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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
F	floorp	for x64	It was not possible to test Floorp, because... It's for x64, and I have Windows 7x86 installed on my layout. Distribution size 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. Modest appearance, but many functions. For example, 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 to any folder, even to a USB 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 video from sites. When you select the "Laser x2" option, the player appears in a separate window. Uses little RAM: 37 MB. When choosing the "Laser x4" option, there is no separate window and the RAM consumption is only 24 MB. Disadvantage: distortions in the design of web pages 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. Perhaps the browser is not updated.	https://github.com/minbrowser/min/release]
MiniBrowser	Lightweight	A free Chinese web browser for Windows 7 x86 from Shanghai Kafan Info Security Co. Ltd. based on Chromium 84.0.4280.66 from May 2019. User agent is the same as Chrome/87. It works very well with websites, but CloudFlare hosting CAPTCHA protection actively responds to it: "Confirm that you are a human...". The settings are translated into Russian, but two bookmarks lead 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 tracking. 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, 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 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 web browser for a variety of platforms: RISC OS, UNIX-like operating systems (including Linux), Mac OS X and many others."	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 tracking. 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. Perhaps the browser is not updated.	https://github.com/minbrowser/min/release]
U	Ungoogled Chromium	light	Free, open source, cross-platform Chromium-based web browser without Google tracking. 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