Web Browsers

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2023-05-20

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
FOSS Browser (5@1) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / FOSS Browser (3.7@411) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.7@9,951) Ǥ 22 1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.2@150,580) 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
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.6@48,072) Ǥ 20 4 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.3@122,257) Ǥ 20 4
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.5@30,440) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Opera Mini: Fast Web Browser (4.4@8,509,357) Ǥ 28 10
UC Mini-Download Video Status (4.4@4,897,091) Ǥ 42 2 LastUpdate: 2021-10-27
Phoenix Browser - Fast & Safe (4.3@3,716,277) Ǥ 50 8
Web Browser & Explorer (4.3@288,796) Ǥ 21 2
Naked Browser web browser (4.3@9,161) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-24 / Naked Browser Pro / NB Pro web (4.4@1,889; ~EUR 7.25) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-11
Styx Browser (4.3@268) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-10 Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.2@103,707) Ǥ 20 3 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Yuzu Browser: web browser (4.2@1,509) 14 2 LastUpdate: 2021-03-02 Github
BeHe Pro (4.2@15) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-10
APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4.1@297,954) Ǥ 24 7
EinkBro - Fast & Light Browser (4.1@447) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
Dolphin Browser Mini (4.1@11) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
Via Browser - Fast & Light (4@111,935) 16 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Frost - Private Browser (4@3,818) Ǥ 12 7 / Frost+ Incognito Browser (4.6@749; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8 1
Tint Browser (4@1,237) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-01
Orions - Privacy Browser (3.9@3,664) 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
Lucid Browser (3.9@755) 7 2
Lightning Browser - Web Browse (3.8@13,712) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web B (3.9@1,467; ~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
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (3.7@36,336) Ǥ 12 2 / InBrowser Beta (4@1,671) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
SmartCookieWeb Privacy Browser (3.4@640) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Velocity Browser - Fast & Lite (3.4@317) 8 1 Github
Web Browser Midori Lite (3.2@699) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Yobidashi - Web Search app (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; web browser, web search, editor, app-launcher & more
Salafiyun.com (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-09 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

2023-05-23

Fennec F-Droid (5@1) Ǥ 21 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datenmitschnitt 7/2018; Datenschutz-Check 5/2021; Video-Anleitung 6/2021
Microsoft Edge: Web Browser (4.6@796,808) Ǥ 36 5 Video Review 2/2020
Firefox Fast & Private Browser (4.5@4,957,805) Ǥ 23 3 Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2020
Opera Browser: Fast & Private (4.5@4,376,926) Ǥ 25 9
UC Browser-Safe, Fast, Private (4.3@22,307,662) Ǥ 42 8 Datenschutz-~~Test~~Fail 7/2021
Ecosia: Browse to plant trees. (4.3@176,838) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
SPIN Safe Browser: Web Filter (4.3@7,733) Ǥ 24 3
Samsung Internet Browser (4.2@5,618,450) Ǥ 48 1 / Samsung Internet Browser Beta (4.3@86,991) Ǥ 47 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2017
Opera Touch (4.2@118,641) Ǥ 17 3 Vorstellung 4/2018 | 4/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 6/2019
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure (4.1@42,642,018) Ǥ 35 1 Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4@89,475) Ǥ 26 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Vivaldi Browser - Fast & Safe (3.9@39,440) 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@1,436) 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
CENO Browser: Share the Web (3.7@586) Ǥ 37 1 GitLab; a P2P web browser to circumvent censorship
Dolphin Browser: Fast, Private (3.6@2,532,442) Ǥ 21 7 LastUpdate: 2021-08-12 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@1,753) Ǥ 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 12/2019
Maxthon browser (3.2@281,491) Ǥ 31 1 Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Puffin Cloud Browser (2.9@863,552) Ǥ 19 1 / Puffin Browser Pro (3.2@24,086; ~EUR 1.25) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016; Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2023-05-23

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

DuckDuckGo Private Browser (4.7@1,919,894) 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 (4.7@1,318,962) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Wikipedia DE | EN
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.7@9,951) Ǥ 22 1 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.2@150,580) 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 (4.6@10,779) Ǥ 18 3
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.5@30,440) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-27 incl. ad-blocker
Privacy Browser (4.5@321; ~EUR 1.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
Aloha Browser (Beta) (4.4@239,399) Ǥ 21 2 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure (4.4@192,894) Ǥ 32 2
Tor Browser (4.4@191,566) Ǥ 16 3 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.3@24,479) Ǥ 15 3 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
Avast Secure Browser (4.4@21,819) Ǥ 20 3
Ghostery Privacy Browser (4.4@18,735) Ǥ 20 3
Epic Privacy Browser with VPN (4.1@12,015) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Private Internet Browser (4.1@11,944) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OH Web Browser - One handed, F (4.1@3,189) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Web Browser - Priva (4.3@451) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Dee Browser (4.1@1,210) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-26 incl. ad-blocker
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (3.9@4,288) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-11 Vorstellung 3/2016; Anti-Tracking, Ad-Blocking; also available for iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
Snap Search - Private Browser (3.9@1,267) Ǥ 6 1 Video Review 4/2020
JumpGo (3.9@74) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-15
Lightning Browser - Web Browse (3.8@13,712) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Lightning Browser Plus - Web B (3.9@1,467; ~EUR 1.50) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-02 Github
Neeva Browser & AI Search (3.8@1,085) 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (3.7@36,336) Ǥ 12 2 / InBrowser Beta (4@1,671) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.7@479) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2019-06-18 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Tenta Private VPN Browser (3.6@27,732) Ǥ 18 4
monocles browser (0@0; ~EUR 1.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
Mull (0@0) Ǥ 21 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab

Browsers for „alternative networks“

2023-05-27

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 Lite (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: gopher client (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; Gopher
Xenia Gemini Proxy (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-15 proxy to browse Gemini via a normal web browser

Bookmark Manager

2023-05-24

Bookmark Folder (4.5@5,155) Ǥ 7 3 / Bookmark Folder (Key) (4.8@214; ~EUR 3.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
PinDroid (4.4@576) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
Bookmark - Knowledge Wallet (4.3@404) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2021-08-25
Keeplink: Bookmarks manager (4.2@1,509) Ǥ 5 2
Bookmark App (4.2@141) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
floccus bookmark sync (4.2@23) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
LinkStore: Save, Read, Watch (4.1@1,339) Ǥ 9 2
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (3.9@6,708) Ǥ 10 3
xBrowserSync (3.9@167) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-18 Github; cross-browser bookmark synchronisation
Bookmarks Atavi (3.8@458) 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
Mobile Bookmarks (3.7@94) Ǥ 10 2
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
Url Forwarder (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; save bookmarks

Offline Reader

2023-06-01

Article Reader Offline (4.6@2,321) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2019-04-22 local Read-it-Later
Save as Web Archive (4.4@22,653) Ǥ 13 4
Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.2@309,003) Ǥ 15 5 Video Review 3/2019
wallabag (4@507) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-24 Github; Offizielle Anleitung; Open Source Read-it-later
MHTML Viewer (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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

2023-05-23

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@1,589) 18 1 Github
Hermit — Lite Apps Browser (4.4@19,717) Ǥ 15 3 sandboxed containers for your „web apps“
Memex Go (4.4@51) 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 (4.1@8,859) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github
Open Link With... (4.1@3,825) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-11-27 open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
Easy Open Link (4.1@277) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
App Redirect (4@868) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
WebApps Sandboxed Browser (3.9@200) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-05-29 Github; sandbox web applications
Service Browser (3.8@153) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-12 Github; inspect and modify web pages
Linkhub - A smart link manager (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
Sharchive (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; open page in Archive.org or Archive.is from the share sheet
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
AnyWebView (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; GUI to select the WebView to be used
URLCheck (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
twitter2nitter (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; share Twitter-Links as Nitter-Links
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
ChromeXt (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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)
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)

2023-06-01

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