Thorium
Thorium is a free, open-source web browser for Windows, macOS and Linux. Chromium fork named after radioactive element No. It has 7,603 GitHub stars and is released under the BSD-3-Clause license, and people use it instead of Google Chrome. Its source code is on GitHub at Alex313031/thorium.
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About Thorium
+ Other patches and useful chrome://flags flags too long to list here. ʘ‿ʘ − Thanks to for some info and fixes that went into this project.\ − Thanks to for support and helping with builds. \ − Also thanks to and for patch code. \ − The paksrc dir, and the binaries in packsrc/bin are credited to @freeer
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- Google Chrome
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Is Thorium free and open source?
Yes. Thorium's source code is public on GitHub under the BSD-3-Clause license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Thorium?
Download the installer for Windows, macOS and Linux from its GitHub Releases page (latest: M156.0.8078.28) or the project website.
Can Thorium replace Google Chrome?
Thorium is commonly used as a free alternative to Google Chrome. Features differ, so check that it opens the file formats and covers the workflows you rely on before switching.