ungoogled-chromium
Chromium with Google's integrations and background requests removed.
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About ungoogled-chromium
ungoogled-chromium is a community project that takes Chromium and strips out everything that talks to Google by default: background requests, Google account sign-in, Safe Browsing lookups, crash reporting, field trials and hard-coded Google domains. It aims to stay as close to stock Chromium as possible otherwise, adding a few privacy and usability options through flags. The result is a Chromium browser that should not phone home, at the cost of convenience. There is no built-in sync, extensions from the Chrome Web Store need a workaround or a helper extension, and updates are usually not automatic, so you rely on your package manager or third-party builds published for each platform. Those builds come from community contributors rather than one official source. It is free and open source under the BSD licence, with builds for Windows, macOS and many Linux distributions. It suits technical users who want Chromium's engine without Google's services.
Best for: Technical users who want Chromium without any connection to Google.
Pros and cons
What works
- Removes Google background requests and sign-in
- Stays close to standard Chromium
- Free and open source
Why people leave
- No sync and awkward extension installs
- Updates usually manual or via package manager
- Builds come from community contributors
Top ungoogled-chromium alternatives
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Helium66.5Built on ungoogled-chromium with auto-updates and uBlock Origin.
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Brave62.6Chromium with privacy defaults, sync and automatic updates.
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Chromium59.6The unmodified upstream project, packaged by most Linux distributions.
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Cromite57.2Privacy-patched Chromium with ad blocking, including on Android.
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LibreWolf55.3Hardened, no-telemetry browser on the Firefox engine instead.
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ungoogled-chromium: common questions
Is ungoogled-chromium free?
Yes. ungoogled-chromium is free, open-source software.
Is ungoogled-chromium open source?
Yes. The source code is on GitHub at ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium.
What platforms does ungoogled-chromium run on?
ungoogled-chromium is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.
What are the best alternatives to ungoogled-chromium?
The highest-ranked ungoogled-chromium alternatives right now are Helium, Brave and Chromium. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.