Vanadium
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“I like Vanadium (Chromium) a lot more than Safari.”
“I use Vanadium on mobile and Brave on desktop–I think those are the best options.”
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“Vanadium as the default browser works well”
Caveats and dissent
“Chrome and vanadium has a custom backup agent that only dumps out settings, so browsing history and bookmarks aren't backed up at all.”
“Their Vanadium web browser is based on Chromium, which is controlled by Google. It also does not have an ad blocker or support extensions.”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Vanadium is licensed as GPLv2.”
“We use GPLv2 in certain cases such as Vanadium”
“we use GPLv2 licensing ourselves including for our Vanadium browser project”
“Vanadium is much more secure than standard Chromium”
Threads where it came up
- GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard 2 mentions
- GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple 2 mentions
- Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy 1 mention
- Copyright does more harm than good and should be abolished 1 mention
- My practical approach to surfing the web safely 1 mention
- Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions 1 mention
Data: vanadium.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“I like Vanadium (Chromium) a lot more than Safari.”
“I use Vanadium on mobile and Brave on desktop–I think those are the best options.”
“Brave is beating GrapheneOS on update timeliness”
“Chrome and vanadium has a custom backup agent that only dumps out settings, so browsing history and bookmarks aren't backed up at all.”
“Vanadium as the default browser works well”
“Their Vanadium web browser is based on Chromium, which is controlled by Google. It also does not have an ad blocker or support extensions.”