12
December
2025
16:34

Internet browsers for Linux

12 December 2025 16:34

Listed web browsers for Linux with a brief description.

Linux web browsers

Title Feature Description URL
115 Browser Chinese browser for Linux, Mac and Windows based on Chromium. Website https://115.com/ https://115.com/product_browser
Abaco outdated There is a version for Linux. The site is not accessible from Russia https://lab-fgb.com/abaco/
Access light Commercial product for embedded systems (TV, Nintendo, Sega consoles, Amazon Kindle books). Japan https://access-company.com/
Arora light Cross-platform web browser, discontinued in 2010, see Endorphin https://github.com/arora/arora
Basilisk Lots of features A web browser derived from PaleMoon, but without the Servo (Quantum) and Rust engine, and with the Goanna engine - a modified Gecko. Works in Windows 7, you can install the Russian language from https://github/Enobarbous https://basilisk-browser.org/download.html
Biscuit Special Based on the Electron framework. Web browser to manage web applications such as Gmail, Google Drive, etc. In one interface https://eatbiscuit.com/
Badwolf mini If you need a simple web browser to view sites rich in graphics and JavaScript scripts, but with economical use of the processor and RAM, you can pay attention to browsers based on WebKitGTK. https://hacktivis.me/projects/badwolf
Blisk Blisk is the first developer-focused browser with native devices that runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It provides teams and freelancers with a workspace to develop and test modern web applications in half the time. For example, it is possible to emulate the screens of various devices on a PC screen. Runs under Linux (DEB, RPM), MacOS (M1-M4 Chip (Apple Silicon)) and Windows (Intel/AMD, only Windows 10 and higher). https://blisk.io/download/
broz Special Based on the Electron framework. Purpose - to take screenshots https://github.com/antfu/broz
Browser (code.org) outdated Special browser for VPS servers Based on the Electron framework. The installation is described at https://studio.code.org/maker/setup (not available). The assembly is very complicated, and the browser itself is outdated. https://github.com/code-dot-org/browser#readme
Browser monkey outdated Based on the Electron framework. For web developers. Site not available: Error code: 500 Internal Server Error https://browsermonkey.org/
Chrome Lots of features A free web browser from Google, it can send usage statistics (telemetered to Google), and can also be integrated with the Gmail service to synchronize bookmarks and history. https://www.google.com/intl/ru/chrome/
Chromium Lots of features Free web browser from Google with open source code and disabled sending of error logs and statistics https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/
Colibri outdated A single-window web browser for Windows based on the Electron framework. Latest version 1.23.0 from Chromium 94 https://colibri.opqr.co/releases/
Companion light For MacOS, Linux (AppImage). Lightweight browser. Based on the Electron framework. Run ./Companion-1.5.5.AppImage —no-sandbox Disadvantage: does not open all websites https://github.com/leonaaraujo/companion
Conkeror outdated Linux web browser for older versions of Debian (latest version for 10 Buster). Not to be confused with Konqueror http://conkeror.org/InstallationDebian
Desor Security Web browser for Windows, Linux (x86_x64, armv71, arm64), Android https://www.dezor.net/#download
Dillo light Lightweight, bookmarked, memory-efficient, no-JavaScript browser for static web pages https://dillo-browser.org/
DilloNG light Fork of Dillo, no JavaScript support https://github.com/w00fpack/dilloNG
Dillo+ light Fork of Dillo, no JavaScript support https://github.com/crossbowerbt/dillo-plus
Edge Lots of features Web browser from Microsoft http://microsoft.com/en-us/edge
Elinks light Text web browser https://github.com/rkd77/elinks
Endorphin light Arora clone, 2 versions planned for normal and weak PCs https://github.com/EndorphinBrowser/browser
Epiphany Epiphany is a clunky web browser for the Gnome desktop environment, but it can work on other desktops if you install it manually, but there's no point in doing so. Sometimes called "Web Browser (Epiphany)" or "Epiphany Gnome Web". https://apps.gnome.org/Epiphany/
Falcon Medium resource-intensive cross-platform web browser using KDE libraries https://www.falkon.org/
Felida light The project is outdated (archived). Based on the Electron framework. Chromium clone. Installation and launch: git clone https://github.com/raluvy95/FelidaBrowser.git && cd FelidaBrowser && npm install electron --save-dev && npm i --save && ./run.sh https://github.com/raluvy95/FelidaBrowser#readme
Ferny light A web browser focused on styling the design using ready-made themes. Based on the Electron framework. Cross-platform. AppImage application in Linux. Run: ./Ferny3.0.3-Linux.AppImage --no-sandbox https://moduleart.github.io/ferny/
Firefox Lots of features Cross-platform web browser created by Mozilla. Supports all modern HTML, CSS, JavaScript standards. Sync bookmarks between devices. Latest version for Windows7 = 115.30 ESR, others >=140 for Win10/11 and Linux, MacOS, https://mozilla.org
floorp Lots of features Cross-platform web browser for Linux, MacOS, Windows, written in the C++ programming language. Floorp includes a robust tracking blocker that protects users from various malicious trackers lurking on the Internet. In addition, it provides protection against fingerprinting. Floorp's layout customization is unlimited. Move the tab bar to the bottom of the window, hide the title bar and more... Floorp is based on Firefox ESR. Floorp will be updated every 4 weeks, and security updates will be provided before each Firefox release. https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp/releases
Gnuzilla GNU version of FireFox based on FireFox ESR, compiled with scripts to remove telemetry. See also IceCat https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git
Google Chrome see Chrome, sends statistics to Google https://www.google.com/chrome/
Google Chrome Beta see Chrome, sends statistics to Google https://www.google.com/intl/ru/chrome/beta/
Google Chrome Canary Experimental version of Chrome, sends statistics to Google https://www.google.com/intl/ru/chrome/canary/
Headless Chrome Headless browser (without display), launch with the Chrome --headless switch, for measuring web page loading speed, etc. https://developer.chrome.com/docs/chromium/headless?hl=ru
Hack browser Feature: the ability to independently change the functionality by the programmer. Based on the Electron framework (formerly called Atom Shell). Cross-platform web browser based on Chromium, but not supported for 7 years. It is interesting for programmers to study the interaction of the framework with the browser, since the source code is posted on GitHub. https://github.com/hackbrowser/hackbrowser#readme
Helium Security The web browser blocks ads and trackers by default through the integrated uBlock Origin extension, pre-packaged as a native browser component. For Linux - the AppImage. Written in Python. There is a clearing history - Ctrl+Shift+Del. https://github.com/imputnet/helium-linux/releases/latest
IceApe outdated Same as Seamonkey, name changed for Debian project, Seamonkey development stopped in 2013. Need to be compiled from source texts (see instructions at the link) https://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/install-and-uninstall#install_linux
IceCat Lots of features GNU is a free and source-code version of FireFox from the GNUzilla team. There are options for all OS. The developers tried to remove all telemetry from FireFox, but this turned out to be impossible https://icecatbrowser.org/download.html
Iridium A web browser from Germany aimed at speed, privacy and simplicity. Available only in source code form in the TAR archives https://iridiumbrowser.de/
Iron Security SRWare Iron is a Chromium-based browser with enhanced tracking protection. Cross-platform: Android, macOS, Linux, Windows 10/11. Developed by SRWare. The site may not be accessible from the Russian Federation. https://www.srware.net/iron/
Konqueror KDE file browser and web browser for Linux (KHTML or KDEWebKit engines), FTP client https://apps.kde.org/ru/konqueror/
lariza mini Mini web browser for Linux https://www.uninformativ.de/git/lariza/file/README.html
LibreWolf Security Free web browser for Linux and Windows https://librewolf.net/
Links outdated Text web browser for Linux https://links.twibright.com/download.php
Lulumi outdated Based on the Vue.js 2 and Electron frameworks. Latest version 2017 https://github.com/LulumiProject/lulumi-browser#readme
Lynx Special Text web browser for Linux, development continues https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots
Mercury Privacy-focused web browser fork of Firefox Mercury Browser is an optimized, privacy-focused web browser that is a fork of Mozilla Firefox. It includes compiler optimizations such as AVX, AES, LTO and PGO to improve performance and security. With features pulled from projects like LibreWolf, Waterfox, and Ghostery, Mercury disables telemetry and debugging elements by default, providing a more private browsing experience. Official website: https://thorium.rocks/mercury https://sourceforge.net/projects/mercury-browser.mirror/
Microsoft Edge Lots of features see Edge. There is a version for Linux http://microsoft.com/en-us/edge
Midori light A web browser specifically designed for lightweight Linux distributions. Available in any repositories https://github.com/goastian/midori-desktop
Min Lots of features Web browser for Linux only. Based on the Electron framework. A web browser with improved search, improved tab management, and built-in ad blocking. Includes full-text history search, instant answers from DuckDuckGo, the ability to separate tabs into groups, do not disturb mode, dark theme and much more. 20% slower than Chrome https://minbrowser.org/
Mozilla Firefox see FireFox -
Mozilla Firefox Aurora Experimental version of FireFox. See FireFox Nightly -
Mozilla Firefox Nightly Nightly build of FireFox https://www.firefox.com/ru/channel/desktop/?redirect_source=mozilla-org&utm_source=blog.nightly.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=blog-nav#nightly
muffon Special Based on the Electron framework, for playing online music: completely free, no ads, no login (but required for certain features), listening (artists/albums/tracks) (+ offline) (+ equalizer), artists (tracks/albums/similar/shows), albums, tracks (similar/albums), tags (artists/albums/tracks), queue, music library, etc., shuffle/loop. There is a Russian language. Windows (10, 11) (x64); MacOS (x64, arm64); Linux (x64, arm64). Release: https://github.com/staniel359/muffon/releases/tag/v2.3.0 https://github.com/staniel359/muffon#readme
Mullvad Browser Security A free and open source browser like LibreWolf. By default, an inaccessible DoH server is enabled: you can either change it in the settings to another: “DNS over HTTPS” - “Enhanced protection” - “Another URL” - https://dns.google/dns-query or use the default DNS servers (“Disable”). https://github.com/mullvad/mullvad-browser/releases/tag/15.0.2
Netfront Same as Access -
NF-Browser Same as Netfront -
Netsurf mini “Small as a mouse, fast as a cheetah and available for free. NetSurf is a multi-platform web browser for RISC OS, UNIX-like platforms (including Linux), Mac OS X and more." https://www.netsurf-browser.org/
ninetails light Free web browser written in the Electron framework, with tabs, based on Chromium. Released 3 years ago. Feature: the default User Agent is “Ninetails/3.8.1”, otherwise it can be changed in the settings. Perhaps the name is a reference to a pen-testing distribution called “Tails”. https://github.com/mystpi/ninetails/
OhHai Based on the Electron framework. Doesn't work. Uninstall: dpkg -r ohhaibrowser https://ohhaibrowser.com/
Otter Browser light A web browser written using the QT5 library, which can be built from source (mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../ && make && make install) as it is being developed. Sources: https://github.com/OtterBrowser/otter-browser https://otter-browser.org/
Pale Moon Lots of features FireFox fork for weak PCs. There are two distributions for Linux - for the GTK2 library for older OSs (sudo apt install libgtk2.0-0) and GTK3 for new OSs (sudo apt install libgtk-3-0). There are also versions for Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD. Features are the same as FireFox. The project is supported by a group of programmers and a community of fans of this web browser. Free https://www.palemoon.org/
Peruse Security Based on the Electron framework. It was not possible to assemble according to the instructions https://github.com/joshuef/peruse#readme
Phantomjs Special An outdated "headless" web browser for web automation. For Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD. For example, it can load a page from a program and take a picture of it as a PNG file. Development suspended until further announcement https://phantomjs.org/
Polypane Special A working tool for website developers and SEO specialists. Based on the Electron framework https://polypane.app/
qutebrowser qutebrowser is a dedicated keyboard-oriented web browser with a minimal GUI. It is based on Python and PyQt5 and is free software licensed under the GPL. Dependencies: Python 3.6.1 or later, QtCore/qtbase, PyQt 5.12.0 or later for Python 3, jinja2 and PyYAM libraries. There are versions for Linux and Windows. https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser
Qupzilla outdated Based on the QTWebkit engine and FireFox sources. Free. Development stopped in 2018. https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/releases
Peacock outdated Translated as "Peacock". Experimental web browser with enhanced security. Based on the Electron framework. The latest version was released 5 years ago. https://github.com/spikecodes/peacock
Rekonq outdated Linux web browser for the KDE desktop. A fast and simple KDE browser based on WebKit The name is a reference to the venerable khtml-based Konqueror, which is currently KDE's default web browser. The browser is very outdated. https://sourceforge.net/projects/rekonq/files/2.0/
Responsively Based on the Electron framework. Web browser for developers https://responsively.app/
SeaMonkey Lots of features Open source web browser for Linux; additionally: built-in email client, newsgroups and IRC chat, RSS client; there are extensions and additions; HTML editor; economical use of resources https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
SEOBrowse Special Based on the Electron framework. For SEO Specialists https://seobrowse.com/
Sizzy Special Based on the Electron framework. Web browser for developers. https://sizzy.app/
Slimjet Versions for Ubuntu, Debian, Mint and other distributions SUSE, CentOS, Fedora, RHEL, Slackware, etc. There is also a 32-bit version, and a DMG package for Apple. Gecko engine. Free program (freeware) from the developer FlashPeak, Inc. https://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php
Sneedium A web browser based on the Electron framework, assembled by one user, is not supported or developed. "Competitor" LibreWolf. https://github.com/MyMel2001/sneedium-www
SrWare Iron Security Same as Iron. There is a forum https://www.srware.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=18 https://www.srware.net/iron/
SwiftFox outdated Web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. Available only for Linux-based platforms and distributed by Jason Halme. Swiftfox is the same Firefox, but compiled from open source code for various AMD and Intel processors, but with the highest level of compiler optimization -O3. The distribution is no longer available because the website http://www.getswiftfox.com/ is closed. For SSE4/AVX/AES see the Thorium project. -
Swiftweasel outdated Severely outdated "Firefox for Linux" from the developer SticKK https://www.softpile.com/swiftweasel/download
Thorium Lots of features A new version of Chromium, compiled for Linux and other platforms: Windows/MacOS/RasPi/Android/others. Optimization of machine code for SSE4, AVX, and AES instructions, therefore suitable for processors no lower than Intel Core i7-2xxx, Intel Core i5-35xx, Intel Core i5-4xxx; AMD FX-4xxx, AMD Ryzen. Various flags are used during compilation to improve performance. For older Core2Duo/Core2Quad and Intel Core i3-530 processors, the web browser will not work. https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium
Tilectron Special Based on the Electron framework. Split Screen https://github.com/rhysd/Tilectron#readme
Titanbrowser IO Web3 Supports Web3, ChatGPT artificial intelligence and AES256 encryption, built-in Phantom Wallet crypto wallet. AI browsers are considered unsafe due to the risk of information leakage. Website down, loading broken https://docs.titanbrowser.io/
Tofino by Mozilla outdated Based on the Electron framework. The project was a one-off experiment in a new design and has become obsolete. https://github.com/mozilla/tofino
Turbo Based on the Electron framework. For developers, Chromium and Electron offers debugging capabilities https://github.com/teamcodebyte/turbo#readme
Ungoogled-chromium Lots of features ungoogled-chromium is Google Chromium, without the dependency on Google Web Services. The distribution is being actively updated. BSD License. Written in the Python programming language. For Linux, it is distributed as source text in the tar.gz archive. Full list of features: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium#feature-overview https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
Vieb Based on the Electron framework. Vim Keybinding https://vieb.dev/
Waterfox Lots of features The browser is based on FireFox, but from a different team of programmers. Aimed at fast operation, supports AV1 video. Requires Windows 10x64 or higher, Linux or macOS https://www.waterfox.com/download/
Wexond Lots of features Wexond Shield - Browse the web without ads and don't let websites track you. With Wexond Shield powered by Cliqz, websites can even load up to 8 times faster! Chromium without Google services and low resource usage. Based on the Electron framework. Ready-made AppImage builds are available here: https://github.com/wexond/browser-base/releases https://github.com/wexond/browser-base#readme
Whale Browser Web browser for Linux and Windows. It occupies one of the first places in popularity in Korea, because this web browser is from Naver (Google for South Korea). https://whale.naver.com/en/download/linux/
Yandex Closed source web browser from Yandex Team. The most popular browser in Russia, because it supports encryption according to GOST 2012 and Russian root certificates for working on Russian web portals. Can collect usage statistics - telemetry. https://browser.yandex.ru/c/browser-linux
Zen light For Windows and Linux, free. Unusual screen split. Available on FlatPak (via FlatHub): https://flathub.org/en/apps/app.zen_browser.zen https://zen-browser.app/


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