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Helium vs Chromium: catalog facts
Helium	Chromium
Free Free and open source, supported by sponsors.	Free Free and open source. There is no paid tier and no vendor selling it.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Ad, tracker and cookie banner blocking on by default No telemetry or background requests without consent	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
Younger project than established privacy browsers Built on Chromium, so it follows Google's engine decisions	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
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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