What is the best alternative to&#x20;Safari?

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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Brave

Top Pro

Safety and privacy well taken care of

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

Built in Adblock

Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. 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

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

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

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

Top Con

No reader view

Can be accessed with an extension though. 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

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Brave take on a lot of rolls besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file. 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

Uses Google as its default search engine

Quite ironic for the "privacy" browser. See More

Top Pro

Tor is available right in the browser

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

Very Fast and built in adblock.

The fastest browser out there. With the latest update Brave is my favorite browser on my PC and on my Phone. The built in adblock and the rewards system are amazing. See More

Top Con

The iPhone version has some odd behavior

When I reopen Brave, it often returns me to the "search results" page, rather than the webpage I had previous browsed to from the search results page. Might just be my configuration. See More

Top Pro

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

Top Con

Still dependent on Google

Since it's based on Chrome. See More

Top Pro

Now supports Chrome Webstore

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

Top Con

Sync issues

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

Top Pro

Built in torrent client

Top Con

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

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 Pro

Sync is now available

The CON from below (no sync) is now added. See More

Specs

Platforms:Android; iOS; macOS; Windows; Linux

License:OpenSource (mainly MPL 2.0)

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score 786 · Answer 3

Vivaldi

Top Pro

Compatible with most Chrome extensions

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

Top Con

Not available on the iPhone

There is an Android version Vivaldi, but no iOS version. iPhone and iPad users are out of luck. 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

Telemetry

According to its privacy policy, Vivaldi sends an approximate location, randomized ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution and time since last message every 24 hours. See More

Top Pro

Built for power users

Vivaldi includes lots of niche functionality such as the ability to move tabs to any side of the screen, turn images on and off, or render pages with monospace fonts. See More

Top Con

Same security-holes as Chrome

Vivaldi 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 Vivaldi. 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

No automatic page translation

Unlike Chrome, it doesn't automatically translate pages that are not in your language. See More

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

No built-in adblocker

Unlike Opera (but like most browsers), Vivaldi doesn't have an adblocker out of the box. You'll need an extension, if you want Vivaldi to block ads. 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

Feature Creep

Top Pro

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

Freezes often

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 silent background updates

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. Worse, the box doesn't warn you that not updating the browser could lead to security risks. That could be pretty bad for your average joe, who doesn't know computers that well. 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

Comes with default bookmarks

By default: Vivaldi has a number of websites (such as Amazon) already bookmarked. This could be seen as a pro or a con. However, these default bookmarks can be deleted, same as any other bookmark. 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

Developers do not care for your privacy

Top Pro

Analytical history

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

Top Con

Can't disable all spyware features

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 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

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

No guarantee that you won't lose your session

The browser window may freeze at any time, and you lose all your progress, open windows, and session without an option to restore it next time you open your browser. 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 option to open saved tab stack as... 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

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

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

Still dependent on Google

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 Con

No touch bar support

Top Pro

Cross browser extensions with Opera and Chrome, Firefox web-ext's too

All Vivaldi, Opera and Chrome users can get extensions from all extension/addon sites, especially from Opera Addons and Chrome Store. See More

Top Con

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) and is therefore neither free nor open-source software. The C++ source code however is open-source under a BSD license and can be downloaded and browsed from here. The UI code though is not open-source, but it's easily readable as it's HTML, CSS & JS. Modifications can be shared as their forum even has a dedicated section. 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 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

Tab bar position can be changed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Customizable UI

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

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score 349 · Answer 4

Opera

Top Pro

Built-In Adblocker

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Unable to sync extensions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Battery saving mode

Top Con

No reader view

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

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

Cannot stop auto update

Top Pro

Partly open source

Source code available on GitHub. See More

Top Con

No menu bar

Top Pro

Blazingly fast

Scores top on Basemark. See More

Top Con

Built ad-blocker works when it wants

Top Pro

Built-in currency converter

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

Top Pro

Lightweight

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

Top Pro

Touch bar support

Top Pro

Fast video loading

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

Specs

License:Proprietary

Default Search Engine:Google

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By logging into Chrome using a Google account it's possible to sync history, extensions, passwords, bookmarks and other settings between devices. This makes it great for anyone working with multiple devices as it allows experiencing consistent context when in the browser. See More

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score 525 · Answer 5

Google Chrome

Top Pro

Syncs between devices

Top Con

Online tracking by default

Chrome allows opting out of tracking by going to Settings > Advanced > Privacy and un-checking any unwanted services. Alternatively Chromium can be used to get a similar browser experience without Google's services on top of it. See More

Top Pro

Excellent HTML 5 feature support

As of February 2015, Chrome scores highest of all browsers for HTML5 compatibility. See More

Top Con

Huge memory hog

Each tab and extension in the browser uses significant chunks of RAM, giving the browser poor performance on machines without enough RAM to supply. See More

Top Pro

Installs extensions without requiring a restart

Top Con

Bad for battery life

Drains battery life on both Windows laptops and Macs much quicker than the alternatives. It can shave hours off the battery life of any non Chromebook laptop. See More

Top Pro

Simple user interface

For example, the address bar is also the search bar. Google calls it Omnibox. See More

Top Con

Not fully open-source

While most of Chrome is open source: Chrome does have some closed-source components to make it possible to play some closed media formats. See More

Top Pro

Plenty of extensions

There are far more available on this browser than any other. See More

Top Con

Increasingly slow

When Chrome first came out, it was known for being lightweight and very speedy. Over the years, more and more features have been added to Chrome. Because of this, crashes, errors, and general laggy-ness has increased noticeably. See More

Top Pro

Good performance

According to TopTen Reviews, Chrome is currently one of the best performing browsers for initial (cold) startup, average startup, and navigation times. Works very well with the uBlock Origin adblocker. See More

Top Con

No mobile extensions

Chrome on Android and iOS does not support extensions. See More

Top Pro

Great built-in developer tools

Chrome comes with built-in developer tools, making testing and enhancing web pages simpler for those of us involved in working with such technologies. As well as being beneficial to developers, this also has some benefit to non-technical users; in that by making testing simpler for developers those developers are more likely to use Chrome for their tests, and can spend more time making improvements over investigating underlying causes of issues. See More

Top Con

Not as customizable as Firefox or Vivaldi

Top Pro

Automatically updates

Chrome updates in the background ensuring you're always on the latest version. This makes it much more likely that sites will work on your browser, since (almost) all Chrome users will be running exactly the same version. See More

Top Con

Big target for hackers

Chrome is the most popular browser in the world. That makes it the most targeted browser in the world by hackers. See More

Top Pro

Huge variety of extensions available

Top Con

Blurred fonts on Windows

Fonts on Windows are blurred, that is especially noticeable in light fonts on dark background. Small italic text is hard to read. See More

Top Pro

Multiple account login

You can have multiple Chromes with different accounts logged at the same time. And it is really easy to manage different accounts. See More

Top Con

Hard/impossible to transfer passwords to a different machine without uploading them to Google

Top Pro

Backed and supported by Google

Whilst Chrome is based on the open source browser Chromium, Google reviews this code and build on top of it. This means it takes (and contributes to) a number of the benefits of the open source model whilst having the resources, support and investment of a major company. See More

Top Con

Does not hardware accelerate HTML5 video correctly

Chrome is unable to hardware accelerate HTML5 video correctly which makes playing 4k video on laptops a poor experience filled with lag. Though there is a workaround for YouTube in that a plugin can be installed to force Flash playback instead of HTML5, which plays smoothly and has no HW acceleration issues. There's another plugin (h264ify) that will force to use the h.264 codec video if available instead of the VP9 one which is the resource hog. See More

Top Pro

Works great with many extensions

Unlike Firefox, Google Chrome can keep its fast performance regardless of how many extensions are installed. With more than 10 extensions Firefox gets slower and slower in a geometric progression rate. Google Chrome doesn't care how many extensions the user has installed - 3 or 133 it still performs great. See More

Top Con

Basic

Unlike Opera and Vivaldi which are more stable and has more features, Chrome is pretty basic. See More

Top Pro

Sandboxed Tabs

Every tab runs as their own process, so if one crashes or becomes unresponsive, the whole browser isn't affected. See More

Top Con

Bad quality control on extensions

Some just plain don't work while a few actually break the browser. See More

Top Pro

Engine is open-source

Chromium is open source, except the proprietary media codecs like AAC, H.264, MP3 and Adobe Flash, that can't be legally open-sourced. See More

Top Con

No menu bar (except on Mac)

There's no no menu bar, except on Mac OS. See More

Top Pro

Customizable by user

Each of the managed users can have their own configuration (themes, extensions, ...) See More

Top Con

No reader view

Unlike most other browsers, Chrome doesn't have a reader view function. See More

Top Pro

Can translate text directly

Top Con

Gives too much weight to Google on the future of the Web

Top Pro

As of March 2015, Chrome is the most popular browser on the internet, with a 43.9% - 63.7% market share, Its rendering engine Blink is also the most used rendering engine and used in many products including: Opera, Vivaldi, Qt, Brave, Steam or Electron meaning most developers will be testing their sites against this browser to ensure compatibility. See More

Top Pro

Uses Blink

It uses the blink rendering engine which has removed many legacy khtml/webkit code to be much lighter and faster. See More

Top Pro

Multimedia Plugins and Codecs included

Google Chrome comes with its own flashplayer and the most common multimedia codecs so you don't have to worry that they are outdated nor do you need to install them as a third party package. See More

Top Pro

Only one distributor

Unlike those various unofficial Chromium builds, there is only one distributor, so all Chrome releases follow the same standards. See More

Top Pro

Chrome is faster than Firefox

Top Pro

Plays more media formats than any open source browser

Includes support for many licensed unfree media formats. See More

Top Pro

Data Collection

Chrome uses online services to collect our data and improve our browser experience. See More

Top Pro

Proprietary

Chrome is Proprietary which means that it is easier to use and more user-friendly. See More

Specs

Platforms:Linux; macOS; Windows; Android; iOS

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Tor Browser

Top Pro

Tor sets the standard for safe and private browsing

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

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

Portable

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

Top Con

Extremely slow

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

Top Pro

Access hidden .onion sites

Top Con

Does not guarantee perfect anonimity unlike what most users would suspect

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

Free and open source

Top Con

You will hang on every recaptcha

Top Pro

Uses the Tor network

Top Pro

NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere installed by default

Specs

Platforms:Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android

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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score 250 · Answer 7

Chromium

Top Pro

Completely Open Source

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

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 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

Cross-platform

Chrome and Chromium are available on almost every device nowadays 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

Latest Blink

This is the browser Blink is made for and developed alongside. 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 Pro

Bare

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

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, iOS

License:OpenSource (BSD)

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score 120 · Answer 8

Chrome

Top Pro

Syncs with desktop browser

Chrome for Android will sync bookmarks, passwords, history, and open tabs from your desktop. See More

Top Con

Allows Google to track essentially everything you visit with your browser

Chrome sends usage data to Google. See More

Top Pro

Supports the latest web standards

Chrome for Android supports HTML5, CSS3, and many APIs. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

Top Pro

Backed by Google

Like Android, Chrome is a Google product, which means the two technologies can be expected to grow together and remain compatible. See More

Top Con

More resource hungry

Top Pro

Very user friendly UI

Top Con

Lacks ad-blocking features

Chrome mobile does not support ad-blocking features unlike the Chrome desktop app. See More

Top Pro

Use websites offline

Top Con

Chrome favors Google's products and tries to satiate Google's data appetite, what hurts the user experience

Top Pro

No competition for chrome on android

Some says firefox, actually firefox is completely numb and buggy. Opera, firefox, uc browser this all are very much slower in front of chrome. O.K one and only faster browser than chrome is Puffin, but this one is very sticky and ugly user inerface. See More

Top Con

SSL Nanny

It is nice that Chrome is strict about SSL warnings, but it would be nice to have an option to connect anyway without needing a secondary browser. See More

Top Pro

Same Product from Google

Best integration solution with OS #MadeByGoogle See More

Top Con

Slightly heavier than other options

Chrome uses more system resources than most other browsers, which means it will run slower especially on lower end hardware. See More

Top Pro

Preinstalled in most android devices

Most Android devices have google chrome preinstalled as part of ROM. See More

Top Con

Excessive permissions

The permissions required are excessive and intrusive (including record audio) - a few browsers require this, but there are several available that don't See More

Top Con

Lacks a download manager

Unlike most competitors, Chrome has no built-in download manager. See More

Top Con

Doesnt support extensions

All extension from chrome web store cannot be used on android version. See More

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

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score 36 · Answer 9

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

LibreJS

Blocks unwanted JS code. See More

Top Con

Can't install some Firefox themes/addons

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

Top Pro

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

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

Protects your freedom, certified free by the FSF

Top Con

Includes LibreJS by default with no way to remove it

Top Pro

SpyBlock

Blocks privacy trackers. See More

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

Specs

License:OpenSource

Based On:Mozilla Firefox

Browser Engine:Gecko

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

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score 57 · Answer 10

Min

Top Pro

Minimal design

Top Con

No MIMEtypes defined or added

Top Pro

Built in AdBlock

Top Con

Lacks basic navigation buttons

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

Top Pro

Open source

Built with Electron using JS & CSS. See More

Top Pro

Built-in tracker protection

Prevents automatic loading of cookies as well. See More

Specs

License:OpenSource (Apache-2.0)

"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

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score 181 · Answer 11

Pale Moon

Top Pro

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

Top Con

Unsecure

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

Outdated rendering engine

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

Top Pro

Customizable

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 based on some old Firefox code, but it's a completely different browser. See More

Top Pro

Support for existing web standards

Top Pro

Respects your privacy

Is not spyware like Chrome or Firefox. See More

Top Pro

Open source

so we can verify that the browser is not spyware See More

Top Pro

Stable

Top Pro

Has its own library of legacy extensions

Top Pro

Supports complete themes

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

Top Pro

Good community support

Top Pro

Uses Goanna layout engine

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

Top Pro

Optimized for modern processors

Top Pro

Legacy Firefox

Specs

Browser Engine:Goanna (Gecko-fork)

Price:Free

Based On:Firefox

See All Specs

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

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score 103 · Answer 12

Waterfox

Top Pro

Works with Firefox addons

Top Con

Lag, lag, lag, freeze, freeze, freeze

Need to do something about it. See More

Top Pro

Offers excellent privacy

Does not phone home. See More

Top Pro

Never Ever Freezers

High Reliability 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

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

Based On:Firefox

Browser Engine:Gecko

See All Specs

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score 32 · Answer 13

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

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

Extensions MUST be updated manually

Top Pro

Fast

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

Based on Google Chrome

Supports all the modern web features See More

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 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

Specs

License:OpenSource (BSD)

This browser is not meant for general use. It only exists, because the Opera developers had some ideas for the user-interface, and wanted their users' feedback. If you want a browser that you can use day-to-day, something with bookmarks and security updates, look elsewhere. See More

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score 15 · Answer 14

Opera Neon

Top Con

Not meant for general use

Top Pro

Futuristic interface

Opera Neon innovates with its clean aesthetic pleasing interface. See More

Top Con

Never Updated

The Opera folks came out with a browser I loved as an experiment - and then they essentially abandoned it. It really was great, but since they never planned to support/update it and it's closed-source, I can't recommend it. See More

Top Con

Bad UX

The usability is not the best since the left and right bar take up space and there is no way to resize them. See More

Specs

License:Proprietary

Default Search Engine:Google

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score 38 · Answer 15

Puffin

Top Pro

Renders Flash

Games and videos. Most mobile browsers don't support it. See More

Top Con

Logs browsing history

According to their privacy policy, they log the URLs of all websites visited by their users. See More

Top Pro

Built-in reading mode

Reading mode allows removing everything on a page but the content. It removes ads, styling and anything else that could get in the way of a comfortable reading experience. See More

Top Con

Blocked in some countries

Puffin is blocked in China, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. See More

Top Pro

Data savings

Puffin servers can compress pictures before you download them for faster page downloads and data savings for capped data plans. See More

Top Pro

Optional touchpad and cursor

Some websites require hover. See More

Top Pro

Seriously fast

In tests performed by PhoneArena, Puffin consistently outperformed any other browser both on synthetic JavaScript speed tests as well as real world cold page loads. See More

Top Pro

Loads banned websites

It loads websites which other browsers don't. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Android, Android TV, macOS

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score 4 · Answer 16

AMP Browser

Top Pro

Ultra fast

Automatically loads AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) and MIP (Mobile Instant Pages) web pages whenever possible. See More

Top Con

AMP pages are loaded through Google

All AMP pages are loaded though Google's servers, meaning Google can log your browsing history and theoretically manipulate website contents. See More

Top Pro

Open source

Based on vanilla Chromium. See More

Top Pro

Data saving

Saves data using Data Compression Proxy. See More

Top Pro

Ad blocking

Has a built-in ad blocker. See More

Top Pro

Useful

Highlights AMP results in Google Search on desktop. See More

Specs

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score 16 · Answer 17

Lynx

Top Pro

Naturally well-suited to accessibility tools

Being a text-based browser, Lynx is easy to operate using text-to-speech or Braille tools for visually-impaired users. See More

Top Pro

Still under active development

Lynx offers surprising compatibility with current WWW standards, including SSL/TLS. See More

Top Pro

Oldest web-browser still in general use

Lynx was first released in 1992. Using it is one of the best hands-on ways to understand the history of the Web. See More

Specs

Platforms:Unix-like, DOS, Windows

License:OpenSource

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:libwww

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score 141 · Answer 18

Qutebrowser

Top Pro

Vim-style keyboard shortcuts and commands for rapid navigation

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

Top Con

Steep learning curve

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

Top Pro

Fast and light on resource usage

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

Poor adblock in comparision to ublock origin

Top Con

Requires additional support and plugins for video playback

Top Con

Software rendering only with Nouveau Drivers

Specs

License:OpenSource (GPL-3.0)

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

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

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score 75 · Answer 19

Falkon

Top Con

Now under the KDE umbrella

Top Pro

Lightweight

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

Top Con

Weak multimedia support

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

Specs

License:OpenSource

Based On:QupZilla

Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

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score 30 · Answer 20

Otter Browser

Top Con

External Rendering Engine

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

Top Pro

Under GNU GPL

Top Con

Under GNU GPL

Not really the best license for a multiplatform bowser due its less permissive design in contrast to ther opensource licenses eg: BSD. See More

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 Pro

Legacy Opera

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

Specs

License:OpenSource (GPL-3.0)

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)