Updated 15-Jul-2024
This is meant to help with selecting and installing a chrome-based browser, with minimal tracking and other cruft.
Ungoogled Chromium for Debian
Actually there are a variety of OS builds for ungoogled Chromium. For Debian, the simplest is the add repository and install manually option.
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Debian_Sid/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:ungoogled_chromium.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ungoogled_chromium/Debian_Sid/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_ungoogled_chromium.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ungoogled-chromium
For the latest distribution, install the four packages found on Github releases.
Kiwi Browser for Android
Kiwi browser has a bunch of features, but specifically it is chromium-based, makes money from the search provider, doesn't have ads (at least in some countries), and supports extension as well as a non-chromium dark mode. Full list of features here.
Available in the App Store and downloadable as an APK.
Extensions
Both Kiwi Browser and Ungoogled Chromium support extensions. Here are some I use:
- Chromium web store note: download .crx then drag file into Extensions tab, unless have added the Extension Mime Request flag below
- uBlock Origin
- Google Translate (old version)
- Bypass Paywalls
- Mute Tab
- New Tab Redirect
- Get CRX
Flags
Some useful flags found at chrome://flags/
- Extension Mime Request Handling: Always prompt for install
- Auto Dark Mode for Web Contents: Enabled
- Tab Scrolling: Disabled
- Parallel downloading: Enabled
- Enable download bubble: Enabled
- Enable download bubble V2: Enabled
- Chrome Labs: Disabled