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Chromium vs Iridium Browser: catalog facts
Chromium	Iridium Browser
Free Free and open source. There is no paid tier and no vendor selling it.	Free Free to download and build from source.
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	Blocks query and metrics reporting to Google by default Reproducible builds with auditable changes
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	Distributed mainly as source tarballs, so packages depend on maintainers No mobile versions
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License not stated
No account needed	No account 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 24, 2026

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