Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2021-10-04

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 (3.3@401) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 9/2018; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
EinkBro (4.9@65) 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@33,816) 20 4 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.4@107,774) 20 4
Phoenix Browser -Video Download, Private & Fast (4.4@1,768,871) Ǥ 49 12
Web Browser & Explorer (4.4@279,745) 21 4
Opera Mini - fast web browser (4.3@7,797,250) Ǥ 27 10 Vorstellung 9/2015
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.3@87,413) 20 4 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Browser for FIDO2 - WebAuthn - U2F (4.3@31) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ based on Lightning Browser
APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4.2@294,739) Ǥ 25 9 Kurzvorstellung 8/2015
Via Browser - Fast & Light - Geek Best Choice (4.2@97,173) 12 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@34,355) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,568) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Naked Browser web browser (4.2@9,069) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-24 / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web browser (4.4@1,904; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-11
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@28,304) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Frost - Private Browser (4.1@3,775) Ǥ 7 7 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.4@728; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 7 1
Styx Browser (4.1@223) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
Alpha Browser: Fast and secure with article reader (4.1@56) 10 3
Dolphin Browser® Mini (4.1@11) 13 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
UC Mini-Download Video Status & Movies (4@4,746,596) Ǥ 42 2
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (4@3,038) 12 1 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
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,455) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4.1@1,470; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Rocket Browser (3.9@8,135) 7 4
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (3.9@3,720) 13 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4@66,514) 14 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
Yuzu Browser: web browser (3.9@1,366) 14 2 Github
SmartCookieWeb: Secure Web Browser (3.9@430) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Ninesky Browser (3.7@42,918) 13 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-10
Lucid Browser (3.7@733) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2019-01-16
Midori Browser Lite: Light, Fast & Safe (3.6@346) 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

2021-10-04

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@135,119) Ǥ 30 1 Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Firefox Browser: fast, private & safe web browser (4.5@4,160,753) Ǥ 20 3 Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
Opera Browser: Fast & Private (4.5@3,848,935) Ǥ 25 11
Samsung Internet Browser (4.4@4,381,109) Ǥ 50 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.4@72,861) Ǥ 50 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Microsoft Edge: Web Browser (4.4@381,416) Ǥ 34 3 Video Review 2/2020
SPIN Safe Browser: Best Filtered Website Browser (4.4@4,975) Ǥ 21 3
Opera Touch: fast, new & modern web browser (4.2@105,527) Ǥ 17 4 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.2@51,609) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019 | 2/2020; Intro 4/2020
Vivaldi: Private Browser for Android (4.2@27,882) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.1@34,232,858) Ǥ 34 1 Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
Dolphin Browser - Fast, Private & Adblock� (4.1@2,533,550) Ǥ 21 7 Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Boat Browser (4.1@95,715) 15 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-29
Maxthon browser (4@281,784) Ǥ 32 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Maxthon Web Browser for Tablet (4.7@15) 14 2 LastUpdate: 2014-12-20 Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Osiris Browser: No Ads, Secure Hyper Speed Browser (4@1,366) Ǥ 28 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 12/2019
Skyfire Web Browser 4.0 (4@20) 11 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Wikipedia DE | EN
UC Browser-Secure, Free & Fast Video Downloader (3.9@21,989,469) Ǥ 49 9 Datenschutz-~~Test~~Fail 7/2021
Cake Web Browser-Free VPN, Fast, Private, Adblock (3.9@30,349) Ǥ 19 4 Vorstellung 10/2019
Surfy Browser - Best UI, AdBlock, Text-to-Speech (3.9@1,407) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Habit Browser (3.8@10,241) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Puffin Web Browser (3.4@823,303) Ǥ 22 6 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.4@23,014; ~EUR 5.00) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2021-10-04

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

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.8@1,318,353) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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, free web browser (4.7@591,915) Ǥ 27 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
Aloha Browser - private fast browser with free VPN (4.4@223,508) Ǥ 19 7 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Tor Browser: Official, Private, & Secure (4.4@115,326) Ǥ 16 3 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.1@18,680) Ǥ 15 3 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
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@34,355) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,568) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Epic Privacy Browser - AdBlocker, Vault, Free VPN (4.2@10,313) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
AVG Browser: Fast Browser + VPN & Ad Block (4.2@5,045) Ǥ 15 2
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@167,942) Ǥ 37 2 Vorstellung 9/2015; Intro 9/2015 (with video)
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.1@28,304) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Private Browser (4.1@6,363) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OH Web Browser - One handed, Fast & Privacy (4.1@2,650) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Privacy by design (4.2@348) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (4@4,323) Ǥ 10 2 Vorstellung 3/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
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@802) Ǥ 6 2 Video Review 4/2020
Tenta Private VPN Browser + Ad Blocker (Beta) (3.9@26,976) Ǥ 14 2
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.9@13,455) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4.1@1,470; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Firefox Klar: The privacy browser (3.9@3,720) 13 1 / Firefox Focus: The privacy browser (4@66,514) 14 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
JumpGo (3.9@74) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.7@462) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2019-06-18 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Ghostery Privacy Browser (3.6@16,756) 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“

2021-10-18

Ariane (4.8@64) 6 2 Codeberg; Project Gemini
deedum (4.6@26) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Project Gemini
ZeroNet (4.5@38) 7 1 Github; ZeroNet Network
Thor - IPFS Browser (4.3@19) 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
Xenia Gemini Proxy (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ proxy to browse Gemini via a normal web browser

Bookmark Manager

2021-10-17

Bookmark Folder (4.4@4,237) Ǥ 7 3 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.6@183; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (4.3@5,970) Ǥ 10 4
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@133) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
My Bookmarks (Free) (3.7@1,907) Ǥ 12 6 / MyBookmark Pro add-on (4.1@112) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-12
PinDroid (3.7@578) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
xBrowserSync (3.7@117) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.7@72) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2019-10-24
Bookmarks Atavi (3.4@436) 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

2021-10-21

Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.7@295,795) Ǥ 14 2 Review 2/2015 | 6/2015; Video Review 3/2019
Article Reader Offline (4.5@2,080) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
Save as Web Archive (4.4@21,585) Ǥ 11 4
wallabag (4.3@466) 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

2021-10-04

HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.8@1,315) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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)
Link Bubble (4.2@32,227) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-02 Vorstellung 8/2015; Intro 8/2015; Github
Open Link With... (4.2@2,842) Ǥ 7 3 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
Lynket Browser (previously Chromer) (4.1@8,816) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github; Intro 12/2015 | 12/2015
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (4.1@178) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sandbox web applications
Memex Go (4.1@26) Ǥ 12 5 sync bookmarks; also available for iOS, Firefox, Chrome
Browser Swap Lite (3.9@530) 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 (3.5@852) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
Bonjour Browser (3.5@42) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Discover web portals of devices in your local network and connect with one click
Easy Open Link (3.4@234) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
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
Web Inspector (fork) (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; inspect and modify web pages
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
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 - 8/2021)
Android-Apps ersetzen: Browser (2/2020)
Web Browsers For Android (6/2019 - 12/2019)
Best Android browsers (5/2019 - 7/2021)
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 - 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 - 6/2021)
uBlock Origin konfigurieren (11/2016 - 5/2019)
Security-Add-ons für Firefox (Android) (1/2016 - 12/2020)
The Best Web Browser for Android (8/2015)
Android-Browser schneller machen: Tipps für Chrome, Firefox & Co. (6/2015 - 5/2019)
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 besten Browser für Android (4/2014 - 4/2021)
Need for speed – What’s the fastest Android browser? (1/2014 - 7/2021)
Die besten Android-Browser auf einen Blick (5/2013 - 1/2018)

2021-10-22

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