script vs Vanadium

script

Scripting for generating signed production releases of AOSP and metadata for the Updater app along with partially automated maintenance of out-of-tree patch sets. (by GrapheneOS)

Source Code

grapheneos.org

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Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS. It depends on hardening in other GrapheneOS repositories and doesn't include patches not relevant to the build targets used on GrapheneOS. (by GrapheneOS)

Android Privacy Security Grapheneos Chromium Browser Webview

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vanadium.app

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script		Vanadium
	Project
1	Mentions	88
28	Stars	722
-	Growth	6.2%
8.9	Activity	9.1
7 days ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
Shell	Language	Shell
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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script

Posts with mentions or reviews of script. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-22.

Looking for guide to sign AOSP builds
2 projects | /r/degoogle | 22 Oct 2022

Vanadium

Posts with mentions or reviews of Vanadium. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-27.

F-Droid, Keyboard Libraries, and Choosing a Browser
9 projects | dev.to | 27 Jan 2024

While Graphene comes with Vanadium, their own Chromium-based browser, pre-installed I chose to go with Mull as my default browser. There wasn't anything wrong with Vanadium, it's just that I've been using Firefox (and the wonderful uBlock Origin plugin) on my Linux machine for a little while now and have really grown to prefer it to Chromium-based browsers. In my research I had seen a lot of mentions of Mull and Fennec, both based on Firefox but with further hardening and privacy modifications. This detailed browser comparison chart (produced by the developer of Mull) is what ultimately led to me choosing Mull. It's definitely worth a look at the chart even if you aren't in the market for a new browser!
UnGoogled Chromium
2 projects | /r/degoogle | 3 Dec 2023

Check out Vanadium, which is part of the GrapheneOS project: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium
Vanadium version 119.0.6045.163.2 released
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 25 Nov 2023
Vanadium version 119.0.6045.134.0 released
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 12 Nov 2023
Vanadium version 119.0.6045.53.0 released
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 30 Oct 2023
Vanadium version 119.0.6045.53.1 released
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 29 Oct 2023
Vanadium version 118.0.5993.65.0 released
1 project | /r/CopperheadOS | 12 Oct 2023

1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 12 Oct 2023
Vanadium version 117.0.5938.140.0 released
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 29 Sep 2023

1 project | /r/CopperheadOS | 29 Sep 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing script and Vanadium you can also consider the following projects:

DivestOS-Build - Everything needed to build DivestOS, a more private and more secure aftermarket mobile operating system.

brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.

brave-core - Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues

ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

Firefox-UI-Fix - 🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.

bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!

mulch

hardened_malloc - Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability / integration over time.

universal-android-debloater - Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.

SimpleFox - 🦊 A Userstyle theme for Firefox minimalist and Keyboard centered.

Apps

os-issue-tracker - Issue tracker for GrapheneOS Android Open Source Project hardening work. Standalone projects like Auditor, AttestationServer and hardened_malloc have their own dedicated trackers.