Web Browsers
Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers
2023-01-24
- Browser for FIDO2 - WebAuthn - (5@34) 10
LastUpdate: 2020-11-30 based on Lightning Browser
- Ninja (5@2) 6
LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
- FOSS Browser (5@1) 9
/ FOSS Browser (3.7@413) 6
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
- Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.6@45,899) Ǥ 20
4
/ Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.3@120,153) Ǥ 20
4
- Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.6@30,270) 6
LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
- Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@8,528) Ǥ 22
1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.2@132,871) Ǥ 21
2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
- Opera Mini: Fast Web Browser (4.4@8,400,737) Ǥ 28
6
- UC Mini-Download Video Status (4.4@4,875,648) Ǥ 42
2
- Phoenix Browser - Fast & Safe (4.3@3,478,668) Ǥ 50
8
- Web Browser & Explorer (4.3@287,460) Ǥ 21
2
- Naked Browser web browser (4.3@9,163) 5
LastUpdate: 2019-08-24 / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web (4.4@1,893; ~EUR 7.25) 11
LastUpdate: 2019-08-11
- Styx Browser (4.3@268) 12
Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
- Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.2@101,336) Ǥ 20
3
incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
- InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@35,831) 5
LastUpdate: 2021-04-23 / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,660) 5
LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
- Yuzu Browser: web browser (4.2@1,495) 14
2
LastUpdate: 2021-03-02 Github
- BeHe Pro (4.2@15) 6
LastUpdate: 2017-06-10
- EinkBro - Fast & Light Browser (4.1@360) 9
Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
- Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 11
LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
- APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4@298,069) Ǥ 26
7
- Frost - Private Browser (4@3,815) Ǥ 12
7
/ Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.6@740; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8
1
- Orions - Privacy Browser (4@3,534) Ǥ 13
Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
- Tint Browser (4@1,237) 4
LastUpdate: 2014-02-01
- Lucid Browser (4@756) 6
3
LastUpdate: 2019-01-16
- Via Browser - Fast & Light (3.9@110,246) 14
1
Vorstellung 8/2017
- Lightning Browser - Web Browse (3.8@13,694) 11
LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web B (3.9@1,475; ~EUR 1.50) 11
LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
- Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,918) 13
3
LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
- SmartCookieWeb Privacy Browser (3.4@614) 9
Github
- Velocity Browser - Fast & Lite (3.4@316) 8
1
Github
- Web Browser Midori Lite (3.3@662) 15
GitLab
- Alpha Browser: Fast and secure (2@56) 10
3
LastUpdate: 2020-11-21
- WebMonkey (0@0) 1
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
GitLab; includes ad blocker; features offline reading
- Yobidashi - Web Search app (0@0) 7
Github; web browser, web search, editor, app-launcher & more
- Salafiyun.com (0@0) 3
LastUpdate: 2021-07-09 Github; with ad-blocker & night-mode
- Fulguris Web Browser (0@0) 11
Github; ad blocker included
Feature-rich Web Browsers
2023-01-27
- Fennec F-Droid (5@1) Ǥ 21
Datenmitschnitt 7/2018; Datenschutz-Check 5/2021; Video-Anleitung 6/2021
- Firefox Fast & Private Browser (4.6@4,825,691) Ǥ 23
3
Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
- Microsoft Edge: Web Browser (4.6@656,125) Ǥ 36
5 Video Review 2/2020
- Opera Browser: Fast & Private (4.5@4,292,821) Ǥ 26
8
- Ecosia: Browse to plant trees. (4.3@175,773) Ǥ 30
Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
- UC Browser-Safe, Fast, Private (4.2@22,264,435) Ǥ 44
8
Datenschutz-
TestFail 7/2021 - Samsung Internet Browser (4.2@5,506,628) Ǥ 48
1
/ Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.3@85,566) Ǥ 47
Vorstellung 8/2017
- Opera Touch (4.2@117,501) Ǥ 17
3
Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
- SPIN Safe Browser: Web Filter (4.2@7,339) Ǥ 24
3
- CENO Browser: Share the Web (4.2@410) Ǥ 36
1 GitLab; a P2P web browser to circumvent censorship
- Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.1@41,698,004) Ǥ 35
Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
- Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4@85,033) Ǥ 33
Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019 | 2/2020; Intro 4/2020
- Skyfire (4@20) 15
LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Wikipedia DE | EN
- Habit Browser (3.9@10,301) Ǥ 14
2
LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
- Vivaldi Browser: Smart & Swift (3.8@37,563) Ǥ 30
Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019; Review 8/2020
- Surfy Browser: text-to-speech (3.7@1,433) Ǥ 12
LastUpdate: 2020-08-18 Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
- Dolphin Browser: Fast, Private (3.6@2,535,557) Ǥ 21
7
Wikipedia DE |EN;
caught multiple times to leak your private data
- Cake Web Browser (3.6@31,080) Ǥ 15
4
Vorstellung 10/2019
- Osiris: Private Web Browser (3.6@1,676) Ǥ 30
Review 12/2019
- Maxthon browser (3.3@281,947) Ǥ 31
1
Wikipedia DE | EN;
Security Warning 7/2016
- Puffin Cloud Browser (2.9@858,807) Ǥ 22
8
/ Puffin Browser Pro (3.2@24,086; ~EUR 1.25) Ǥ 17
Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser
Web Browsers focussed on Privacy
2023-01-27
Note: a privacy-focused browser coming with trackers is doubtful at best.
- DuckDuckGo Private Browser (4.7@1,824,567) 19
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@1,105,144) Ǥ 25
Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
- Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.6@30,270) 6
LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
- Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@8,528) Ǥ 22
1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.2@132,871) Ǥ 21
2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
- AVG Secure Browser (4.5@9,962) Ǥ 18
3
- Privacy Browser (4.5@308; ~EUR 1.00) 2
trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
- Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure (4.4@188,484) Ǥ 39
2
- Ghostery Privacy Browser (4.4@18,357) Ǥ 20
3
- Aloha Browser (Beta) (4.3@238,062) Ǥ 21
3
ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
- Tor Browser (4.3@181,789) Ǥ 16
3
/ Tor Browser (Alpha) (4@23,625) Ǥ 15
3
Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
- Avast Secure Browser (4.3@20,407) Ǥ 20
3
- InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@35,831) 5
LastUpdate: 2021-04-23 / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,660) 5
LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
- Epic Privacy Browser - AdBlock (4.1@11,837) Ǥ 23
- Private Internet Browser (4.1@10,140) 4
- OH Web Browser - One handed, F (4.1@3,135) Ǥ 9
/ OH Private Web Browser - Priva (4.3@438) Ǥ 9
Video Intro 5/2019
- Dee Browser (4.1@1,212) 7
LastUpdate: 2019-11-26 incl. ad-blocker
- Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (3.9@4,298) Ǥ 10
LastUpdate: 2021-07-11 Vorstellung 3/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
- Snap Search - Private Browser (3.9@1,189) Ǥ 6
1
Video Review 4/2020
- JumpGo (3.9@74) 10
LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
- Tenta Private VPN Browser (3.8@27,641) Ǥ 18
4
- Lightning Browser - Web Browse (3.8@13,694) 11
LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web B (3.9@1,475; ~EUR 1.50) 11
LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
- Neeva Browser & Search Engine (3.8@572) 16
Github
- Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.7@478) Ǥ 16
2
LastUpdate: 2019-06-18 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
- monocles browser (0@0; ~EUR 1.00) 2
Codeberg
- Mull (0@0) Ǥ 21
GitLab
Browsers for „alternative networks“
2023-01-11
- deedum (5@27) 2
Github; Project Gemini
- ZeroNet (4.5@38) 7
1
LastUpdate: 2020-10-01 Github; ZeroNet Network
- Thor - IPFS Browser (4@20) 7
GitLab; with focus on IPFS
- Buran (0@0) 7
Github; Project Gemini
- Phaedra (0@0) 1
LastUpdate: 2021-01-18 Codeberg; Project Gemini; client supporting older devices (Android 2.3+) via Conscrypt
- gophercle: gopher client (0@0) 1
GitLab; Gopher
- Xenia Gemini Proxy (0@0) 2
proxy to browse Gemini via a normal web browser
Bookmark Manager
2023-01-27
- Bookmark Folder (4.5@5,028) Ǥ 7
3
/ Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.8@208; ~EUR 3.00) 0
- PinDroid (4.4@576) 9
LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
- Bookmark - Knowledge Wallet (4.3@407) Ǥ 13
3
- Keeplink: Bookmarks manager (4.2@1,397) Ǥ 5
2
- LinkStore: Save, Read, Watch (4.2@1,234) Ǥ 9
2
- Bookmark App (4.2@140) Ǥ 10
4
LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
- VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (3.9@6,587) Ǥ 10
3
- Bookmarks Atavi (3.8@454) 3
7
LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
- xBrowserSync (3.8@164) 7
LastUpdate: 2020-04-18 Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
- My Bookmarks (3.7@1,906) Ǥ 13
6
/ MyBookmark Pro add-on (4@114) Ǥ 1
LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
- Mobile Bookmarks (3.7@87) Ǥ 10
2
- Nextcloud Bookmarks (3.1@27; ~EUR 0.75) 2
LastUpdate: 2021-04-05 Github
- Save to Nextcloud Bookmarks (2.5@11) 1
LastUpdate: 2017-09-02 Github
- NC Bookmark Viewer (2.3@4) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-08-03 GitLab; view, add and edit bookmarks in your Nextcloud
- Anchr for Android (0@0) 3
Github
- Url Forwarder (0@0) 0
Github; save bookmarks
- floccus bookmark sync (0@0) 4
Github
Offline Reader
2023-01-15
- Article Reader Offline (4.6@2,283) Ǥ 8
2
LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
- Save as Web Archive (4.4@22,446) Ǥ 13
4
- Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.2@307,606) Ǥ 16
5 Video Review 3/2019
- wallabag (4@497) 6
LastUpdate: 2021-06-24 Github; Offizielle Anleitung; Open Source Read-it-later
- Save For Offline (0@0) 4
LastUpdate: 2016-02-12 Github; Open Source read-it-later; downloads entire page for offline reading
Various Web Browser Tools
2023-01-27
- URLander (5@101) 0
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
Github; Discover web portals of devices in your local network and connect with one click
- HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.8@1,552) 17
1 Github
- Hermit — Lite Apps Browser (4.3@19,449) Ǥ 15
3 sandboxed containers for your „web apps“
- Memex Go (4.3@49) Ǥ 9
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 (4.1@8,874) Ǥ 11
1
LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github
- Open Link With... (4.1@3,707) Ǥ 7
3
LastUpdate: 2020-11-27 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
- Easy Open Link (4.1@262) 1
Codeberg
- App Redirect (4@867) Ǥ 5
2
LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
- Service Browser (4@147) 2
Github
- WebApps Sandboxed Browser (3.9@200) 5
LastUpdate: 2021-05-29 Github; sandbox web applications
- Browser Swap Lite (3@529) 4
LastUpdate: 2013-02-02 auto-select browser based on connection type (WiFi/2G/3G) and URL
- UntrackMe (0@0) 2
/ UntrackMe Lite (0@0) 2
transform Youtube and Twitter links into Invidious and Nitter links
- ShareToBrowser (0@0) 0
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
Github; inspect and modify web pages
- Linkhub - A smart link manager (0@0) 2
Github
- Url Checker (0@0) 3
Github
- Save (0@0) 4
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
- Sharchive (0@0) 1
Github; open page in Archive.org or Archive.is from the share sheet
- NeoLinker (0@0) 0
LastUpdate: 2020-02-29 choose which browser to open a link with
- Markdownr (0@0) 1
Github; share links in Markdown format
- Léon – The URL Cleaner (0@0) 0
Github
- URLCheck (0@0) 1
Github
- IdiomReplaceX Browser App (0@0) 10
Github; browser with text filtering
- twitter2nitter (0@0) 0
Github; share Twitter-Links as Nitter-Links
- link eye (0@0) 1
GitLab; open url with your preffered app
- URLSanitizer (0@0) 1
Github; strip tracking parameter from shared URLs
- liteshort (0@0) 1
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)
- 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 - 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)
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