Web Browsers & Tools

Simple & Lightweight Web Browsers

2026-10-11

FOSS Browser (5@1) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / FOSS Browser (3.7@404) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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!
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@18,833) 19 2 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.6@272,540) 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 (4.5@10,059,239) Ǥ 28 8
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.5@30,696) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-09-25 incl. ad-blocker
Phoenix - Fast & Safe (4.4@4,962,934) Ǥ 49 10
UC Mini-Download Video Status (4.4@4,677,010) Ǥ 40 3
APUS Browser-Private & Fast (4.4@286,014) Ǥ 23 9
Web Browser & Web Explorer (4.4@128,062) Ǥ 22 3 incognito mode, ad blocker (but comes with ads itself?) and more
Web Browser & Explorer (4.3@284,251) Ǥ 17 3
Styx Browser (4.3@268) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-02-03 Github; incl. ad-blocker, dark mode, print mode, TTS and more
Web Browser - Secure Explorer (4.2@50,088) Ǥ 22 3 / Web Browser & Fast Explorer (4.3@129,337) Ǥ 22 4
Yuzu Browser: web browser (4.2@1,533) 12 2 LastUpdate: 2021-03-02 Github
EinkBro (4.2@581) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; optimized for E-Ink devices
Dolphin Browser® Mini (4.1@11) 13 LastUpdate: 2016-02-04
Via Browser - Fast & Light (3.9@123,818) Ǥ 23 2 Vorstellung 8/2017; Intro [6/2026](via-browser-runs-userscripts-chrome-has-never-allowed-on-mobile#via-browser-runs-userscripts-chrome-has-never-allowed-on-mobile "runs userscripts Chrome has never allowed on mobile)
Orions - Privacy Browser (3.7@4,172) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 8/2019; small, lightweight and yet feature-rich; incl. ad blocking, incognito mode, download manager & more
Frost - Private Browser (3.7@3,809) Ǥ 13 6 / Frost+ Private Browser (4.4@788; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 7 1
SmartCookieWeb Privacy Browser (3.5@759) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-02-20 Github
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (3.4@35,998) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2023-06-22 / InBrowser Beta (4.1@1,746) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
Web Browser Midori (3.4@1,556) 18 1 GitLab
Lucid Browser (2.1@769) 4 2
WebMonkey (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; simple WebView with GreaseMonkey built-in
Solipsism Browser (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
G Web: Focus Internet Browser (0@0) Ǥ 6 3 Github; includes ad blocker
jQuarks viewer (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2024-07-10 GitLab; includes ad blocker; features offline reading
Yobidashi - Web Search app (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; web browser, web search, editor, app-launcher & more
SWeb (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2025-02-21 Github; with ad-blocker & night-mode
Fulguris Web Browser (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; ad blocker included
ConsoleFlow (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; browser with automatic Eruda console injection

Feature-rich Web Browsers

2026-10-11

Fennec F-Droid (5@1) 26 2 Datenmitschnitt 7/2018; Datenschutz-Check 5/2021; Video-Anleitung 6/2021
Quetta - Video Private Browser (4.8@33,413) Ǥ 27 3 Intro [6/2026](https://www.makeuseof.com/lesser-known-android-browsers-do-what-chrome-refuses-to/#quetta-installs-chrome-extensions-on-your-android-phone "installs Chrome extensions on your Android phone)
Firefox Fast & Private Browser (4.7@6,551,534) Ǥ 28 3 Konfig-Tipps 5/2017 + 1/2018 | 11/2020; Vorteile 11/2015 - 9/2023
Opera: Privater VPN Browser (4.7@5,530,452) Ǥ 31 6
Vivaldi Browser - Fast & Safe (4.7@135,213) Ǥ 22 1 Intro 9/2019 | 9/2019; Vorstellung 9/2019; Review 8/2020
Microsoft Edge (4.6@1,612,582) Ǥ 44 8 Video Review 2/2020
UC Browser-Safe, Fast, Private (4.4@21,650,421) Ǥ 49 20 Datenschutz-~~Test~~Fail 7/2021
SPIN Safe Browser: Web Filter (4.3@10,523) Ǥ 28 3
Google Chrome (4.2@49,419,345) Ǥ 36 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Tipps 5/2016-12/2020
Samsung Browser (4.1@5,911,159) Ǥ 57 1 / Samsung Browser Beta (4.3@94,989) Ǥ 53 1 Vorstellung 8/2017
Ecosia: Search to plant trees (4.1@192,486) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 11/2018; trackt den Nutzer; Datenschutz-Test 9/2019
Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet (4.1@109,540) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Intro 8/2018; Vorstellung 7/2018 | 2/2019 | 2/2020; Intro 4/2020
Habit Browser (3.9@10,301) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2018-11-12
Surfy Browser: text-to-speech (3.7@1,427) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Howto 3/2019; w/ ad-blocker, private browsing, passcode protection, customization & more
Dolphin Browser: Fast, Private (3.6@2,448,827) Ǥ 21 7 Wikipedia DE |EN; caught multiple times to leak your private data
Cake Web Browser (3.6@31,080) Ǥ 15 4 LastUpdate: 2021-12-25 Vorstellung 10/2019
Ceno Browser: Share the Web (3.6@2,143) 25 2 GitLab; a P2P web browser to circumvent censorship
Osiris: Private Web Browser (3.6@1,753) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-06-03 Review 12/2019
Maxthon browser (3.3@268,579) Ǥ 33 2 Wikipedia DE | EN; Security Warning 7/2016
Puffin Flash Browser (1.9@873,385) Ǥ 21 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 4/2018; cloud-basierter Browser

Web Browsers focussed on Privacy

2026-10-11

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

Brave Private Web Browser, VPN (4.7@3,886,873) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Werbe-Austauscher; Datensendeverhalten 5/2023; Wikipedia DE | EN
DuckDuckGo Browser, Search, AI (4.6@2,463,043) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Aloha Browser (Beta) (4.6@259,327) Ǥ 20 2 ugh… sure it’s private with those trackers?
Firefox Klar: No Fuss Browser (4.6@18,833) 19 2 / Firefox Focus: No Fuss Browser (4.6@272,540) 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
Privacy Browser (4.6@341; ~EUR 5.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ trackable; Kurzvorstellung 10/2019; Datenschutz-Check 6/2021
Dolphin Zero Incognito Browser (4.5@30,696) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-09-25 incl. ad-blocker
Tor Browser (4.4@290,790) Ǥ 14 2 / Tor Browser (Alpha) (4.3@28,145) Ǥ 14 1 Vorstellung 9/2018; Review 5/2019; Guide 6/2019
AVG Secure Browser (4.4@17,184) Ǥ 28 3
Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure (4.3@246,370) Ǥ 28 3
Private Internet Browser (4.3@18,104) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Ghostery Privacy Browser (4.2@11) Ǥ 25 3 LastUpdate: 2024-07-23
OH Browser - One Handed (4@3,451) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OH Private Browser - Minimal (4.4@585) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Intro 5/2019
Snap Search - Private Browser (4@1,407) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2023-06-30 Video Review 4/2020
Avast Secure Browser (3.9@28,958) Ǥ 23 3
Cliqz – the Privacy Browser (3.9@4,267) 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
Epic Privacy Browser (3.7@12,902) Ǥ 21 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Stealth Browser - Fast Private (3.7@470) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2023-06-12 „super fast, private, ad-free“ (but contains AdMob?)
Tenta Private VPN Browser + Ad Blocker (Beta) (3.5@27,887) Ǥ 14 4 LastUpdate: 2023-01-13
InBrowser - Incognito Browsing (3.4@35,998) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2023-06-22 / InBrowser Beta (4.1@1,746) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-15
Adee - Accessible Browser (3.3@1,184) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2024-02-14 incl. ad-blocker
LibreLynx Lite (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
monocles browser (0@0; ~EUR 1.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
monocles browser (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
WebLibre: Private Browser (0@0) 27 1 Github
FREE Browser (0@0) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; with Greasemonkey style script support

Browsers for „alternative networks“

2026-10-07

deedum (5@27) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-04-11 Github; Project Gemini
Thor (3@42) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; with focus on IPFS
Buran (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-11-12 Github; Project Gemini
DeBurrow (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Gopher
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
Xenia (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-10-30 proxy to browse Gemini via a normal web browser

Bookmark Manager

2026-10-05

Url Forwarder (5@56) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; save bookmarks
floccus bookmark sync (4.5@274) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; via Nextcloud, WebDAV or Google Drive
Pinkt for Bookmarking (4.3@210) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Bookmark App (4.2@140) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2018-06-14
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (4@7,715) Ǥ 5 4
Linki: Save Links & Videos (4@1,867) Ǥ 8 5
PinDroid (3.9@573) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github; cloud-based
Mobile Bookmarks (3.5@110) Ǥ 8 2
Bookmark Folder (3.4@5,941) 9 6
Nextcloud Bookmarks (3.1@27; ~EUR 0.75) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-10-08 Github
WebStack (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Shiori (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Karabau (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; client for Karakeep
Linkora (0@0) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
LinkDroid for Linkwarden (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Readeck App (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
LinkGuardian (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Anchr for Android (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-01-23 Github
Nori (0@0) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Hyperlink Knapsack (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab

Offline Reader

2026-10-12

Pocket: Save. Read. Grow. (4.8@25) Ǥ 14 2 LastUpdate: 2025-02-11 Video Review 3/2019
Save as Web Archive (4.5@23,887) 3 4
Article Reader Offline (4.5@2,388) Ǥ 8 1 local Read-it-Later
wallabag (3.7@608) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Offizielle Anleitung; Open Source Read-it-later
MHTML Viewer (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-03-13 Github
Read it later - Weread (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Read Later (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; your local Read it Later on your device
Frigoligo (0@0) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2025-03-20 Github; Wallabag client

URL Cleaner

2026-10-02

Léon – The URL Cleaner (5@93) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Tarnhelm (4.9@22) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; URL cleaner
Untracker (4.6@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; remove tracking information before sharing links
URLCheck (4.1@875) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; URL cleaner, untracker, checker & more
Link Clear (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
PureLink - URL Cleaner & Tools (0@0) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Url Checker (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-04-29 Github
FixupXer: URL Enhancer (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; clean tracking parameters from URLs
URLSanitizer (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; strip tracking parameter from shared URLs
plainer (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg

Various Web Browser Tools

2026-10-11

HTTP Request Shortcuts (4.8@1,958) 22 1 Github
Hermit — Lite Apps Browser (4.6@23,165) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ sandboxed containers for your „web apps“
Linkhub - A smart link manager (4.4@66) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Bonjour Browser (4.2@85) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Discover web portals of devices in your local network and connect with one click
Easy Open Link (3.8@364) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg
Service Browser (3.4@193) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Sharchive (3@32) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-12-07 Github; open page in Archive.org or Archive.is from the share sheet
App Redirect (2.8@859) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-10
UntrackMe (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / UntrackMe Lite (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-07-09 transform Youtube and Twitter links into Invidious and Nitter links
WebInspector (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; inspect web pages as in desktop browser Developer Tools
Sidestep (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; intercepts social media URLs and redirects them to privacy-friendly alternative frontends while removing tracking parameters
NeoLinker (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-02-29 choose which browser to open a link with
Open Link With: Redux (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser
Markdownr (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; share links in Markdown format
kiFOSSk (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; kiosk browser for dashboards
AnyWebView (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; GUI to select the WebView to be used
IdiomReplaceX Browser App (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-07-24 Github; browser with text filtering
twitter2nitter (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-11-17 Github; share Twitter-Links as Nitter-Links
Brevier (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; the web without JavaScript, set in your own type
API Flow (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; workspace for testing HTTP APIs
just open links in a browser (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; keep apps from "capturing" links for in-app display
OpenDefault (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2024-04-20 Github; opening URLs with default App
link eye (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-06-01 GitLab; open url with your preffered app
Share 2 Archive Today (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
ChromeXt (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2024-08-12 Github
Screenlite Web Kiosk (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
liteshort (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-01 Github; link shortener
Webview Kiosk (0@0) 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Further Readings:

These 3 lesser-known Android browsers do what Chrome refuses to (6/2026)
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 - 2/2023)
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)
Read-It-Later App Showdown: Instapaper vs. Pocket (1/2019 - 12/2022)
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)
Anonym surfen mit Tor – so geht’s (2/2018 - 8/2019)
Die besten Browser für Android (7/2017 - 6/2023)
uBlock Origin konfigurieren (11/2016 - 5/2019)
Security-Add-ons für Firefox (Android) (1/2016 - 12/2020)
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 - 7/2025)

2026-10-17

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