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Chromium vs GNOME Web: catalog facts
Chromium	GNOME Web
Free Free and open source. There is no paid tier and no vendor selling it.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
The upstream codebase every Chromium browser is derived from, useful for checking whether a bug is Chrome's or… No Google account integration, sign-in or usage reporting built in	It integrates tightly with the GNOME desktop, keeps the interface deliberately plain, and uses WebKit rather than…
Official builds do not auto-update, so a Windows or macOS install goes stale and insecure unless you replace… No Widevine DRM in most builds, so paid streaming services will not play	It is Linux-only, and WebKitGTK support for extensions and some web applications lags behind the mainstream engines.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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