Alternatives to Midori

Lightweight browser with an ad blocker and privacy-focused defaults. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Midori.

  • Brave

    A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Brave is a Chromium browser with ad and tracker blocking on by default, backed by a larger project with macOS and Android builds, but ships a crypto wallet and rewards.

  • Falkon

    Lightweight KDE browser built on QtWebEngine.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Falkon is a lightweight GPL-3.0 KDE browser on QtWebEngine with an ad blocker and password manager enabled out of the box, for Windows and Linux only.

  • Min

    Browse with a minimal interface and grouped tabs.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Min is an Apache-2.0 minimal browser with tracker blocking, grouped tabs and reader views, adding a macOS build but using userscripts instead of extension stores.

  • DuckDuckGo Browser

    Privacy browser with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSAndroid

    DuckDuckGo Browser turns on tracker and ad blocking and cookie consent handling by default, adds macOS but drops Linux, and has narrow extension support.

  • LibreWolf

    A Firefox build with the privacy settings already turned up and uBlock Origin included.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    LibreWolf moves you to a Firefox base with uBlock Origin and strict tracking protection included, with a macOS build but no official Android version.

  • Cromite

    A hardened Chromium fork for Android, Windows and Linux with ad blocking and Google services removed.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Cromite is a hardened GPL-3.0 Chromium fork with ad blocking compiled in and Google services removed for Android, Windows and Linux, maintained by essentially one person.

  • Firefox

    The main browser not built on Chromium, with tracking protection turned on by default.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Firefox uses the Gecko engine with tracking protection on by default and runs on all major platforms including macOS and iOS, with ad blocking added through extensions.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Midori as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Dillo

    Browse lightweight pages with a small graphical browser.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinux

    Midori is a lightweight Chromium fork with ad blocking and tracking protection enabled, runs on Windows, Linux and Android, and has no macOS build.

  • GNOME Web

    GNOME's browser, built on WebKitGTK, formerly known as Epiphany.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Midori is a lightweight Chromium fork with ad blocking and tracking protection enabled, available on Linux, Windows and Android from a small team.

  • Otter Browser

    Use a configurable browser inspired by classic Opera.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Midori is a lightweight MPL-2.0 browser with ad blocking and tracking protection built in, adding Android but not macOS.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.