definitive unique browsing-fingerprint

Top Pro

Simple installation

Provides installers and packages for the most operating systems and linux distributions. See More

Top Con

Google Safebrowsing enabled by default

Top Pro

Based on Chromium

Supports all the modern web features See More

Top Con

Based on Chromium

Top Pro

Disabled features

Disable background mode Disable EV certificates, so they are shown just like "normal" certificates Disable Google cloud printing Disable Google hot word detection Disable Google experiments status check Disable Google translation service Disable Google promotion fetching Disable Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) status check Disable Google Now Disable automatic update check Disable profile-import on first run See More

Top Con

Poor debian support

current versions miss support for debian-based distributions which is by far the most widely used group of linux distributions. See More

Top Pro

Security improvements over Chromium

Increase RSA keysize to 2048 bits for self-signed certificates (used by WebRTC) Generate a new WebRTC identity for each connection instead of reusing identities for 30 days Generate a new ECDHE keypair for each WebRTC connection instead of reusing them for multiple connections Disable using system-provided plugins (i.e. Java, Flash, etc.) See More

Top Con

Dependent on Google

Top Pro

BSD license

You are in control and you can do almost anything with the code. See More

Specs

License:OpenSource (BSD)

Based On:Chromium

DNS over https (require more flexibility if possible). See More

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score 151 · Answer 12

Bromite

Top Pro

Respects your privacy better than all other Chromium based browsers

Top Con

Eats up battery life

Because it's very fast, which puts pressure on the RAM memory & hence ultimately on battery. See More

Top Pro

Optimizated RAM usage

Average (depends upon web page complexity). See More

Top Pro

Excellent bookmarks management

Import & Export Bookmarks, very few browsers have this rare functionality. See More

Top Pro

App optimization

Installation size 88 to 105 MB (depends upon OEM manufacturer & usage by user). See More

Top Pro

Up to date with the Chromium releases

Top Pro

Developer options

Can be enabled. See More

Top Pro

Browser aside app

Browser has “optional (additional app)” functionality of acting as SYSTEM WEBVIEW support (but requires rooting Android). See More

Top Pro

Customizable adblock filters

Top Pro

Allows playing videos in background tabs and disable pause on switching tabs

Top Pro

AV1 codec support

Top Pro

Shows warnings for TLSv1.0/TLSv1.1 pages

Top Pro

Removes click-tracking and AMP from search results

Top Pro

Supports DNS over HTTPS

Help in detail by guide on "Enter a correctly formatted url" (require more flexibility if possible), check clarification for more. See More

The rendering of the pages and the browser compatibility with OSX works smoothly, when compared to other browsers. Also you get very high battery life with Safari, when compared to Chrome. See More

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score 274 · Answer 13

Safari

Top Pro

Works elegantly in OSX

Top Con

OSX only

Apple dropped Windows support after Safari 5. See More

Top Pro

Extremely fast

Top Con

Proprietary

While Safari er is currently available gratis (without monetary charge) on Mac OS X, it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefore neither free nor open-source software. See More

Top Pro

Sleek design

– No distraction stuff like favicons in tabs, all that borders, bevels and embosses in panels like in other browsers, no ugly shaped tabs. – Neat adress bar. – Good looking start “show all tabs” screen. See More

Top Con

Poor support for new web technologies

Safari usually takes its time when it comes to adopting new and useful web technologies meaning that the user gets an inferior experience compared to other modern browsers. See More

Top Pro

iCloud syncing

Tabs, passwords, bookmarks and, history all sync across devices. See More

Top Con

Outdated Rendering engine

All other browsers and toolkits (Qt/GTK) have shifted to Googles Blink-fork of KHTML/Webkit so Apple is currently the only main contributor left. See More

Top Pro

Safari uses Webkit, a great open source web engine

Webkit is very light compared to Blink, renders web pages at an incredible speed, great CSS support and is also constantly evolving. See More

Top Con

Terrible support for open source formats like .VP9 or .ogg

Apple does not support open source formats. Instead, they use H.264 and H.265. See More

Specs

License:Proprietary

Price:Free

Browser Engine:WebKit

It uses the Qt Web Engine from your local Qt installation which is usually not often updated. See More

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score 149 · Answer 14

Otter Browser

Top Con

External Rendering Engine

Top Pro

Open source

Anyone can contribute to the Otter Browser, solve common issues, bugs. See More

Top Con

No support for addons

Top Pro

Under GNU GPL

Top Con

Under GNU GPL

It is licensed under GPL which is less permissive than other opensource licenses like BSD or MIT. See More

Top Pro

Legacy Opera

Aims to recreate the best aspects of Opera 12.x. See More

Top Pro

Under GNU GPL

Specs

License:OpenSource (GNU GPL-3.0)

Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

100% Open Source and Libre. See More

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score 162 · Answer 15

Ungoogled Chromium

Top Pro

No telemetry

Top Con

Difficult to install

Top Pro

Free software

Top Con

Sometimes outdated

Top Pro

Amazing UI

Very clean and slick UI. See More

Top Con

Dependent on Google

Does not free you from big corpo. See More

Top Con

Mostly just a customized Chromium build

Not much new here as many of chromiums features can be enabled or turned off with build flags. See More

Specs

License:OpenSource

Based On:Chromium

Browser Engine:Blink V8 Turbo

So the source code can be verified. See More

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score 131 · Answer 16

Basilisk

Top Con

Security risk

Top Pro

Open Source

Top Con

Licensed under MPL

which one of the more restrictive open source licenses. See More

Top Con

Uses Goanna

A Gecko fork that is developed by mostly one developer. See More

Top Con

Only available for Intel based cpu architectures

it is only available for ix86 and amd64. See More

Top Con

Limited WebRTC support

Top Con

Limited Widevine support

Specs

License:OpenSource (MPL)

Based On:Mozilla Firefox

Browser Engine:Goanna (Gecko-fork)

As it is built on Chromium. See More

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score 100 · Answer 17

Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Top Pro

Supports Chrome extensions

Top Con

Microsoft still tracking you by default (Like Google with Chrome)

Microsoft Edge collects less information than chrome, but still collecting data about you and your interests. See More

Top Pro

More private

During the launch of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, the company claimed to have removed more than 50 services intended to collect user data. The improvement in this aspect does not come only from the hand of privacy, but also from optimization. The privacy settings are also a lot simpler to understand, more robust, and better than Chrome. There are three modes, basic, balanced and strict. See More

Top Con

Synchronization between PC and phone is weak

Although synchronization between computers is similar to Chrome, synchronization between PCs - phone is weak. See More

Top Pro

Better web compatibility

Uses the same engine as Chromium so web pages render better. See More

Top Con

Unlike the legacy version, it doesn't have the option to set aside tabs which was a very useful feature

It does give you the option to give feedback for people who want setting tabs aside back, but it's not likely they're going to add it. See More

Top Pro

Fast

Top Pro

Faster than Chrome and other browsers

It uses less RAM, has tracking prevention and accelerates the hardware when possible. See More

Top Pro

Built on Chromium

Microsoft are contributing to Chromium. See More

Top Pro

Consumes much less battery than Chrome and other alternatives

Top Pro

Has built-in ad blocking features

If you select the "strict" option in the Microsoft Edge settings, it practically becomes an ad blocker. See More

Top Pro

Preinstalled in most Windows 10 devices

Most Windows 10 devices have Microsoft Edge preinstalled. See More

Top Pro

Has its own built-in plugin web store

Microsoft edge support both, microsoft edge add-ons and chrome web store See More

Top Pro

Replaces the old pre-installed Edge

Since the old Edge isn't removable on most PCs. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, iOS, Android, XBox One

License:Proprietary

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

Midori is considerably fast. It starts up in no time and renders pages as fast as many other more well-known browsers. See More

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score 90 · Answer 18

Midori

Top Pro

Very fast

Top Con

Misbehaves with Google Web Apps

On some distributions Midori may not work very well for Google Web Apps. On openSUSE for example, Midori starts misbehaving when you are going through Google Drive's folder hierarchy. See More

Top Pro

Lightweight

Incredibly lightweight with very little memory consumption. See More

Top Con

Supports insecure cipher suites

This browser supports RC4 encryption which is known to be insecure compared to other encryptions such as AES. See More

Top Pro

Allows using webapps as if they were desktop apps

Midori has a built-in functionality with which you can create web apps that can be launched from the desktop. For example, you can create a web app for the desktop to launch Gmail or YouTube or any other web app that you use. See More

Top Con

Development stalled

There have been no recent updates. Lags other browsers in supporting modern web standards. Many distributions have replaced it with other browsers See More

Top Pro

Available on several distributions

Midori is used as a default choice for a web browser for some distributions (like Elementary OS) and it's available for easy downloading for many other distros through their official repositories. See More

Top Con

Another bloatware as firefox

It is described as a lightweight browser but it is just a bloatware. It crashes sometimes. It is a clone of firefox which is said to be a RAM-eater. See More

Top Pro

Useful plugins are built-in

Some very popular and useful plugins are built-in and available out of the box. For example, there's an RSS feed reader plugin and an Adblocker built-in. See More

Top Con

Unfamiliar UI

The UI can take a little to getting used to because it's not very conventional or similar to other browsers. For example, it uses a trashcan icon to view recently visited links. See More

Specs

License:OpenSource

Default Search Engine:Lycos

Browser Engine:WebKit

If you're not a vim user, it will take some time to get used to the shortcuts. See More

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score 295 · Answer 19

Qutebrowser

Top Pro

Fast and light on resource usage

Top Con

Steep learning curve

Top Pro

Vim-style keyboard shortcuts and commands for rapid navigation

With suggestions/auto-complete to reduce the learning curve. See More

Top Con

Slow

As it is mainly written in Python, it's startup is slower than the competition. See More

Top Pro

Highly customizable

And quite easy to configure. You can even write your own config. See More

Top Con

Requires additional support and plugins for video playback

Top Pro

Userscripts

Call custom scripts on web pages or links (hinting mode). You can use this for downloading of videos (youtube-dl, adfree), saving web pages as pdf or adding news sources to your RSS reader (newsboat). See More

Top Con

Software rendering only with Nouveau Drivers

Top Pro

Great for Privacy

Makes no unexpected network requests by default, unlike most other browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Firefox, etc). See More

Specs

License:OpenSource (GPL-3.0)

Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

Prevents automatic loading of cookies as well. See More

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score 94 · Answer 20

Min

Top Pro

Built-in tracker protection

Top Con

Lacks basic navigation buttons

No backward or forward buttons makes it a bit cumbersome to navigate. See More

Top Pro

Minimal design

Top Con

No MIMEtypes defined or added

Won't open or even download Microsoft Office documents. See More

Top Pro

Open source

Built with Electron using JS & CSS. See More

Top Pro

Built in AdBlock

Specs

License:OpenSource (Apache-2.0)

Based On:Chromium core