ungoogled-chromium

ungoogled-chromium is a free and open-source Chromium-based web browser with the aim of increasing privacy through removing Google components and blobs.[5][6] The developers behind the project describe it as "Google Chromium, sans (without) dependency on Google web services".[7][8] Unlike many Chromium-based browsers, ungoogled-chromium does not attempt to deviate away from Chromium, having being described by its developers as a "drop-in replacement for Chromium".

Not to be confused with Chromium (web browser) or Google Chrome.
ungoogled-chromium
Developer(s)Eloston, The ungoogled-software group and its contributors [1]
Initial releaseDecember 14, 2015; 7 years ago
Repositorygithub.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
Written inC++ primarily[2] HTML, CSS, JavaScript for UI and test suite[3][4]
EngineBlink, V8
Operating systemWindows, Linux, Android, macOS, BSDs
Platformx86-64, ARM, ARM64
LicenseBSD-3-Clause License
Websiteungoogled-software.github.io

Features
  • Disabling functionality that requires Google domains, including Google Safe Browsing.[9]
  • Replacing Google web domains in the Chromium source code with non-existent web domains and blocking internal requests to those domains.[9]
  • Removing binaries from the Chromium source code and replacing them with custom alternatives.[9]

The browser also adds smaller non-essential features such as flags protecting against fingerprinting and borrows features from other projects such as Debian. Some Chromium features do not work on ungoogled-chromium, a notable one being installing extensions directly from the Chrome Web Store.[9]

Reception and history

Ungoogled-chromium was first developed for Linux, then for other operating systems.

Eloston used to release binaries with his source code updates, but eventually he stopped releasing binaries and allowed others to compile and test the software, using his source code.

In a review, Techspot called ungoogled chromium "Google Chromium without dependency on Google web services, plus better privacy, control and transparency."[10]

References
  1. GitHub https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/graphs/contributors. Retrieved 21 April 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Chromium - Language Breakdown". Open Hub. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. "Chromium coding style". Google Open Source. Google Source. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. "Web Platform Tests". Chromium repository. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. "Die wichtigsten Browser im großen Privatsphäre-Check". Computerwelt (in German). 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Cimpanu, Catalin. "UnGoogled Chromium Removes All the Googley Parts from Chromium". Softpedia. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Tim Anderson. "When open source isn't enough: Fancy a de-Googled Chromium? How about some Microsoft-free VS Code?". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  8. Duino, Justin (2016-09-30). "'Ungoogled' is the Chrome browser you love minus the Google". 9to5Google. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  9. "GitHub Readme Feature Overview". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  10. "Ungoogled Chromium". TechSpot. Retrieved 2021-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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