Alternatives to Naver Whale

Korean Chromium browser with a sidebar, split tabs and built-in capture tools. 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 Naver Whale.

  • Vivaldi

    A Chromium browser for people who want tab stacks, split screen and a mail client in the same window.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Vivaldi is a Chromium browser with tab stacking, split screen, vertical tabs and a built-in mail client, with deep settings and no ties to Naver services.

  • Microsoft Edge

    Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Microsoft Edge offers vertical tabs, tab groups, sleeping tabs and a built-in PDF reader, runs Chrome extensions unchanged, and pushes Bing and Microsoft accounts instead of Naver.

  • Opera

    Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and a messenger sidebar.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Opera is a closed-source Chromium browser with a messenger sidebar, workspaces, an ad blocker and a free proxy VPN, aimed at a general rather than Korean audience.

  • Google Chrome

    Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Google Chrome drops Whale's sidebar and split tabs but offers guaranteed site compatibility, the largest extension library and ties to Google accounts instead of Naver.

  • Arc

    Chromium browser organised around spaces, a sidebar and split views.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Arc is a Chromium browser built around spaces, a sidebar and split views for Windows and macOS only, requires an account and receives limited feature work.

  • Brave

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

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Brave is an open-source Chromium browser with ad and tracker blocking on by default and Android builds, though it lacks Whale's split view and capture tools.

  • Yandex Browser

    Chromium browser from Yandex with built-in translation and AI features.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Yandex Browser is a closed-source Chromium browser with built-in page and video translation and AI features, operated by a Russian company rather than Naver.

  • Sleipnir

    Japanese Chromium browser from Fenrir built around mouse gestures and text rendering.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Sleipnir is a closed-source Japanese Chromium browser built around mouse gestures and tab thumbnails, with Windows and macOS builds and mostly Japanese documentation.

Also worth comparing

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

  • Maxthon

    Long-running Chromium browser with built-in notes, passwords and AI chat.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    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.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.