Ungoogled-chromium

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ungoogled-chromium
Developer(s) Eloston and other hobbyists, collectively called "Ungoogled Software" [1] [2]
Initial release14 December 2015;9 years ago (2015-12-14)
Stable release
139.0.7258.154-1 [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (27 August 2025;6 days ago (27 August 2025))
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 [4]   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. [5] [6] [7] 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. [8] [9]

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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. [11]

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. [12] [13] Eloston used to release builds, but eventually he stopped doing so and allowed others to provide builds with his patches. [14]

Starting in 2019, Eloston greatly reduced his involvement in the project, and other developers 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. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Contributors to ungoogled-software/Ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Download Ungoogled Chromium Binaries" . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ↑ https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/releases/tag/139.0.7258.154-1.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "ungoogled-chromium/LICENSE" . Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. ↑ Cimpanu, Catalin (16 October 2016). "UnGoogled Chromium Removes All the Googley Parts from Chromium". Softpedia . Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Tim. "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.
  7. ↑ Duino, Justin (30 September 2016). "'Ungoogled' is the Chrome browser you love minus the Google". 9to5Google . Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Github Readme Objectives, ungoogled-software, 4 October 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
  9. ↑ "Ungoogled Chromium". TechSpot. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "GitHub Readme Feature Overview". GitHub. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "chromium-web-store". GitHub. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Release 51.0.2704.106-2 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Release 51.0.2704.106-3 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  14. ↑ ungoogled-chromium-binaries, ungoogled-software, 15 September 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
  15. ↑ "GitHub discussion". GitHub . This repo is now part of ungoogled-software
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