Min vs Qutebrowser
When comparing Min vs Qutebrowser, the Slant community recommends Min for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop web browsers?” Min is ranked 14th while Qutebrowser is ranked 17th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Minimal design
Pro Built-in tracker protection
Prevents automatic loading of cookies as well.
Pro Built in AdBlock
Pro Open source
Built with Electron using JS & CSS.
Pro Vim-style keyboard shortcuts and commands for rapid navigation
With suggestions/auto-complete to reduce the learning curve.
Pro Fast and light on resource usage
Pro Highly customizable
And quite easy to configure. You can even write your own config.
Pro Great for Privacy
Makes no unexpected network requests by default, unlike most other browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Firefox, etc).
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).
Cons
Con Lacks basic navigation buttons
No backward or forward buttons makes it a bit cumbersome to navigate.
Con No MIMEtypes defined or added
Won't open or even download Microsoft Office documents.
Con No startpage
It is not possible to add a startpage.
Con Software rendering only with Nouveau Drivers
Con Steep learning curve
If you're not a vim user, it will take some time to get used to the shortcuts.
Con Slow
As it is mainly written in Python, it's startup is slower than the competition.