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Vanadium

Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Android  Available from GrapheneOS Appstore, only intended for GrapheneOS
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Security-focused
  3.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Sandbox
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  Block Trackers
  7.  Integrated Password Manager
  8.  Picture in Picture
  9.  Chromium-based Browsers

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Paul
1

Good web browser that's shipped by default with GrapheneOS. It's a privacy-focused version of Chromium, so it's lightweight, fast, and regularly updated.

venture2935
0

Use it on my GrapheneOS device in combination with firefox.

fabriziob
0

It came with GrapheneOS. Have not yet found a reason to install another browser for the few times I need a Chromium-based.

PoorPocketsMcNewHold
0

Just a better default Chrome app. It's a also seriously well maintained and hardened compared to even the default chrome despite G merits.

LinuxDoge
0

Vanadium is a very secure Webview and Browser, focused on Security. It is a hardened Version of Chromium and also provides the WebView used by apps for displaying web content. Vanadium "just works" for most sites, so while it is currently not the most privacy focused, it is a good addition to Ironfox. It can be updated seperately via the Appstore. Use Cromite on other Androids as Vanadium might cause bugs that are not fixed outside of GrapheneOS.

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What is Vanadium?

Vanadium is a privacy and security hardened variant of Chromium providing the WebView (used by other apps to render web content) and standard browser for GrapheneOS. It depends on hardening and compatibility fixes in GrapheneOS rather than reinventing the wheel inside Vanadium. For example, GrapheneOS already provides a hardened malloc implementation so there's no need for Vanadium to replace it. Similarly, it can deploy security features causing breakage on other operating systems due to the ability to fix compatibility problems in the OS.

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Web Browsers, Security & Privacy

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  •  2,156 Stars
  •  141 Forks
  •  156 Open Issues
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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about Vanadium, and it has gotten 46 likes

Vanadium was added to AlternativeTo by Sooraj Sathyanarayanan on and this page was last updated .