Alternatives to Mullvad Browser

Tor Browser's fingerprinting defences without the Tor network, built to sit in front of a VPN instead. 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 Mullvad Browser.

  • Tor Browser

    A hardened Firefox that sends every page through the Tor network, so the site sees an exit node instead of your address.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Tor Browser shares the same fingerprinting defences but routes traffic through the Tor network instead of a VPN, adding an Android build at the cost of much slower browsing.

  • LibreWolf

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    LibreWolf is a Firefox build with uBlock Origin, strict tracking protection and Resist Fingerprinting enabled, with fewer macOS version restrictions but less uniform fingerprinting defences.

  • Firefox

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Firefox offers tracking protection and Total Cookie Protection by default on all major platforms, but lacks Tor-grade fingerprinting defences and includes telemetry and search deal defaults.

  • Brave

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

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Brave moves you to Chromium with ad and tracker blocking on by default and built-in Tor windows, with Android builds, but ships a wallet, rewards and AI assistant.

  • Waterfox

    A Firefox build with telemetry stripped out, ad blocking and encrypted DNS turned on from the start.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Waterfox is a Firefox build with telemetry removed, ad blocking and encrypted DNS on by default, and an Android build, but without Tor Browser's fingerprinting defences.

  • DuckDuckGo Browser

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSAndroid

    DuckDuckGo Browser turns on tracker blocking and cookie pop-up handling with one-click data clearing, runs on Windows, macOS and Android, but has no Linux desktop version.

  • ungoogled-chromium

    Plain Chromium with every connection to Google web services stripped out, and nothing else changed.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    ungoogled-chromium is Chromium with Google service calls removed, but most privacy features are off until you enable them and extensions must be installed by hand.

Also worth comparing

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

  • BadWolf

    A minimalist, privacy-oriented web browser built on WebKitGTK with JavaScript off by default.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Mullvad Browser moves to Tor Browser's fingerprinting defences on Windows, macOS and Linux, with private windows and no telemetry by default, but it is a much larger browser.

  • Epic Privacy Browser

    Chromium browser that blocks trackers and routes traffic through an encrypted proxy.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroid

    Mullvad Browser is open source with Tor Browser's fingerprinting defences and is built to sit in front of a VPN, and without one your IP address stays visible.

  • GNU IceCat

    The GNU Project's build of Firefox containing only free software, with added privacy extensions.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Mullvad Browser uses Tor Browser's fingerprinting defences instead of JShelter, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and is meant to be used behind a VPN.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.