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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.
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Chromium
Recommended 2 years ago
Light-weight enough
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Completely Open SourcePro
Access to Chrome's extensionsPro
Cross-platformPro
SandboxingPro
Latest BlinkPro
BarePro
Does not come with GoogleCon
No official buildsPro
BSD licenseCon
Can be dangerous / only available as SourceCon
Lacks privacy optionsPro
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