Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2021-07-20

Ninja (5@2) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
FOSS Browser (5@1) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / FOSS Browser (3.2@398) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2018; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
EinkBro (4.9@41) 6 Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
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 for Android (4.6@16) 22 2 LastUpdate: 2019-03-19
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.5@32,298) 18 4 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.4@105,065) 19 4
Styx Browser (4.5@111) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
Phoenix Browser -Video Download, Private & Fast (4.4@1,390,492) Ǥ 49 12
Browser for FIDO2 - WebAuthn - U2F (4.4@26) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ based on Lightning Browser
Opera Mini - fast web browser (4.3@31,361) Ǥ 27 13 Vorstellung 9/2015
APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4.2@294,280) Ǥ 25 9 Kurzvorstellung 8/2015
Via Browser - Fast & Light - Geek Best Choice (4.2@94,572) 11 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.2@84,483) 18 4 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Boat Browser Mini (4.2@40,562) 16 6 LastUpdate: 2016-05-04
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@34,079) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,555) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Naked Browser web browser (4.2@9,053) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-24 / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web browser (4.4@1,900; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-11
Insta Browser (4.2@3,857) 18 LastUpdate: 2017-06-12 Incognito mode, ad blocker, download manager
Alpha Browser: Fast and secure with article reader (4.2@54) 10 3
BeHe Pro (4.2@15) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-10
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.1@28,164) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Frost - Private Browser (4.1@3,768) Ǥ 7 7 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.4@725; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 7 1
Web Browser & Explorer (4.1@3,746) 20 4
Ultrasurf Plus web browser (4.1@266) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-08-26
Dolphin Browser® Mini (4.1@11) 13 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
UC Mini-Download Video Status & Movies (4@4,717,012) Ǥ 42 3
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4@3,671) 11 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.1@65,630) 11 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
Tint Browser (4@1,237) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-01 / Tint Browser Mobile View addon (4.2@139) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-28
Frog Browser (4@758) 6 LastUpdate: 2014-10-23
Lite Speed Browser Super Fast (4@656) 9 3 LastUpdate: 2018-05-28
Old But Gold Internet Browser (4@131) 3 3 LastUpdate: 2015-02-16 IE 6.1 for Android Vorstellung 11/2014
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,421) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4@1,471; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Rocket Browser (3.9@8,135) 7 4
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (3.9@2,920) Ǥ 13 1 Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
SmartCookieWeb: Secure Web Browser (3.9@396) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Ghost Browser - Incognito (3.9@120) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
Omega Web Browser for Android! (3.9@40) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-26
Yuzu Browser: web browser (3.8@1,332) 14 2 Github
Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,918) 13 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
Lucid Browser (3.7@728) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2019-01-16
Midori (3.6@330) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
WebMonkey (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; simple WebView with GreaseMonkey built-in
G - Web Browser � - Privacy internet browser (0@0) Ǥ 6 2 Github; includes ad blocker
jQuarks viewer (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; includes ad blocker; features offline reading
Salafiyun.com (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; with ad-blocker & night-mode

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2021-07-20

Fennec F-Droid (5@1) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datenmitschnitt 7/2018; Datenschutz-Check 5/2021; Video-Anleitung 6/2021
Ecosia - Trees & Privacy (4.7@132,973) Ǥ 30 1 Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Opera Browser: Fast & Private (4.5@3,769,460) Ǥ 25 9
Microsoft Edge: Web Browser (4.5@355,596) Ǥ 37 7 Video Review 2/2020
Firefox Browser: fast, private & safe web browser (4.4@4,060,252) Ǥ 20 3 Vorstellung 4/2014; Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
Samsung Internet Browser (4.4@4,033,258) Ǥ 50 1 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.4@2,224) Ǥ 50 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Mercury Browser (4.3@26,272) 13 2 LastUpdate: 2015-08-17
SPIN Safe Browser: Best Filtered Website Browser (4.3@4,603) Ǥ 30 2
Pale Moon web browser (4.3@2,455) 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-07
Opera Touch: fast, new & modern web browser (4.2@101,456) Ǥ 17 4 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.1@32,485,744) Ǥ 34 1 Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
Dolphin Browser - Fast, Private & Adblock� (4.1@2,533,718) Ǥ 22 7 Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Boat Browser (4.1@95,715) 15 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-29
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.1@45,987) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019; Intro 4/2020
Vivaldi: Private Browser for Android (4.1@25,017) Ǥ 31 1 Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019
Maxthon browser (4@281,874) 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Maxthon Web Browser for Tablet (4.7@15) 14 2 LastUpdate: 2014-12-20 Vorstellung 2/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Skyfire Web Browser 4.0 (4@20) 11 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Wikipedia DE | EN
UC Browser-Secure, Free & Fast Video Downloader (3.9@21,943,652) Ǥ 49 9
Cake Web Browser-Free VPN, Fast, Private, Adblock (3.9@30,040) Ǥ 19 4 Vorstellung 10/2019
Surfy Browser - Best UI, AdBlock, Text-to-Speech (3.9@1,403) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Osiris Browser: No Ads, Secure Hyper Speed Browser (3.9@1,310) Ǥ 29 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 12/2019
Habit Browser (3.8@10,238) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Omigo Browser - Ad Blocker, Fast & Private Browser (3.6@1,716) Ǥ 20 9 LastUpdate: 2019-02-25
Puffin Web Browser (3.3@804,681) Ǥ 21 4 / Puffin Browser Pro (3@22,689; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser
IceCatMobile (0@0) Ǥ 30 open source Firefox ESR fork with additional security features; Wikipedia; FSF (with addon list)

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2021-07-20

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

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.7@1,217,706) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 1/2018 | 4/2018; Kurzvorstellung 5/2015; Intro 10/2018 | 3/2019; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019 | 6/2021; incl. tracking protection, site rating & TOSDR
Brave Private Browser: Secure, fast web browser (4.6@516,513) Ǥ 27 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
Aloha Browser - private fast browser with free VPN (4.4@220,046) Ǥ 19 6 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Tor Browser: Official, Private, & Secure (4.4@103,806) Ǥ 16 3 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.1@18,071) Ǥ 15 4 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Privacy Browser (4.4@265; ~EUR 1.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
AVG Browser: Fast Browser + VPN & Ad Block (4.3@4,392) Ǥ 15 1
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@34,079) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,555) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Epic Privacy Browser - AdBlocker, Vault, Free VPN (4.2@9,950) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Orfox (4.2@11) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-09-06 Vorstellung 8/2015
Adblock Browser: Block ads, browse faster (4.1@164,831) Ǥ 38 3 Vorstellung 9/2015; Intro 9/2015 (with video)
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.1@28,164) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Private Browser (4.1@6,092) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (4@4,333) Ǥ 10 2 Vorstellung 3/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (4@3,671) 11 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4.1@65,630) 11 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
OH Web Browser - One handed, Fast & Privacy (4@2,591) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Privacy by design (4.2@341) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Dee Browser (4@1,218) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-26 incl. ad-blocker
Snap Search: Incognito Browser & Secure Search (4@788) Ǥ 6 2 Video Review 4/2020
Tenta Private VPN Browser + Ad Blocker (Beta) (3.9@26,845) Ǥ 15 1
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,421) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4@1,471; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github; Vorstellung 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014
Ghost Browser - Incognito (3.9@120) 7 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
JumpGo (3.9@74) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
Keepsafe Browser: Stay Private with a VPN & Vault (3.8@670) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-11-25 Vorstellung 6/2018
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.8@460) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2019-06-18 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Ghostery Privacy Browser (3.5@16,689) Ǥ 20 4 Kurzvorstellung 1/2015
monocles browser (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
Mull (0@0) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab

Browsers for „alternative networks“

2021-07-10

Ariane (4.8@50) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg; Project Gemini
deedum (4.7@22) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Project Gemini
ZeroNet (4.5@38) 7 1 Github; ZeroNet Network
Thor - IPFS Browser (4.5@17) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; with focus on IPFS
Phaedra (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg; Project Gemini; client supporting older devices (Android 2.3+) via Conscrypt

Bookmark Manager

2021-07-13

VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (4.4@5,738) Ǥ 10 4
Bookmark Folder (4.3@4,060) Ǥ 7 3 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.6@172; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
NEO Bookmark (3.9@647) 5 1 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.2@68; ~EUR 2.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
Bookmark App (3.9@128) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
PinDroid (3.8@579) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
My Bookmarks (Free) (3.7@1,902) Ǥ 12 6 / MyBookmark Pro add-on (4@111) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
xBrowserSync (3.7@109) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.7@71) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2019-10-24
Bookmarks Atavi (3.4@430) 3 7 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
Nextcloud Bookmarks (3.1@27; ~EUR 0.75) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Save to Nextcloud Bookmarks (2.5@11) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-02 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
Anchr - Bookmarks Manager (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Offline Reader

2021-07-15

Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.7@292,617) Ǥ 14 3 Review 2/2015 | 6/2015; Video Review 3/2019
Article Reader Offline (4.5@2,012) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
Save as Web Archive (4.4@21,321) Ǥ 11 4
wallabag (4.2@462) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Open Source Read-it-later
Save For Offline (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-12 Github; Open Source read-it-later; downloads entire page for offline reading

Various Web Browser Tools

2021-07-20

HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.8@1,276) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
URLander (4.5@101) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-02-19 auto-select browser OR APP based on URL (e.g. always open FB links in the FB app)
URL Shortener (4.4@9,011) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2019-01-29
Link Bubble (4.2@32,227) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 Vorstellung 8/2015; Video Demo 9/2014; Intro 8/2015; Github
Open Link With... (4.2@2,741) Ǥ 7 3 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
URL Manager (4.2@1,398) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2018-03-05 Link shortener/expander
Browser Auto Selector Free (4.2@196) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-29 auto-select browser based on URL/domains
Memex Go (4.2@23) Ǥ 12 5 sync bookmarks; also available for iOS, Firefox, Chrome
Easy Open Link (4.2@10) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
Lynket Browser (previously Chromer) (4.1@8,806) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github; Intro 12/2015 | 12/2015
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (4.1@171) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sandbox web applications
Browser Swap Lite (3.9@526) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-02 auto-select browser based on connection type (WiFi/2G/3G) and URL
App Redirect (3.6@855) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
Bonjour Browser (3.5@41) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Discover web portals of devices in your local network and connect with one click
UntrackMe (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / UntrackMe Lite (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Save (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-22 Github; Save links to read them later
NotifyAvailability (0@0) Ǥ 13 1 LastUpdate: 2019-01-07 Github; check when a string has appeared on a webpage
NeoLinker (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ choose which browser to open a link with
Léon – The URL Cleaner (Beta) (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
URLSanitizer (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; strip tracking parameter from shared URLs
liteshort (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; link shortener

Further Readings:

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)
Android-Apps ersetzen: Browser (2/2020)
Web Browsers For Android (6/2019)
Best Android browsers (5/2019)
Add-on „uBlock Origin“ richtig einstellen (Firefox für Android) (5/2019)
Best Private Browser Apps for Android & iOS Users (3/2019)
Private Browser & incognito Browsers (1/2019)
Read-It-Later App Showdown: Instapaper vs. Pocket (1/2019)
Best private browser apps for anonymous and safe web browsing (12/2018)
7 Unique Android Browsers That Offer Something Special (9/2018)
Anonym surfen mit Tor – so geht’s (2/2018 - 8/2019)
Surfen mit Tor (Android) (1/2016-2/2018)
Die besten Browser für Android (7/2017 - 5/2018)
uBlock Origin konfigurieren (11/2016)
Security-Add-ons für Firefox (Android) (1/2016 - 11/2017)
The Best Web Browser for Android (8/2015)
Android-Browser schneller machen: Tipps für Chrome, Firefox & Co. (6/2015 - 5/2016)
Sicher surfen trotz Android 4.3 (2/2015)
Anonym Surfen mit Android: Der Inkognito-Modus und warum er wichtig ist (9/2014 - 2/2016)
Die Top 5 der gratis Android Internet Browser (8/2014)
Die besten Browser für Android (4/2014 - 8/2018)
Need for speed – What’s the fastest Android browser? (1/2014 - 5/2018)
Die besten Android-Browser auf einen Blick (5/2013 - 1/2018)

2021-07-25

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