Alternatives to Slimjet

Chromium browser with ad blocking, form filling and download tools built in. 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 Slimjet.

  • Brave

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

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Brave also blocks ads without extensions on Chromium, but is open source, adds an Android build, and bundles a crypto wallet, rewards programme and AI assistant.

  • Opera

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Opera bundles ad blocking plus a no-account proxy VPN, workspaces and sidebar messengers on Chromium, and like Slimjet it remains closed source.

  • Vivaldi

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Vivaldi replaces the download and form tools with tab stacking, tiling, built-in mail and a feed reader, and publishes its modified Chromium parts.

  • Google Chrome

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Google Chrome receives Chromium updates every four weeks directly from Google, but ties closely into Google account and advertising systems and has no built-in download tools.

  • Microsoft Edge

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Microsoft Edge adds vertical tabs, sleeping tabs and a PDF reader on Chromium with updates from Microsoft, but pushes Bing, Microsoft accounts and promoted features.

  • Cromite

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Cromite compiles ad blocking into an open-source Chromium fork with Google services removed and adds Android, but drops macOS and is effectively a one-maintainer project.

  • Maxthon

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Maxthon is another closed-source Chromium browser with built-in tools, swapping download helpers for notes, a password manager and AI chat, on Windows and macOS only.

  • Epic Privacy Browser

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroid

    Epic Privacy Browser blocks ads with a uBlock-based blocker and routes traffic through a built-in proxy, runs on Windows, macOS and Android, and is also closed source.

Also worth comparing

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

  • Cốc Cốc

    A Chromium-based web browser made for Vietnamese users, with ad blocking and video downloading built in.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Slimjet keeps built-in ad blocking plus download and video tools on a closed-source Chromium base and adds Linux support, but it is maintained by a very small team.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.