Alternatives to ungoogled-chromium
Plain Chromium with every connection to Google web services stripped out, and nothing else changed. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ungoogled-chromium
Plain Chromium with every connection to Google web services stripped out, and nothing else changed.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ungoogled-chromium.
Chromium
The open-source browser project that Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi are all built from.
Chromium is the unpatched upstream, packaged by most Linux distributions, but it keeps the Google web service connections that ungoogled-chromium strips out.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Brave keeps Chrome extension compatibility with ad and tracker blocking on by default and adds Android, but ships 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.
Cromite also removes Google web service integration and adds compiled-in ad blocking with Android builds, but drops macOS and is effectively a one-maintainer project.
SRWare Iron
Chromium rebuild that strips out Google's tracking and reporting features.
SRWare Iron strips Google tracking and reporting from Chromium and has Android builds, but it is closed source, so the removals are hard to verify.
Thorium
Use a Chromium-based browser with CPU-specific builds.
Thorium stays an open-source Chromium build for Windows, macOS and Linux, focused on CPU-specific builds rather than stripping Google web service calls.
Helium
An open-source Chromium browser that blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners by default without telemetry.
Helium is an open-source Chromium browser with no telemetry, ad and cookie banner blocking by default and vertical tabs, instead of leaving privacy features off.
Also worth comparing
These listings name ungoogled-chromium as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Epic Privacy Browser
Chromium browser that blocks trackers and routes traffic through an encrypted proxy.
ungoogled-chromium is an open-source Chromium with Google service calls removed and a public patch set, but most privacy features stay off until you enable them.
Google Chrome
Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.
ungoogled-chromium keeps Chromium behaviour with Google web service calls removed and a public patch set, but extensions are installed by hand and updates can lag upstream.
Iridium Browser
A Chromium-based desktop browser modified to stop data being sent to Google and other central services.
ungoogled-chromium also removes Google web service calls from Chromium with a public patch set, and adds Windows and macOS builds, though extensions must be installed by hand.
LibreWolf
A Firefox build with the privacy settings already turned up and uBlock Origin included.
ungoogled-chromium moves you to Chromium with Google web service calls removed, but most privacy features stay off until enabled and extensions must be installed by hand.
Mullvad Browser
Tor Browser's fingerprinting defences without the Tor network, built to sit in front of a VPN instead.
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.
qutebrowser
A keyboard-driven browser with vim-style bindings and almost no interface to click on.
ungoogled-chromium runs Chromium without Google web services and supports Chrome extensions installed by hand, but it has no keyboard-first interface or Python configuration.
Supermium
A current Chromium-based web browser that runs on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.x and later.
ungoogled-chromium is open-source Chromium with Google services removed and a portable Windows ZIP, though the roster lists no support for Windows XP through 8.x.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
