Ungoogled-chromium

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Ungoogled Chromium
Developer(s) Eloston and other hobbyists [1]
Initial releaseDecember 14, 2015;8 years ago (2015-12-14)
Stable release
121.0.6167.160-1 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (8 February 2024;2 months ago (8 February 2024))
Repository https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Engine V8, Blink   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Operating system Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, BSD   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Platform x86-64, AArch64, ARMv7, IA-32   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
License 3-clause BSD License [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

ungoogled-chromium is a free and open-source variant of the Chromium web browser that removes all Google-specific web services. [4] [5] [6] 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. [7] [8]

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Features

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. [10]

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. [11] [12] Eloston used to release builds, but eventually he stopped doing so and allowed others to provide builds with his patches. [13]

Starting in 2019, Eloston greatly reduced his involvement in the project, and other hobbyists have continued to maintain the patches. [1] In 2022, the GitHub repository was transferred from Eloston's personal account to a new "ungoogled-software" account. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Contributors to ungoogled-software/Ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Release 121.0.6167.160-1 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium (English)". 8 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "ungoogled-chromium/LICENSE" . Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Cimpanu, Catalin (16 October 2016). "UnGoogled Chromium Removes All the Googley Parts from Chromium". Softpedia . Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Duino, Justin (30 September 2016). "'Ungoogled' is the Chrome browser you love minus the Google". 9to5Google . Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Github Readme Objectives, ungoogled-software, 4 October 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
  8. ↑ "Ungoogled Chromium". TechSpot. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "GitHub Readme Feature Overview". GitHub. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "chromium-web-store". GitHub. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "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)
  12. ↑ "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)
  13. ↑ ungoogled-chromium-binaries, ungoogled-software, 15 September 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
  14. ↑ "GitHub discussion". GitHub . This repo is now part of ungoogled-software
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