# Zen Browser (open-source web browser)

> Zen Browser is a free, open-source web browser for Windows, macOS and Linux. Zen is a firefox-based browser with the aim of pushing your productivity to a new level. It has 44,812 GitHub stars and is released under the MPL-2.0 license, and people use it instead of Google Chrome and Arc.

Zen is a firefox-based browser with the aim of pushing your productivity to a new level! If you'd like to report a bug, please do so on our GitHub Issues page and for feature requests, you can use GitHub Discussions.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 44,812 |
| License | MPL-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | Google Chrome, Arc |
| Language | C++ |
| Website | https://zen-browser.app |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Browsers |
| Latest release | 1.23.1b (Oct 7, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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