elza VS ungoogled-chromium

Compare elza vs ungoogled-chromium and see what are their differences.

elza

Private, fast and minimal web browser based on electron with built-in tor. (by elzabrowser)

ungoogled-chromium

Google Chromium, sans integration with Google (by ungoogled-software)
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elza ungoogled-chromium
17 405
78 18,764
- 1.9%
0.0 8.6
12 months ago 4 days ago
SCSS Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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elza

Posts with mentions or reviews of elza. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-14.

ungoogled-chromium

Posts with mentions or reviews of ungoogled-chromium. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-25.
  • console.log(DOOM)
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2024
  • Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Feb 2024
    Cromite[0] is the best on Android, it's a privacy-oriented open source patchset on top of Chromium.

    Cromite has a desktop build, but it's a bit more experimental than the mobile build, so you can use Ungoogled Chromium[1] instead. Ungoogled is also a privacy-oriented open source patchset on top of Chromium. Check the beta flags to enable some more interesting features like getClientRect anti-fingerprinting measures (unfortunately breaks some React-based sites that go into infinite re-render loop).

    Both of these browsers selectively include patches from Brave, but they are community-oriented builds so imo more trustworthy than Brave, which continues to package various shady anti-features and always will because it's backed by a for-profit company.

    LibreWolf[2] is the nicest Firefox-based one for desktop, I think. It's pretty hardcore, though, I most only use it to visit mainstream social media sites.

    I tried a bunch of the Firefox-based ones on mobile and none of them clicked for me. Cromite is just too slick on Android. Put the address bar at the bottom and off you go. Only downside is no online syncing of tabs and bookmarks, but meh. You can save all open tabs to bookmark bar in one hit then export your bookmarks, send the file through whatever E2EE channel you want to your other device and import then reopen them again.

    [0] https://github.com/uazo/cromite

    [1] https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

    [2] https://librewolf.net/

  • Browsers Are Weird
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Feb 2024
    For those that like Chromium but want to remove any integration with Google, there's Ungoogled Chromium

    https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

  • What is the safest and best browser to use???
    3 projects | /r/browsers | 11 Dec 2023
    If you're entirely partial to Chromium browsers, use Ungoogled Chrome https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
  • Mozilla CEO received $6,9m salary in 2022, a $2m increase from 2021, meanwhile Firefox has lost 30m of its userbase since 2020.
    1 project | /r/browsers | 6 Dec 2023
    what about https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
  • any working adBlock for YouTube?
    3 projects | /r/Piracy | 31 Oct 2023
    Firefox or Ungoogled Chromium (needs to update uBlock manually) in Incognito window with unchanged vanilla uBlock Origin with lists updated and no other plugins and without YouTube account. Works perfectly. Also FreeTube.
  • Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023
    Ungoogled Chromium is a Chromium-based browser with Google services stripped out.

    - Project and source: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

    - Binaries: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina...

  • Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Sep 2023
    Using these sort of downstream patch set browsers is rarely a good idea. If it has multiple full-time developers from a respected org dedicated to it, then it can be justifiable (Tor Browser, Brave), but take a look at the gaps in time for these two pages:

    https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/rel...

    https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/ch...

    There's often days you're going without security patches. If you want a browser without Google tracking, Firefox is a much better choice.

  • Installing Chrome extension from raw source code
    1 project | dev.to | 2 Sep 2023
    While these screenshots use Google Chrome, they will also work on all 'Chromium' based web browsers, like Brave, Vivaldi, ungoogled-chromium, etc. Window's Edge is also compatible, though some the button locations are changed.
  • Brave is a fork, not a Chromium reskinn
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Jul 2023
    I would highly recommend the Ungoogled Chromium fork instead: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

    Entirely volunteer maintained, there is no for-profit entity behind it looking to do crypto referrals or ad swapping or anything like that.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing elza and ungoogled-chromium you can also consider the following projects:

ZeroNet - ZeroNet - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

chromium - The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source

android - This repository is archived, and is now transferred to https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src

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

iceraven-browser - Iceraven Browser

brave-core - Core engine for the Brave browser for Android, Linux, macOS, Windows. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues

ricochet - Anonymous peer-to-peer instant messaging

browser

min - A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

iridium-browser - Iridium Browser source code

companion - Did you know Compy, The Companion? They are a friendly mini browser to pin on top of any other desktop app and keep doing your stuff while enjoying a live stream, video on demand, or consulting any web content.

thorium - Chromium fork named after radioactive element No. 90. Windows and MacOS/Raspi/Android/Special builds are in different repositories, links are towards the top of the README.md.