Alternatives to Maxthon
Long-running Chromium browser with built-in notes, passwords and AI chat. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Maxthon
Long-running Chromium browser with built-in notes, passwords and AI chat.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Maxthon.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.
Microsoft Edge is a Chromium browser with vertical tabs, sleeping tabs and a built-in PDF reader, adds a Linux build, and pushes Bing and Microsoft accounts.
Vivaldi
A Chromium browser for people who want tab stacks, split screen and a mail client in the same window.
Vivaldi is a Chromium browser with built-in mail, calendar and feed reader in a side panel and tab stacking, with builds for Linux and Android too.
Opera
Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and a messenger sidebar.
Opera swaps Maxthon's notes and AI chat for an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and sidebar messengers, remains closed source and adds a Linux build.
Google Chrome
Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.
Google Chrome has no built-in notes tool or AI chat but offers guaranteed site compatibility, the largest extension library and close Google account integration.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Brave is an open-source Chromium browser with ad and tracker blocking on by default plus an AI assistant, available on Linux and Android as well.
Yandex Browser
Chromium browser from Yandex with built-in translation and AI features.
Yandex Browser is a closed-source Chromium browser with built-in full-page and video translation and AI features, operated by a Russian company.
Naver Whale
Korean Chromium browser with a sidebar, split tabs and built-in capture tools.
Naver Whale is a closed-source Korean Chromium browser with a sidebar, dual-tab split view and capture tools, tied to Naver's services and aimed at Korean users.
Slimjet
Chromium browser with ad blocking, form filling and download tools built in.
Slimjet is also a closed-source Chromium browser, trading notes and AI chat for built-in ad blocking, form filling and download tools, with a Linux build available.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Maxthon as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Dia
AI-first browser with a chat sidebar that works across your tabs.
Maxthon offers multi-model AI chat plus notes and a password manager on Windows and macOS, but is closed source with a China-based owner and past telemetry issues.
Lunascape
Japanese browser with built-in ad blocking and a crypto wallet.
Maxthon is a closed-source Chromium browser with built-in notes, a password manager and AI chat plus desktop and mobile sync, rather than a crypto wallet.
Perplexity Comet
Agentic browser with a built-in research assistant and task automation.
Maxthon is a closed-source Chromium browser with multi-model AI chat, notes and a password manager built in, from a China-based owner with a past telemetry record.
QQ Browser
Tencent's Chinese-language web browser with a built-in Yuanbao AI assistant, split-screen browsing and file tools.
Maxthon is a closed-source Chromium browser from a China-based owner with multi-model AI chat, notes and a password manager, plus sync across desktop and mobile.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
