Browser Recommendations For Desktop
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="Firefox"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/firefox_browser.svg"
description='Firefox is fast, reliable, open-source, and respects your privacy. Don\'t forget to adjust the settings according to our
recommendations: Privacy Add-ons WebRTC about:config tweaks.'
website="https://firefox.com"
privacy-policy="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-firefox/279"
source="https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/"
windows="https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/windows/"
mac="https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/mac/"
linux="https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/linux/"
freebsd="https://www.freshports.org/www/firefox"
openbsd="http://openports.se/www/mozilla-firefox"
netbsd="http://pkgsrc.se/www/firefox"
%}
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="Tor Browser - Provides Anonymity"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/tor_browser.svg"
description='Tor Browser is your choice if you need an extra layer of anonymity. It\'s a modified version of Firefox ESR, which comes with pre-installed privacy add-ons, encryption, and an advanced proxy. How does Tor work?'
website="https://www.torproject.org/"
privacy-policy="https://support.torproject.org/tbb/tbb-3/"
tor="http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-tor-browser/278"
git="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor"
windows="https://www.torproject.org/download/"
mac="https://www.torproject.org/download/"
linux="https://www.torproject.org/download/"
%}
Browser Recommendations For Android
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="Firefox"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/firefox_browser.svg"
description='Firefox is fast, reliable, open-source, and respects your privacy. Don\'t forget to adjust the settings according to our
recommendations: Privacy Add-ons WebRTC about:config tweaks.'
website="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/mobile/"
privacy-policy="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-firefox/279"
github="https://github.com/mozilla-mobile"
fdroid="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/"
googleplay="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox"
android="https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/#product-android-release"
%}
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="Tor Browser - Provides Anonymity"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/tor_browser.svg"
description='Tor Browser is your choice if you need an extra layer of anonymity. It\'s a modified version of Firefox ESR, which comes with pre-installed privacy add-ons, encryption and an advanced proxy. How does Tor work?'
website="https://www.torproject.org/"
privacy-policy="https://support.torproject.org/tbb/tbb-3/"
tor="http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-tor-browser-for-android-browsers/1522"
git="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-browser.git/"
android="https://www.torproject.org/download/#android"
fdroid="https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/"
googleplay="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser"
%}
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="Bromite"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/bromite.svg"
description='Bromite is a Chromium-based browser with privacy and security enhancements, built-in adblocking and DNS over HTTPS support; it includes patches from ungoogled-chromium and other privacy-focused projects. More info can be found on the official website.'
website="https://www.bromite.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-bromite-browsers/1521"
github="https://github.com/bromite/bromite"
fdroid="https://www.bromite.org/fdroid"
android="https://www.bromite.org/#download-bromite"
%}
Worth Mentioning for Android
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Privacy Browser
- An open-source web browser focused on user privacy. Features include integrated ad blocking with EasyList, SSL certificate pinning, and Tor Orbot proxy support.
{% include badge.html
color="warning"
icon="fas fa-exclamation-triangle"
link="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.webview"
tooltip="Privacy Browser relies on the Android System WebView which needs to be kept up to date to fix security issues. One can update WebView by either installing it from Google Play or Aurora Store which you can get from F-Droid."
text="Keep WebView up-to-date"
%}
Browser Recommendations For iOS
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="Firefox"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/firefox_browser.svg"
description='Firefox is fast, reliable, open-source, and respects your privacy. Note: Because of limitations set by Apple in iOS, our recommended tweaks cannot be applied. However, Firefox for iOS has an Enhanced Tracking Protection feature that uses a list provided by Disconnect to identify and block ad, social, and analytics trackers, as well as cryptominers and fingerprinters.'
website="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/mobile/"
privacy-policy="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-firefox/279"
github="https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios"
ios="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-private-safe-browser/id989804926"
%}
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="Onion Browser"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/onion_browser.svg"
description='Onion Browser is an open-source browser that lets you browse the web anonymously over the Tor network on iOS devices and is endorsed by the Tor Project. Warning: there are certain anonymity-related issues with Onion Browser due to iOS limitations.'
website="https://onionbrowser.com/"
privacy-policy="https://onionbrowser.com/privacy-policy"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-onion-browser-browsers/1523"
github="https://github.com/OnionBrowser/OnionBrowser"
ios="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448"
%}
{% include legacy/cardv2.html
title="DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/duckduckgo.svg"
description='DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser is an open-source web browser that has built-in ad and tracker blocking and utilizes ToS;DR to rate the privacy policies of the sites you visit.'
website="https://duckduckgo.com/app"
privacy-policy="https://duckduckgo.com/privacy"
tor="https://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/app"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-duckduckgo-privacy-browser-browsers/1524"
github="https://github.com/duckduckgo/iOS"
ios="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duckduckgo-privacy-browser/id663592361"
%}
Worth Mentioning for iOS
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SnowHaze
- An open-source web browser with built-in ad, tracker, cookie, and fingerprint blocking, all customizable on a per-site basis.