Alternatives to Vanadium

GrapheneOS's hardened Chromium browser and system WebView. 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 Vanadium.

  • Cromite

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Cromite is a hardened open-source Chromium fork for any Android 10 or later device, with compiled-in ad blocking, and it also has Windows and Linux builds.

  • Brave

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

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Brave keeps Chromium on Android with ad and tracker blocking by default and works on ordinary Android devices, but bundles a crypto wallet and rewards programme.

  • IronFox

    Hardened Firefox fork for Android, successor to DivestOS Mull.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    IronFox swaps to a hardened Firefox fork on Android with uBlock Origin built in, and is intended for general Android devices rather than GrapheneOS.

  • Firefox

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Firefox moves to a non-Chromium engine with extension support including content blockers, and is open source with builds for Android, iOS and desktop.

  • DuckDuckGo Browser

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSAndroid

    DuckDuckGo Browser offers default tracker blocking and one-click data clearing on Android, with narrow extension support and desktop versions for Windows and macOS.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.