Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2022-09-10

Browser for FIDO2 - WebAuthn - (5@34) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-11-30 based on Lightning Browser
Ninja (5@2) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
Velocity Browser - Fast & Lite (5@1) 8 1 Github
FOSS Browser (5@1) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / FOSS Browser (3.6@405) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.6@29,818) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@6,677) 19 1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.3@105,991) 18 2 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 - Secure Explorer (4.5@43,059) Ǥ 20 4 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.3@116,947) Ǥ 20 4
EinkBro - Fast & Light Browser (4.5@236) 7 Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
UC Mini-Download Video Status (4.4@4,852,175) Ǥ 42 2
Opera Mini: Fast Web Browser (4.3@8,264,365) Ǥ 28 11
Phoenix Browser - Fast & Safe (4.3@3,131,522) Ǥ 45 8
Naked Browser web browser (4.3@9,154) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-24 / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web (4.4@1,903; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-11
Styx Browser (4.3@268) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
Web Browser & Explorer (4.2@285,003) Ǥ 21 3
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@35,492) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,647) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
BeHe Pro (4.2@15) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-10
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.1@98,294) Ǥ 20 3 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Yuzu Browser: web browser (4.1@1,471) 14 2 LastUpdate: 2021-03-02 Github
Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4@297,596) Ǥ 26 7
Frost - Private Browser (4@3,800) Ǥ 12 7 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.6@732; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8 1
Orions - Privacy Browser (4@3,357) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
Tint Browser (4@1,237) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-01
Lucid Browser (4@753) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2019-01-16
Via Browser - Fast & Light (3.8@107,146) 14 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Lightning Browser - Web Browse (3.8@13,647) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web B (3.9@1,477; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,918) 13 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
SmartCookieWeb Privacy Browser (3.4@573) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Web Browser Midori Lite (3.3@583) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Alpha Browser: Fast and secure (2@56) 10 3 LastUpdate: 2020-11-21
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) 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
Fulguris Web Browser (0@0) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; ad blocker included

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2022-09-13

Fennec F-Droid (5@1) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datenmitschnitt 7/2018; Datenschutz-Check 5/2021; Video-Anleitung 6/2021
Microsoft Edge: Web Browser (4.6@558,422) Ǥ 36 3 Video Review 2/2020
Firefox Fast & Private Browser (4.5@4,638,930) Ǥ 20 3 Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
Opera Browser: Fast & Private (4.5@4,189,532) Ǥ 26 8
Samsung Internet Browser (4.3@5,381,796) Ǥ 49 2 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.4@83,194) Ǥ 47 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2017
Ecosia: Browse to plant trees. (4.3@174,097) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Opera Touch (4.3@114,978) Ǥ 17 3 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
UC Browser-Safe, Fast, Private (4.2@22,208,284) Ǥ 49 8 Datenschutz-~~Test~~Fail 7/2021
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.2@78,759) Ǥ 34 3 Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019 | 2/2020; Intro 4/2020
SPIN Safe Browser (4.2@6,794) Ǥ 21 3
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.1@40,469,749) Ǥ 35 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
Skyfire (4@20) 15 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Wikipedia DE | EN
Vivaldi Browser: Smart & Swift (3.9@35,559) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019; Review 8/2020
Habit Browser (3.9@10,301) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Surfy Browser: text-to-speech (3.7@1,426) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-18 Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Dolphin Browser: Fast, Private (3.6@2,536,316) Ǥ 21 7 Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Cake Web Browser (3.6@31,080) Ǥ 17 4 Vorstellung 10/2019
Osiris: Private Web Browser (3.6@1,639) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 12/2019
Maxthon browser (3.4@282,049) Ǥ 31 1 Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Puffin Web Browser (2.9@854,067) Ǥ 21 6 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.3@23,806; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2022-09-13

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

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.6@1,705,832) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Brave Private Web Browser (4.6@980,869) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.6@29,818) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@6,677) 19 1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.3@105,991) 18 2 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@299; ~EUR 1.25) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
AVG Secure Browser (4.4@8,809) Ǥ 18 4
Aloha Browser (Beta) (4.3@235,079) Ǥ 19 3 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Avast Secure Browser (4.3@18,314) Ǥ 20 3
Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure (4.2@182,190) Ǥ 39 2
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@35,492) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,647) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Tor Browser (4.1@164,579) Ǥ 16 3 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.1@22,226) Ǥ 15 3 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Ghostery Privacy Browser (4.1@17,834) Ǥ 20 3
Private Browser (4.1@8,018) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OH Web Browser - One handed, F (4.1@3,024) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Priva (4.3@417) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Dee Browser (4.1@1,216) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-26 incl. ad-blocker
Epic Privacy Browser - AdBlock (4@11,584) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (3.9@4,310) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
JumpGo (3.9@74) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
Lightning Browser - Web Browse (3.8@13,647) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web B (3.9@1,477; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Snap Search: Incognito Browser (3.8@1,125) Ǥ 6 2 Video Review 4/2020
Tenta Private VPN Browser (3.7@27,390) Ǥ 18 4
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.6@472) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2019-06-18 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
monocles browser (0@0; ~EUR 1.00) 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“

2022-09-14

deedum (5@27) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Project Gemini
ZeroNet (4.5@38) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2020-10-01 Github; ZeroNet Network
Thor - IPFS Browser (4@20) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; with focus on IPFS
Buran (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; Gopher
Xenia Gemini Proxy (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ proxy to browse Gemini via a normal web browser

Bookmark Manager

2022-09-13

Bookmark App (4.8@137) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
Bookmark - Knowledge Wallet (4.6@406) Ǥ 13 3
Bookmark Folder (4.4@4,875) Ǥ 7 3 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.8@199; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-29
PinDroid (4.3@578) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
LinkStore: Save, Read, Watch (4.2@1,136) Ǥ 9 2
Keeplink: Bookmarks manager (4.1@1,267) Ǥ 5 2
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (3.9@6,443) Ǥ 10 3
xBrowserSync (3.9@157) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-18 Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Mobile Bookmarks (3.9@81) Ǥ 10 2
Bookmarks Atavi (3.8@450) 3 7 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
My Bookmarks (3.7@1,906) Ǥ 13 6 / MyBookmark Pro add-on (4@114) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
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 for Android (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
floccus bookmark sync (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Offline Reader

2022-09-18

Article Reader Offline (4.6@2,234) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
Save as Web Archive (4.4@22,257) Ǥ 13 4
Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.3@304,918) Ǥ 16 4 Video Review 3/2019
wallabag (4@490) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Offizielle Anleitung; 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

2022-09-13

URLander (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)
Bonjour Browser (5@47) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Discover web portals of devices in your local network and connect with one click
HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.8@1,499) 16 1 Github
Memex Go (4.3@45) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ sync bookmarks; also available for iOS, Firefox, Chrome
Link Bubble (4.2@32,227) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 Github
Lynket Browser (previously Chr (4.2@8,868) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github
Service Browser (4.1@133) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Open Link With... (4@3,426) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-11-27 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
App Redirect (4@863) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
Easy Open Link (4@257) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-10-13 Codeberg
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (3.9@198) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sandbox web applications
Browser Swap Lite (3@529) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-02 auto-select browser based on connection type (WiFi/2G/3G) and URL
UntrackMe (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / UntrackMe Lite (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Tarnhelm (0@0) 7 2 Github; URL cleaner
Web Inspector (fork) (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; inspect and modify web pages
Linkhub - Manage your links ea (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Url Checker (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-02-29 choose which browser to open a link with
Markdownr (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; share links in Markdown format
Léon – The URL Cleaner (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Url checker (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
IdiomReplaceX Browser App (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; browser with text filtering
link eye (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; open url with your preffered app
URLSanitizer (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; strip tracking parameter from shared URLs
liteshort (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 - 3/2022)
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)
Best private browser apps for anonymous and safe web browsing (12/2018 - 2/2021)
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 - 1/2022)
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)

2022-09-22

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