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FOSS Browser		src.next
	Project
7	Mentions	86
1,061	Stars	1,964
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	4.7
9 months ago	Latest Commit	13 days ago
Java	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

FOSS Browser

Posts with mentions or reviews of FOSS Browser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-15.

Fast & light browsers for 2GB ram phones.
4 projects | /r/androidapps | 15 Aug 2022
Fulguris VS FOSS Browser - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 25 Jul 2022
brave-browser VS browser - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 24 Jul 2022

"FOSS Browser" is a fully free (as in freedom) open source Android browser: privacy-friendly with a modern user interface. - Your privacy - your data.
⟳ 0 apps added, 45 updated at f-droid.org
11 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 5 Jan 2022

FOSS Browser (version 8.8): "FOSS Browser" is a fully free (as in freedom) open source Android browser: priv
Bromite vs Kiwi
4 projects | /r/androidapps | 5 Nov 2021
⟳ 1 apps added, 53 updated at f-droid.org
21 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 24 Sep 2021

FOSS Browser (version 8.3): Small webbrowser using Android webView. Designed to respect your privacy.
FOSS BROWSER (ANDROID)
1 project | /r/OpenSourceApps | 28 Apr 2021

Source: https://github.com/scoute-dich/browser

src.next

Posts with mentions or reviews of src.next. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-14.

Mozilla expands extension support for Firefox for Android
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Dec 2023

According to their github repo, it was last rebased with chromium version 105.0.5195.24, which was from August 2022. Using a 15 month old browser seems hilariously insecure.
https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next
Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Aug 2023

I've never tried Kiwi Browser but had similarly come across it while searching. The dev interestingly refers to them ads[1] (2022), though prior to being accepted properly into Bing's referral program Kiwi redirected all search queries through their own servers[2][3] (2021) (the original Kiwi repo's issues tab has been deleted since).
Tbf dev always sounds reasonable in their responses but was a little off-putting initially so I kinda understand the GP's post.
[1] https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next/issues/91#issuecomme...
[2] https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater/issues/35
[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20210605191305/https://github.co...
How to install new version of Kiwi Browser
1 project | /r/kiwibrowser | 24 Jul 2023

Download the latest version of Kiwi Browser from it's original source like github Kiwi Browser GitHub Releases (Choose the 2nd one tagged ARM/64 if you're using it from Playstore rn, choose the first ARM/64 if you're using GitHub apks rn) OR Kiwi Browser July 21 UpToDown
Generation 5624320950
1 project | /r/kiwibrowser | 24 Jul 2023

com.kiwibrowser.browser-arm64-5624320950-github.apk231 MByesterday
Discover
1 project | /r/kiwibrowser | 3 Jul 2023
How to pirate reddit?
5 projects | /r/Piracy | 29 Jun 2023

Maybe I should also mention Kiwi Browser (Chromium-based) and Iceraven (Firefox-based) specifically for mobile.
Devtools for Mobile Browsers
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jun 2023

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought they walked back on that? And I think the source code repo is now : https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next ? Maybe that's just the chromium rebase repo though.
Extension problem, after reinstalling
1 project | /r/kiwibrowser | 29 May 2023

Other things you could try: an older version of Kiwi Browser, or a version of Kiwi from the GitHub.
[New] application hosting website (App Store For Android)
3 projects | /r/fdroid | 17 May 2023
Is Kiwi actually open source?
2 projects | /r/kiwibrowser | 23 Apr 2023

Yeah, that's the one I'm talking about. You can see here that it's only had one commit in the last 6 months

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FOSS Browser and src.next you can also consider the following projects:

mulch

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

termux-api - Termux add-on app which exposes device functionality as API to command line programs.

floccus - :cloud: Sync your bookmarks privately across browsers and devices

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

src - Source-code used in Kiwi Browser for Android

koreader - An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

Consent-O-Matic - Browser extension that automatically fills out cookie popups based on your preferences

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

iceraven-browser - Iceraven Browser

Fenix - ⚠️ Fenix (Firefox for Android) moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android