Web Browsers & Tools

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2025-03-05

Ninja (5@2) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
FOSS Browser (5@1) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / FOSS Browser (3.7@404) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-07 Github; Vorstellung 9/2018; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
CM (Clean Master) Browser-Fast (4.8@85) Ǥ 19 4 LastUpdate: 2020-01-07 this is a Cheetah-Mobile-App. You never know where it surfs without you!
Next Browser (4.8@16) 24 2 LastUpdate: 2019-03-19
Opera Mini: Fast Web Browser (4.6@9,558,650) Ǥ 28 8
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.6@30,786) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ incl. ad-blocker
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@15,376) 21 2 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.6@222,572) Ǥ 25 3 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
Web Browser & Explorer (4.5@289,343) Ǥ 20 3
UC Mini-Download Video Status (4.4@4,878,630) Ǥ 42 2
Phoenix - Fast & Safe (4.4@4,743,292) Ǥ 45 8
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.4@110,906) Ǥ 19 3 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.3@48,980) Ǥ 19 3 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.4@124,607) Ǥ 19 4
Naked Browser web browser (4.3@9,161) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-24
Styx Browser (4.3@268) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-02-03 Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4.2@295,154) Ǥ 23 7
Via Browser - Fast & Light (4.2@117,259) Ǥ 20 2 Vorstellung 8/2017
Yuzu Browser: web browser (4.2@1,533) 12 2 LastUpdate: 2021-03-02 Github
EinkBro (4.2@581) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
Frost - Private Browser (3.9@3,848) Ǥ 12 6 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.4@772; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 7 1
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.8@13,675) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning (3.9@1,449; ~EUR 1.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (3.7@4,032) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-05-07 Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (3.4@36,502) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2023-06-22 / InBrowser Beta (4.1@1,746) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
Web Browser Midori (3.4@1,219) Ǥ 25 2 GitLab
SmartCookieWeb Privacy Browser (3.4@731) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-02-20 Github
Velocity Browser - Private Browser (3.4@317) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2022-05-31 Github
Lucid Browser (3.3@754) 4 2
WebMonkey (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; simple WebView with GreaseMonkey built-in
G Web: Focus Internet Browser (0@0) Ǥ 6 3 Github; includes ad blocker
jQuarks viewer (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; includes ad blocker; features offline reading
Yobidashi - Web Search app (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; web browser, web search, editor, app-launcher & more
SWeb (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; with ad-blocker & night-mode
Fulguris Web Browser (0@0) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; ad blocker included

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2025-03-08

Fennec F-Droid (5@1) 25 2 Datenmitschnitt 7/2018; Datenschutz-Check 5/2021; Video-Anleitung 6/2021
Opera browser with AI (4.7@4,999,040) Ǥ 23 9
Microsoft Edge: AI browser (4.6@1,292,439) Ǥ 42 5 Video Review 2/2020
Vivaldi Browser - Fast & Safe (4.6@92,001) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019; Review 8/2020
Firefox Fast & Private Browser (4.5@5,813,869) Ǥ 41 3 Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2023
UC Browser-Safe, Fast, Private (4.4@22,263,904) Ǥ 42 9 Datenschutz-~~Test~~Fail 7/2021
SPIN Safe Browser: Web Filter (4.3@8,817) Ǥ 29 3
Google Chrome (4.2@46,809,653) Ǥ 35 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
Samsung Internet Browser (4.2@5,815,977) Ǥ 52 2 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.3@91,898) Ǥ 51 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Ecosia - Safe Internet Browser (4.2@180,411) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.1@109,540) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019 | 2/2020; Intro 4/2020
Skyfire Web Browser 4.0 (4@20) 15 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Wikipedia DE | EN
Habit Browser (3.9@10,301) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Dolphin Browser: Fast, Private (3.7@2,512,130) Ǥ 21 8 Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Surfy Browser: text-to-speech (3.7@1,430) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Ceno Browser: Share the Web (3.7@1,394) 28 2 GitLab; a P2P web browser to circumvent censorship
Cake Web Browser (3.6@31,080) Ǥ 15 4 LastUpdate: 2021-12-25 Vorstellung 10/2019
Osiris: Private Web Browser (3.6@1,753) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-06-03 Review 12/2019
Maxthon browser (3.4@278,805) Ǥ 35 1 Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Puffin Web Browser (2.3@884,104) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2025-03-08

Note: a privacy-focused browser coming with trackers is doubtful at best.

Brave Private Web Browser, VPN (4.7@2,345,276) Ǥ 24 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Datensendeverhalten 5/2023; Wikipedia DE | EN
DuckDuckGo Private Browser (4.7@2,249,614) Ǥ 24 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 1/2018 | 4/2018; Kurzvorstellung 5/2015; Intro 10/2018 | 3/2019; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019 | 6/2021; How-to 4/2022; incl. tracking protection, site rating & TOSDR
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.6@30,786) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ incl. ad-blocker
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@15,376) 21 2 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.6@222,572) Ǥ 25 3 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
Privacy Browser (4.5@329; ~EUR 6.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
Aloha Browser (Beta) (4.4@244,512) Ǥ 20 2 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Tor Browser (4.4@240,994) Ǥ 14 2 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.4@26,965) Ǥ 14 2 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Private Internet Browser (4.3@16,340) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
AVG Secure Browser (4.3@15,312) Ǥ 23 3
Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure (4.2@226,093) Ǥ 27 2
Avast Secure Browser (4.2@27,691) Ǥ 20 3
Ghostery Privacy Browser (4.2@11) Ǥ 25 3
OH Web Browser - Safe & Simple (4.1@3,352) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser (4.3@513) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Snap Search - Private Browser (4@1,390) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2023-06-30 Video Review 4/2020
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (3.9@4,267) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-11 Vorstellung 3/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
Adee - Accessible Browser (3.9@1,200) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ incl. ad-blocker
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.8@13,675) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning (3.9@1,449; ~EUR 1.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Epic Privacy Browser with VPN (3.8@12,533) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.7@470) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2023-06-12 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Tenta Private VPN Browser + Ad Blocker (Beta) (3.5@27,887) Ǥ 14 4 LastUpdate: 2023-01-13
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (3.4@36,502) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2023-06-22 / InBrowser Beta (4.1@1,746) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
monocles browser (0@0; ~EUR 1.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
monocles browser (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
FREE Browser (0@0) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; with Greasemonkey style script support
Mull (0@0) 25 2 GitLab

Browsers for „alternative networks“

2025-03-10

deedum (5@27) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-04-11 Github; Project Gemini
Thor (4@20) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; with focus on IPFS
Buran (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-11-12 Github; Project Gemini
Phaedra (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-18 Codeberg; Project Gemini; client supporting older devices (Android 2.3+) via Conscrypt
gophercle (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-08-11 GitLab; Gopher
Xenia (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ proxy to browse Gemini via a normal web browser

Bookmark Manager

2025-03-08

Bookmark Folder (4.4@5,795) 9 6 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.4@240; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
floccus bookmark sync (4.4@153) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; via Nextcloud, WebDAV or Google Drive
Pinkt for Bookmarking (4.2@195) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Bookmark App (4.2@140) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
Keeplink: Bookmarks manager (4.1@1,781) Ǥ 5 2
LinkStore: Save, Read, Watch (4.1@1,456) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2023-03-29
PinDroid (4.1@574) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
My Bookmarks (4@1,925) Ǥ 13 6 LastUpdate: 2022-08-03 / MyBookmark Pro add-on (4@124) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (3.9@7,247) Ǥ 5 3
xBrowserSync (3.9@170) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-18 Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Bookmarks Atavi (3.8@468) 3 7 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
Mobile Bookmarks (Free): Bookmark manager (3.5@106) Ǥ 6 2
Nextcloud Bookmarks (3.1@27; ~EUR 0.75) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NC Bookmark Viewer (2.3@4) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-03 GitLab; view, add and edit bookmarks in your Nextcloud
Shiori (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Linkora (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
LinkDroid for Linkwarden (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Anchr for Android (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-01-23 Github
Hyperlink Knapsack (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Url Forwarder (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; save bookmarks

Offline Reader

2025-03-15

Article Reader Offline (4.6@2,354) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
Save as Web Archive (4.4@23,647) 3 4
wallabag (4.1@549) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Offizielle Anleitung; Open Source Read-it-later
Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (3.5@308,594) Ǥ 16 2 Video Review 3/2019
MHTML Viewer (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-03-13 Github
Weread - Read it later (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Frigoligo (0@0) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Wallabag client

Various Web Browser Tools

2025-03-08

Bonjour Browser (5@47) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Discover web portals of devices in your local network and connect with one click
Léon – The URL Cleaner (5@39) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.9@1,781) 21 1 Github
Tarnhelm (4.9@22) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; URL cleaner
Untracker (4.6@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; remove tracking information before sharing links
URLCheck (4.5@501) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; URL cleaner, untracker, checker & more
Hermit — Lite Apps Browser (4.4@21,363) Ǥ 18 2 sandboxed containers for your „web apps“
Memex Go (4.3@59) Ǥ 10 4 sync bookmarks; also available for iOS, Firefox, Chrome
Link Bubble (4.2@32,227) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 Github
Lynket (4.1@8,798) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github
Open Link With... (4.1@3,948) 3 3 LastUpdate: 2020-11-27 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
Easy Open Link (4@332) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (3.9@201) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-05-29 Github; sandbox web applications
Service Browser (3.8@170) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
App Redirect (3.4@861) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
Browser Swap Lite (3@529) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-02 auto-select browser based on connection type (WiFi/2G/3G) and URL
Sharchive (3@32) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-12-07 Github; open page in Archive.org or Archive.is from the share sheet
UntrackMe (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-07-09 / UntrackMe Lite (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-07-09 transform Youtube and Twitter links into Invidious and Nitter links
ShareToBrowser (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-01 Github; Switch browsers via the share function
Web Inspector (fork) (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-12 Github; inspect and modify web pages
Linkhub - A smart link manager (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Url Checker (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-04-29 Github
Save (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-22 Github; Save links to read them later
Nitterify (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; open Twitter links in Nitter
NotifyAvailability (0@0) Ǥ 13 1 LastUpdate: 2019-01-07 Github; check when a string has appeared on a webpage
NeoLinker (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-02-29 choose which browser to open a link with
Markdownr (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; share links in Markdown format
AnyWebView (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; GUI to select the WebView to be used
IdiomReplaceX Browser App (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-07-24 Github; browser with text filtering
twitter2nitter (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; share Twitter-Links as Nitter-Links
OpenDefault (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; opening URLs with default App
link eye (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-06-01 GitLab; open url with your preffered app
URLSanitizer (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; strip tracking parameter from shared URLs
Share 2 Archive Today (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
ChromeXt (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
liteshort (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-01 Github; link shortener

Further Readings:

The 7 Best Privacy-Focused Smartphone Browsers for Android and iOS (1/2022)
The 6 Best Bookmark Manager Apps for Android (12/2021)
The 7 Best Android Browsers With a Built-In VPN (6/2021)
The 8 Best Android Apps to Save Content for Offline Viewing (3/2021)
General guideline: Welcher Browser ist auf Android empfehlenswert? (11/2020)
5 Bookmark Apps to Organize Links, Save Social Posts, and Read It Later (6/2020)
Free as in Smash the Surveillance State: Alison Macrina on Library Freedom Project and Tor Browser (5/2020)
Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are... (5/2020)
10 best privacy web browsers for Android (2/2020 - 2/2023)
Android-Apps ersetzen: Browser (2/2020 - 12/2021)
Web Browsers For Android (6/2019 - 12/2019)
Best Android browsers (5/2019 - 4/2022)
Add-on „uBlock Origin“ richtig einstellen (Firefox für Android) (5/2019)
Best Private Browser Apps for Android & iOS Users (3/2019)
Read-It-Later App Showdown: Instapaper vs. Pocket (1/2019 - 12/2022)
Best private browser apps for anonymous and safe web browsing (12/2018 - 2/2021)
The 6 Best Lightweight Android Browsers for Speedy Performance (9/2018 - 11/2022)
7 Unique Android Browsers That Offer Something Special (9/2018)
Anonym surfen mit Tor – so geht’s (2/2018 - 8/2019)
Die besten Browser für Android (7/2017 - 6/2023)
uBlock Origin konfigurieren (11/2016 - 5/2019)
Security-Add-ons für Firefox (Android) (1/2016 - 12/2020)
Android-Browser schneller machen: Tipps für Chrome, Firefox & Co. (6/2015 - 5/2019)
Anonym Surfen mit Android: Der Inkognito-Modus und warum er wichtig ist (9/2014 - 2/2016)
Die besten Browser für Android (4/2014 - 4/2021)
Need for speed – What’s the fastest Android browser? (1/2014 - 4/2022)
Die besten Android-Browser auf einen Blick (5/2013 - 1/2018)

2025-03-15

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