Open Source Mobile Operating Systems Browsers
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Browsers for Mobile Operating Systems
Browse free open source Browsers and projects for Mobile Operating Systems below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Browsers by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Cromite
Cromite a Bromite fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements
Cromite is an open-source web browser project that originated as a fork of Bromite—a Chromium-based browser focused on ad blocking and enhanced privacy—and continues to evolve with built-in privacy protections and content filtering across Android, Windows, and Linux platforms. It retains the core goal of limiting tracking and intrusive ads by integrating ad blocking directly into the browser engine rather than relying on external extensions, all while striving to reduce telemetry, aggressive analytics, and close manufacturer integration. Cromite emphasizes user choice and control over web content, offering privacy-oriented settings and mitigations such as anti-fingerprinting measures and configurable filters to block unwanted elements. The project extends its focus beyond Android to desktop platforms, building packages that let users benefit from a more private browsing experience without sacrificing compatibility with modern web standards. -
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Onion Browser
An open-source, privacy-enhancing web browser for iOS
Encrypted traffic through the Tor network gives you the highest standard of security and privacy. No extra eyes see your activity, save your history or influence your browsing. Targeted ads are history. Tabs don’t hang around. They close when you’re done, so every search is new. Onion Browser is your trusted connection to Tor on iOS. Tor offers the highest standard of privacy. You are not linked to your browsing activity. Your location doesn't influence the websites you’re able to visit. Onion sites are simplified versions of websites that can only be accessed by Tor. They are a sure safe way to connect. You can adjust your security for each website you visit to get the best experience. -
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Ungoogled Chromium Android
Android build for ungoogled-chromium
Ungoogled Chromium Android is the Android platform build configuration and support tooling for Ungoogled Chromium on mobile devices, enabling privacy-minded users and developers to compile a version of the Chromium browser for Android that excludes Google-dependent services, telemetry, and tracking. This repository contains platform-specific patches, build targets, and integration scripts to adapt the upstream Chromium source for Android while eliminating components like Google Play Services hooks, automatic updater mechanisms, and preconfigured search engines that compromise privacy. The goal is to offer an Android browser that feels familiar in capability and rendering fidelity but does not phone home, engage with proprietary APIs, or leak usage data to third-party providers. Because Android’s ecosystem is heavily tied to Google’s app services, this effort focuses on ensuring core browsing functionality, tab management, extension support (as available), and performance optimizations. -
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Thorium for Android
High-performance, privacy-focused browser built as a fork of Chromium
Thorium-Android is the Android-specific component of the Thorium browser ecosystem, a community-oriented, Chromium-based web browser project focused on improving performance, privacy, and user experience beyond what you typically get from stock Chromium builds. Like its desktop counterparts, Thorium for Android compiles the latest Chromium source with targeted optimizations and patches, aiming for faster loading, smoother rendering, and sensible defaults that emphasize privacy and reduced unwanted data flows. The Android branch adapts these enhancements to work on ARM and ARM64 devices, offering users a familiar yet distinct browsing experience with added performance tuning over standard mobile browsers. It typically includes the same underlying engine that scored high in independent performance benchmarks and leverages optimization flags and compiler improvements to boost responsiveness. -
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Brave for iOS
Brave iOS Browser
The best online privacy. Search and browse privately, turning your back on the big techies. By default, Brave blocks trackers and annoying ads from the websites you visit. And you also forget that the ads follow you wherever you browse. The advantages of blocking ads, incognito windows, private search and even VPN. All in one download. Quickly import bookmarks, extensions, and even saved passwords. The best of your old browser, but more secure. And it will only take you a minute to change. Brave offers you independent searches, free videoconferences, offline playlists, even a customizable news service. Everything in a 100% private way. Everything is directly in your super browser. By removing rare ads and trackers, there will be fewer ( visible or hidden ) things on every website you visit. And that means it will charge faster and save battery and even mobile data. -
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Chromium
The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source
Chromium is the open‑source foundational web browser project that drives browsers like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera—built for speed, stability, security, and extendability across platforms. This directory is currently in a prototyping state and may be removed in the future. As we add support for multiple coding IDE/agents, we will likely pull common prompts and instructions into a central directory with stubs for bespoke IDE/agent integration. Please check with your organization before using GitHub Copilot. copilot-intructions.md is typically a single instruction file that contains default instructions for a workspace. These instructions are automatically included in every chat request. -
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Betterfox
Firefox user.js for optimal privacy and security
Betterfox is an opinionated configuration profile for Mozilla Firefox designed to improve everyday web browsing by making the browser faster, more private, and more secure without relying on external add-ons or third-party code. Rather than being a separate browser, it consists of a curated set of preference tweaks (user.js settings) that users apply to their Firefox profile to optimize performance and harden privacy settings. The project focuses on a minimal-impact, maximum-effect approach, removing unnecessary background services, reducing fingerprinting, and tightening security defaults while trying to keep sites usable. Betterfox recommends pairing these settings with essential extensions like ad blockers and DNS-level protections to achieve a well-rounded browsing experience. Because the preferences are text-based and version controlled, users can review and customize them to meet their own balance of privacy and convenience. -
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Waterfox
Privacy browser built for users who value customization & control
Waterfox is a free, open-source web browser and fork of Mozilla Firefox that’s built for users who prioritize privacy, performance, and customizability while still maintaining compatibility with modern web standards and extensions. It began as a 64-bit-focused fork and has grown into a full-featured browser available on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, making it a versatile alternative to mainstream browsers. Waterfox removes or disables much of Firefox’s telemetry and unnecessary data collection by default, giving users greater control over what is shared with third parties while still supporting classic and modern add-ons. The project emphasizes speed and efficiency through optimizations and choice, letting users tweak settings or install favored extensions without being locked into ecosystem constraints. Because it’s open source and actively developed by the community, new features, security updates, and performance improvements arrive regularly to align with web standards. -
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Tamper Dev
Extension that allows you to intercept and edit HTTP/HTTPS requests
If you are a developer, you can use Tamper Dev to debug your websites, or if you are a pentester, you can use it to search for security vulnerabilities by inspecting the HTTP traffic from your browser. Unlike most other extensions, Tamper Dev allows you to intercept, inspect and modify the requests before they are sent to the server. This extension provides functionality similar to Burp Proxy, MITM Proxy, OWASP ZAP, Tamper Data, and Postman Proxy, but without the need of additional software, with full support of HTTPS connections, and trivial to set-up (just install). -
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Firefox for iOS
Firefox for iOS
When it comes to your life online, you have a choice, accept the factory settings or put your privacy first. When you choose Firefox as your default browser, you’re choosing to protect your data while supporting an independent tech company. Firefox is also the only major browser backed by a non-profit fighting to give you more openness, transparency and control of your life online. Join hundreds of millions of people who choose to protect what's important by choosing Firefox. Keep what’s personal private without sacrificing speed. With Firefox, you can have more control to decide what to share online and when, because your life is your business. We designed Firefox with smart browsing features that let you take your privacy, passwords, and bookmarks with you safely wherever you go. With the release of iOS 14, you can now make Firefox your go-to, get-it-done, default browser. -
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EinkBro
A small, fast web browser based on Android WebView
EinkBro is designed to fit Eink devices' needs; no unnecessary UI transitions and animations, clear B&W icons, and useful features for Eink reading experience. It's originated from FOSS Browser, which is a fully free/libre (as in freedom) Android app. -
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Kuroba Experimental
Free and open source image board browser
KurobaEx is a fast Android app for browsing imageboards, such as 4chan and 8chan. It's a fork of Kuroba. Ability to attach multiple media files to reply, attach media files that were shared by external apps (even by some keyboards), attach remote media files by URL, etc. New image downloader. Allows downloading images while the app is in the background, retrying failed to download images, resolving duplicates, etc. -
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FreeWRL is an Open Source, cross platform VRML2 and X3D compliant browser, with script, SAI and EAI support. Platforms supported: Linux and other Unix-style platforms; Mac OS/X; Windows. Support for mobile platforms (iOS, Android, QNX) is under development.
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Turbo Download Manager
A portable modern multi-threading download manager for all platforms
A modern multi thread download manager for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Android devices. For bug reports visit: https://github.com/inbasic/turbo-download-manager/issues For FAQs visit: http://add0n.com/turbo-download-manager.html Turbo Download Manager is an stand-alone application without any dependencies. It should run out of the box. Just set the download location while adding the first job request. If you have a browser and would like to integrate this download, use these browser extensions: Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/turbo-download-manager/ Opera: https://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/turbo-download-manager/ Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/turbo-download-manager/kemfccojgjoilhfmcblgimbggikekjip -
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Droid Plugin
A plugin framework on android,Run any third-party apk
A plugin framework on android, Run any third-party apk without installation, modification, or repackage. This is a framework on android. You can run any third-party apk without installation, modification or repackage with Droid Plugin. Given its .apk file, the plugged app could be run either independently or as a plugin of the host, NO source code is needed. The plugged app are recognized as Installed by the host and other plugged apps. Very low level of code invasion, indeed just one line code to integrate DroidPlugin into the host app. Complete code level separation between host and plugged apps, only system-level message passing method provided by Android allowed. Resources management are also completely separated between host and plugged apps. Process management for plugged apps, idle processed of the plugged app will be timely recycled to guarantee minimum memory usage. -
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Firefox for Android
Firefox for Android
Shortcut the internet with Firefox for Android. See all your open tabs, recent searches and favorite sites all in one place with Firefox browser for Android. Firefox for Android delivers effortless privacy protection with lighting-fast page loads. Enhanced Tracking Protection automatically blocks online trackers from following you around the web and slowing down your pages. Get to Private Browsing Mode with just one tap. And when you close Private Browsing Mode, your browsing history is automatically erased from your device. Got a big phone and normal sized thumbs? No problem. Firefox for Android lets you move the search bar from the top to the bottom making it easier to use with one hand. You can also choose your own search engine within the browser, and set Firefox as your default browser if you want. Switch to Dark Mode any time to reduce eye strain and prolong your battery power. -
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Servo
Embed web technologies in applications
Servo is an experimental, highly parallel, and embeddable browser rendering engine written in Rust. It leverages Rust’s memory-safety and concurrency strengths, supports modern GPU-powered rendering (WebGL/WebGPU), and serves as a research-forward alternative to traditional browser engines. Servo is a prototype web browser engine written in the Rust language. It is currently developed on 64-bit macOS, 64-bit Linux, 64-bit Windows, 64-bit OpenHarmony, and Android. Open governance under Linux Foundation Europe; collaborative project evolving standards. Cross-platform support including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, OpenHarmony. -
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hosts
Consolidate and extend hosts files from several well-curated sources
Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. You can optionally pick extensions to block pornography, social media, and other categories. The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: fakenews, social, gambling, and porn. Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts file. The combined products are stored in the alternates folder. Data for extensions are stored in the extensions folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find the data for fakenews, social, gambling, and porn extension data that we maintain and provide for you. Create an optional blacklist file. The contents of this file (containing a listing of additional domains in hosts file format) are appended to the unified hosts file during the update process. A sample blacklist is included, and may be modified as you need. -
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Floccus
Sync your bookmarks privately across browsers and devices
Browser Extensions & Android App that sync your bookmarks across all your browsers and devices. Via an optionally selfhosted Nextcloud or WebDAV server or optionally end-to-end encrypted via Google Drive. Use any browser that supports Web extensions (e.g. Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, ...; Safari not yet) Install the floccus Android app to access your bookmarks on your phone. Create as many sync profiles as you need. Control sync strategy (i.e. uni- or bidirectional), sync interval and synced folder. Easily export your configuration. Keep your credentials secure with an encryption passphrase. Sync your bookmarks privately across browsers an devices. -
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Lightning Browser
A lightweight Android browser with modern navigation
Lightning is a simple, fast web browser that focuses on design, security, and efficiency. It uses material design, doesn't track you, give you lots of options to protect your privacy. It gets out of the way of the user. I built this browser because I wanted something better. Blocking ads is a core feature of Lightning Browser, meant to improve the speed and security of your browsing experience. Lightning's interface was carefully crafted so you can browse as efficiently as possible. Tabs and Bookmarks are all tucked neatly away in side drawers, only a swipe away, allowing maximum screen viewing with minimal interference from the browser's chrome. Dark Mode, Light Mode, Color Mode, Night Mode, etc. By utilizing the WebKit rendering engine that comes built into your Android device, Lightning can ensure a swift, lightweight experience. Use Incognito Mode to browse without leaving a footprint, download Orbot and turn on TOR proxy support to mask your identify and location. -
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SimpRead
An extension that allows you to instantly enter immersive reading
Unique function, by extracting titles, descriptions, text, media pictures/videos and other resources to generate pages that conform to Chinese reading habits, with zero-interference and immersive features, suitable for in-depth reading. Do not change the structure of the current page, just highlight the part that needs to be read, suitable for temporary reading or websites that are not adapted to the reading mode. Have pictures you don’t want to show? no problem! Any element on the page can be re-edited. The brand-new lexical analysis engine can not only recognize Wordpress, Hexo, Ghost, and Discuz, as long as it is a well-structured page, it can automatically generate a reading mode. Not only that, but also has a variety of recognition modes. -
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MetaMask
Mobile web browser providing access to websites that use the Ethereum
MetaMask is a mobile wallet that provides easy access to websites that use the Ethereum blockchain. A crypto wallet & gateway to blockchain apps. Start exploring blockchain applications in seconds. Trusted by over 30 million users worldwide. Available as a browser extension and as a mobile app, MetaMask equips you with a key vault, secure login, token wallet, and token exchange—everything you need to manage your digital assets. MetaMask provides the simplest yet most secure way to connect to blockchain-based applications. You are always in control when interacting on the new decentralized web. MetaMask generates passwords and keys on your device, so only you have access to your accounts and data. You always choose what to share and what to keep private. -
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UC Browser
Faster, safer, more private browser with VPN
UC Browser is a fast, secure, and privacy-focused web browser designed to offer a smooth and uninterrupted browsing experience. It integrates powerful VPN protection and built-in ad-blocking, ensuring safer and cleaner web surfing. The browser supports accelerated video playback with features like high-resolution viewing, speed control, floating windows, and seamless offline downloads. UC Browser automatically detects online videos for quick one-click downloads from websites and social platforms. It offers a generous 20GB of free cloud storage for backing up and syncing your data securely. The browser includes AI-driven translation, supporting multiple languages and search engines for easy navigation. Since its launch in 2004, UC Browser has grown to over 1 billion users worldwide, becoming one of the top mobile browsers globally. Its user-friendly interface and innovative tools make it a popular choice for fast and efficient web browsing on mobile devices. -
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DuckDuckGo Android App
Privacy browser for Android
DuckDuckGo is an app that gives you utmost privacy when browsing online. It stops you from getting tracked and protects your personal and private information, no matter where the internet may take you. Apart from providing standard browsing functionality, DuckDuckGo blocks all hidden third-party trackers, forces sites to use an encrypted connection where available, and provides a Privacy Grade rating for each website you visit. -
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Bromite
Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements
Bromite is an open-source web browser for Android based on the Chromium codebase that prioritizes privacy, performance, and a clean user experience with minimal tracking or clutter. It enhances the standard browser functionality by including built-in ad blocking, customizable filters, and privacy-centric defaults that remove or mitigate tracking features often embedded in mainstream browsers. Bromite’s development focuses on giving users greater control over web content and behavior, such as options for DNS-over-HTTPS, disabling field trials, showing site settings (cookies, JavaScript, etc.) directly from the address bar, and avoiding unnecessary integrations that may compromise privacy. Designed for Android Marshmallow (6.0) and above, it keeps the familiar Chromium interface while stripping out telemetry and server-side experiments, making it appealing to privacy-conscious users and those tired of default browsers treating ads as a platform feature.
