Alternatives to SRWare Iron

Chromium rebuild that strips out Google's tracking and reporting features. 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 SRWare Iron.

  • ungoogled-chromium

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    ungoogled-chromium removes Google web service calls through a public, readable open-source patch set, but extensions must be installed by hand and there is no Android build.

  • Chromium

    The open-source browser project that Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi are all built from.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Chromium is the open-source upstream with no Google account integration or usage reporting built in, but official builds do not auto-update and most lack Widevine DRM.

  • 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 that blocks ads and trackers by default on desktop and Android, though it bundles a crypto wallet, rewards and an AI assistant.

  • Cromite

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Cromite is an open-source Chromium fork that removes Google services and compiles in ad blocking, running on Android, Windows and Linux but not macOS.

  • Epic Privacy Browser

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroid

    Epic Privacy Browser adds tracker blocking and an encrypted proxy to Chromium, but like SRWare Iron it is closed source, so its privacy claims cannot be checked.

  • Thorium

    Use a Chromium-based browser with CPU-specific builds.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Thorium is an open-source Chromium browser with CPU-specific builds for Windows, macOS and Linux, focused on processor tuning rather than removing Google tracking.

  • Helium

    An open-source Chromium browser that blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners by default without telemetry.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Helium is an open-source Chromium browser with no telemetry and ad, tracker and cookie banner blocking on by default, but no Android build.

Also worth comparing

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

  • Iridium Browser

    A Chromium-based desktop browser modified to stop data being sent to Google and other central services.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    SRWare Iron also strips Google tracking and reporting from Chromium and adds Windows, macOS and Android builds, but it is closed source and its removals are hard to verify.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.