# Lightning (open-source web browser)

> Lightning is a free, open-source web browser for Android. Lightweight web browser. It has 2,435 GitHub stars and is released under the MPL-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Lightweight web browser with following features: * Fast Start Times * Small Footprint * Smooth Scrolling * Long-press a tab to delete it * Long-press the back button to exit the browser * Ad blocker The old, archived version was known as acr.browser.barebones.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 2,435 |
| License | MPL-2.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/acr.browser.lightning/ (package acr.browser.lightning) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=acr.browser.lightning |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Browsers |
| Latest release | v5.1.0 (Oct 1, 2019) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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