Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2022-05-25

Browser for FIDO2 - WebAuthn - U2F (5@34) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ based on Lightning Browser
Ninja (5@2) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-27 Github
FOSS Browser (5@1) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / FOSS Browser (3.6@402) 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
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@5,537) 17 1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.3@86,783) 16 2 Github; Vorstellung 6/2017 | 6/2017 | 6/2017; Mikes Einschätzung 6/2017; Intro 6/2017; Datenschutz-Check 7/2021 / Github; Review 8/2017
EinkBro - Fast & Light Browser (4.6@196) 7 Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.5@29,380) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
UC Mini-Download Video Status & Movies (4.4@4,827,301) Ǥ 42 2
Phoenix Browser - Fast & Safe (4.4@2,730,088) Ǥ 47 8
Opera Mini - fast web browser (4.3@8,112,588) Ǥ 27 12 Vorstellung 9/2015
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.3@39,583) Ǥ 20 4 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.4@114,358) Ǥ 20 4
Naked Browser web browser (4.3@9,129) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-24 / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web browser (4.4@38; ~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
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@35,191) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,621) 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 & Explorer (4.1@282,898) Ǥ 21 3
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.1@95,035) Ǥ 20 3 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Monument Browser: Ad Blocker, Privacy Focused (4.1@3,211) Ǥ 13 1 Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
Yuzu Browser: web browser (4.1@1,445) 14 2 Github
Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4@296,762) Ǥ 25 9 Kurzvorstellung 8/2015
Frost - Private Browser (4@3,799) Ǥ 7 7 LastUpdate: 2020-09-22 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.6@731; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2020-09-23
Tint Browser (4@1,237) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-01
Lucid Browser (4@752) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2019-01-16
Via Browser - Fast & Light - Geek Best Choice (3.9@104,495) 13 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.8@13,601) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4.2@26; ~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@521) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Web Browser Midori Lite (3.4@517) 13 1 GitLab
Alpha Browser: Fast and secure with article reader (2@56) 10 3
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

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2022-05-25

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@484,563) Ǥ 35 5 Video Review 2/2020
Firefox Fast & Private Browser (4.5@4,493,721) Ǥ 20 4 Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
Opera Browser: Fast & Private (4.5@4,080,410) Ǥ 26 6
Ecosia Trees & Privacy (4.5@170,251) Ǥ 30 1 Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Opera Touch (4.3@112,979) Ǥ 17 3 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.3@640) Ǥ 34 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
UC Browser-Safe, Fast, Private (4.3@324) Ǥ 49 8 Datenschutz-~~Test~~Fail 7/2021
Samsung Internet Browser (4.2@5,045,756) Ǥ 45 1 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.4@80,309) Ǥ 44 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2017
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.2@71,486) Ǥ 33 3 Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019 | 2/2020; Intro 4/2020
SPIN Safe Browser (4.1@6,161) Ǥ 21 3
Skyfire (4@20) 15 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05 Wikipedia DE | EN
Vivaldi: Private Browser (3.9@33,694) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019
Habit Browser (3.9@10,285) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-09
Surfy Browser: text-to-speech (3.7@1,420) 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 & Adblock� (3.6@2,537,148) Ǥ 21 7 Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Cake Web Browser (3.6@30,937) Ǥ 17 4 Vorstellung 10/2019
Osiris: Private Web Browser (3.6@1,585) Ǥ 27 Review 12/2019
Maxthon browser (3.4@282,161) Ǥ 32 1 Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Puffin Web Browser (2.9@848,863) Ǥ 21 6 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.3@23,656; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2022-05-25

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

DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (4.6@1,603,413) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Avast Secure Browser (4.6@16,336) Ǥ 19 4
AVG Secure Browser (4.6@7,660) Ǥ 18 4
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@5,537) 17 1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.3@86,783) 16 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 (4.6@286; ~EUR 1.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser - Private Browser (4.5@29,380) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Brave Private Web Browser (4.4@863,306) Ǥ 24 1 Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
Aloha Browser (Beta) (4.3@232,041) Ǥ 19 5 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (4.2@35,191) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / InBrowser Beta (3.9@1,621) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Epic Privacy Browser - AdBlocker, Vault, VPN (4.2@11,235) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OH Web Browser - One handed, Fast & Privacy (4.2@2,903) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Privacy by design (4.3@383) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Ghostery Privacy Browser (4.2@11) Ǥ 20 3 Kurzvorstellung 1/2015
Private Browser (4.1@7,301) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dee Browser (4.1@1,218) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-26 incl. ad-blocker
Snap Search: Incognito Browser (4.1@1,061) Ǥ 6 1 Video Review 4/2020
Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure (4@177,401) Ǥ 37 2 Vorstellung 9/2015; Intro 9/2015 (with video)
Tor Browser: Official, Private, & Secure (4@150,694) Ǥ 16 3 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.3@21,363) Ǥ 15 3 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (3.9@4,311) 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
Tenta Private VPN Browser (3.8@27,296) Ǥ 18 4
Lightning Browser - Web Browser (3.8@13,601) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web Browser (4.2@26; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.6@471) 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) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab

Browsers for „alternative networks“

2022-05-26

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) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; with focus on IPFS
Buran (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Project Gemini
Phaedra (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg; Project Gemini; client supporting older devices (Android 2.3+) via Conscrypt
gophercle (0@0) 1 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

2022-05-25

Bookmark - Knowledge Wallet (5@403) Ǥ 13 3
Bookmark App (4.8@135) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
Bookmark Folder (4.4@4,665) 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 (4.4@579) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
Mobile Bookmarks (4.3@75) Ǥ 10 2
LinkStore: Save, Read, Watch (4.2@1,067) Ǥ 9 2
Keeplink: Bookmarks manager (4.1@1,178) Ǥ 5 2
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (3.9@6,305) Ǥ 10 3
xBrowserSync (3.9@142) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-18 Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Bookmarks Atavi (3.8@447) 3 7 LastUpdate: 2017-11-05 bookmarks in the cloud
My Bookmarks (Free) (3.7@1,906) 10 5 / 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

2022-05-10

Article Reader Offline (4.5@2,184) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.4@302,189) Ǥ 14 2 Review 2/2015 | 6/2015; Video Review 3/2019
Save as Web Archive (4.4@22,070) Ǥ 11 4
wallabag (4@482) 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

2022-05-25

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@1,444) 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Memex Go (4.3@36) 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 Vorstellung 8/2015; Intro 8/2015; Github
Lynket Browser (previously Chromer) (4.2@8,858) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github; Intro 12/2015 | 12/2015
Easy Open Link (4.2@249) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-10-13 Codeberg
Service Browser (4.1@125) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Open Link With... (4@3,224) Ǥ 7 3 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
App Redirect (4@861) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (3.9@193) 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) 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
Linkhub - Manage your links easily (0@0) 2 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 (Beta) (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Url checker (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 - 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)

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