It’s hard to recommend any Chromium-based browser in 2026 as Chromium no longer supports Manifest v2 extensions, breaking support for essential content blockers like uBlock Origin.
Even Brave, which has a built-in adblocker not based on extensions, is loaded with AI and Crypto bs, and as far as I’m aware, the adblocker portion of its code is closed source. This isn’t even mentioning the horrific political opinions expressed by the CEO of that company.
I keep a copy of raw ungoogled Chromium around for webUSB firmware flashing, but that’s it.
If I were you, I would try and figure out what is causing firefox-based browsers to run slowly - i.e. toggling on/off hardware acceleration in browser settings and see if that makes a difference.
Thorium is excellent, but I’m not sure if it’s still being regularly updated. Also interested in alternative chromium browser reccs, if anyone has any.
I don’t. All chromium browsers are google’s. Some companies may add their own flair, but that doesn’t make them less google’s. It adds to the marketshare and makes it so people don’t target other browsers because of it.
That’s a misnomer. The development is managed by Google. Degoogled means callbacks to Google are removed. That doesn’t mean Google isn’t still in the driver’s seat of its development.
What non-google chromium based browsers would you guys recommend?
Firefox (and derivatives) are slow as shit on my laptop, but ungoogled chromium is fast enough.
It’s hard to recommend any Chromium-based browser in 2026 as Chromium no longer supports Manifest v2 extensions, breaking support for essential content blockers like uBlock Origin.
Even Brave, which has a built-in adblocker not based on extensions, is loaded with AI and Crypto bs, and as far as I’m aware, the adblocker portion of its code is closed source. This isn’t even mentioning the horrific political opinions expressed by the CEO of that company.
I keep a copy of raw ungoogled Chromium around for webUSB firmware flashing, but that’s it.
If I were you, I would try and figure out what is causing firefox-based browsers to run slowly - i.e. toggling on/off hardware acceleration in browser settings and see if that makes a difference.
sure wish mozilla would get their head out of their ass and implement webusb already
Thorium is excellent, but I’m not sure if it’s still being regularly updated. Also interested in alternative chromium browser reccs, if anyone has any.
Try Vivaldi https://vivaldi.com/
Probably best alternative to Chrome, sync with mobile/super-customizable
Also, quite active in Fediverse https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi
Non Google chromium browsers?
My friend, Google develops chromium.
Ungoogled chromium has always referred to browsers based on chromium, but not branded as Google chrome.
Maybe people should stop making that distinction
How do you differentiate them then?
I don’t. All chromium browsers are google’s. Some companies may add their own flair, but that doesn’t make them less google’s. It adds to the marketshare and makes it so people don’t target other browsers because of it.
Degoogled chromium is legit though for when only that engine work
That’s a misnomer. The development is managed by Google. Degoogled means callbacks to Google are removed. That doesn’t mean Google isn’t still in the driver’s seat of its development.
I’ve been using Cromite (fork of Bromite) for a year or two and the dev has only been consistent with pushing updates.
This is exactly what I’m looking for, thanks!