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GNOME Web vs Chromium: catalog facts
GNOME Web	Chromium
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source. There is no paid tier and no vendor selling it.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
It integrates tightly with the GNOME desktop, keeps the interface deliberately plain, and uses WebKit rather than…	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 is Linux-only, and WebKitGTK support for extensions and some web applications lags behind the mainstream engines.	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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