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Lightweight Internet Browsers

Lightweight Internet Browsers

12 December 2025 18:08

The lightest web browsers for Windows and Linux, MacOS.

Lightweight Internet browsers for Windows

Title	Feature	Description	URL
Floorp	for x64	It was not possible to test Floorp, because... It's for x64, and I have Windows 7x86 installed on my test PC. Distribution size is 91 MB, for Linux x64, macOS, Windows x64.	https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp/releases
K-Meleon	light	A free, very fast web browser in a small distribution size (25 MB), based on FireFox for Windows x86 (for 32-bit processors). Unfortunately, the developer has stopped updating it. The design is discreet but functional - it is possible to turn JavaScript on and off using a button on the panel. For operating systems Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later (Windows 2003, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11). There is no installer (only an archive that can be unpacked into any folder, even onto a flash drive). Occupies 140 MB of hard disk space and 146 MB of RAM.	http://kmeleonbrowser.org/
LazerWeb	mini	Mini web browser for Windows, installation program is 8.42 MB in size. After installing the video card driver from the manufacturer's website, the LaserWeb web browser in Windows 7 x86 (32-bit) launched. When you first start, the choice is: Laser 2x with surfing and a separate video player or or Laser 4x without a separate video player - suitable for streaming from sites. When you select Laser x2 player in a separate window, RAM 37 MB. When choosing the Laser x4 option, there is no separate window and the RAM consumption is 24 MB. Distortions in web page design are very significant, because... uses the Trident engine from Internet Explorer 7.	https://download.cnet.com/laser-web-browser/3000-2356_4-10885816.html
Min	possibly with an error	Min is an enhanced Chromium for Windows x86 or x86_64, ARMv71, AMM64, Linux AMD 64 and macOS. Distribution - approximately 120 MB. The Windows 7 x86 installation program crashes with an error about the inability to find a mention of beta. It's possible that the browser isn't up to date.	https://github.com/minbrowser/min/release]
MiniBrowser	light	A free Chinese web browser for Windows 7 x86 from Shanghai Kafan Info Security Co. Ltd. based on Chromium 84.0.4280.66, released in May 2019. User agent is the same as Chrome/87. It works well with websites, but CloudFlare's CAPTCHA bot protection is prone to responding to it: "Confirm that you are a human..." The settings are translated into Russian, but two bookmarks link to the Chinese websites hao123.com and baido.com. The main page, newstab.se.kfsafe.cn, can be changed in the settings. Download link: http://browser-download.kfsafe.cn/MiniBrowserSetup.exe. RAM consumption 127 MB.	https://browser.kfsafe.cn/
*	Ungoogled Chromium	modern	Free, open source, cross-platform Chromium-based web browser without Google surveillance. Distributions for Windows x86 (32-bit), Windows x64 (64-bit), macOS, portable version for Linux, and also in the form of AppImage. The latest current version is 143. Disk size is from 100 to 300 MB. Under Windows 7x86 versions 143 - 133 do not run because... is not a Win32 application or there is an error in KERNEL32.DLL. The version installed in Win7 x86 109.0.5414.120-1* for 32-bit*. Win7x64 OS will probably support other versions.	https://ungoogled-software.github.io

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Lightweight Linux Internet Browsers

Title	Feature	Description	URL
Arora	light	Cross-platform web browser, discontinued in 2010, see Endorphin	https://github.com/arora/arora
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
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
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
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
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/
lariza	mini	Mini web browser for Linux	https://www.uninformativ.de/git/lariza/file/README.html
Midori	light	A web browser specifically designed for lightweight Linux distributions. Available in any repositories	https://github.com/goastian/midori-desktop
Min	light	Min is an enhanced Chromium for Windows x86 or x86_64, ARMv71, AMM64, Linux AMD 64 and macOS. Distribution - approximately 120 MB.	https://github.com/minbrowser/min/release]
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 the yellow Pokémon Ninetales or the Linux distribution for pen-testing “Tails”?	https://github.com/mystpi/ninetails/
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/
U	Ungoogled Chromium	light	Free, open source, cross-platform Chromium-based web browser without Google surveillance. Distributions for Windows x86 (32-bit), Windows x64 (64-bit), macOS, portable version for Linux, and also in the form of AppImage. The latest current version is 143. Disk size is from 100 to 300 MB.	https://ungoogled-software.github.io

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Lightweight web browsers for MacOS

Title	Feature	Description	URL
F	floorp	light	Lightweight web browser for Linux x64, macOS, Windows x64.	https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp/releases
Lunascape	light	Japanese web browser for Mac OS	https://www.lunascape.org/en
Min	possibly with an error	Min is an enhanced Chromium for Windows x86 or x86_64, ARMv71, AMM64, Linux AMD 64 and macOS. Distribution - approximately 120 MB. The Windows 7 x86 installer crashes with an error about the inability to find a reference to beta. It's possible that the browser isn't up to date.	https://github.com/minbrowser/min/release]
U	Ungoogled Chromium	light	Free, open source, cross-platform Chromium-based web browser without Google surveillance. Distributions for Windows x86 (32-bit), Windows x64 (64-bit), macOS, portable version for Linux, and also in the form of AppImage. The latest current version is 143. Disk size is from 100 to 300 MB.	https://ungoogled-software.github.io

Date of last update: 12/18/2025