Ungoogled-chromium
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| Developer(s) | Eloston and other hobbyists |
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| Initial release | December 14, 2015 |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium  |
| Engine | V8, Blink |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, BSD |
| Platform | x86-64, AArch64, ARMv7, IA-32 |
| License | 3-clause BSD License |
| Website | github |
ungoogled-chromium is a free and open-source variant of the Chromium web browser that removes all Google-specific web services. It achieves this with a series of patches applied to the Chromium codebase during the compilation process. The result is functionally similar to regular Chromium.
Features
- Disabling functionality that requires Google domains, including Google Safe Browsing.
- Replacing Google web domains with non-existent domains, and blocking internal requests to those domains.
- Removing binary blobs from the Chromium code and replacing them with custom alternatives.
- Adding dozens of flags to change browser behavior that is otherwise unconfigurable.
Some features of regular Chromium do not work the same on ungoogled-chromium. For example, a special browser extension, called chromium-web-store, is required to install other extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
History
The ungoogled-chromium project was founded by a hobbyist with the user name Eloston in 2015. It was first developed for Linux, then for other operating systems. Eloston used to release builds, but eventually he stopped doing so and allowed others to provide builds with his patches.
Starting in 2019, Eloston greatly reduced his involvement in the project, and other hobbyists have continued to maintain the patches. In 2022, the GitHub repository was transferred from Eloston's personal account to a new "ungoogled-software" account.
References
- ^ a b "Contributors to ungoogled-software/Ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Release 121.0.6167.160-1 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium (English)". 8 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "ungoogled-chromium/LICENSE". Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Cimpanu, Catalin (16 October 2016). "UnGoogled Chromium Removes All the Googley Parts from Chromium". Softpedia. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Tim Anderson. "When open source isn't enough: Fancy a de-Googled Chromium? How about some Microsoft-free VS Code?". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Duino, Justin (30 September 2016). "'Ungoogled' is the Chrome browser you love minus the Google". 9to5Google. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Github Readme Objectives, ungoogled-software, 4 October 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
- ^ "Ungoogled Chromium". TechSpot. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "GitHub Readme Feature Overview". GitHub. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "chromium-web-store". GitHub. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Release 51.0.2704.106-2 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. First official binary for Windows. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Release 51.0.2704.106-3 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. First official binary for macOS. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ ungoogled-chromium-binaries, ungoogled-software, 15 September 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
- ^ "GitHub discussion". GitHub.
This repo is now part of ungoogled-software