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Discontinued Kiwi Browser was discontinued in January 2025. The alternatives below are active products you can switch to. All discontinued →

Alternatives to Kiwi Browser

Chromium for Android with desktop extension support

It is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and available on Android. 3 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.

An Android browser that ran Chrome desktop extensions. Its sole developer archived the project in January 2025; the extension code was folded into Microsoft Edge Canary.

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Who it's for

Android users who want to run desktop Chrome/Firefox extensions (ad blockers, password managers, userscripts) on their phone or tablet, and anyone who prefers a Chromium-based mobile browser with more configurability than stock Chrome.

What you get

A Chromium-based Android browser that can install and run unmodified extensions from the Chrome Web Store, something mobile Chrome itself does not support. It also includes a built-in ad blocker, a bottom-positioned address bar, dark mode, and tab/bookmark sync. Originally developed by Geometry OU, it was discontinued by its original developer in 2024 and open-sourced; the codebase is now maintained by community forks rather than the original team.

How it works

Users install the APK (from GitHub or a community-maintained build, since it is no longer on the Play Store) and browse much like desktop Chrome. Extensions are added by opening the browser's extensions menu and installing them directly from the Chrome Web Store, after which they run in the mobile browsing session.

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Ranked alternatives

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01
Arc

Reimagined browser UI with spaces and split view.

Proprietary macOSWindowsiOS
02

Chromium browser with built-in ad and tracker blocking.

MPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinuxiOS +1
03

Google's Chromium browser with the largest extension ecosystem.

Proprietary WindowsmacOSLinuxiOS +1
04

Privacy-default browser from DuckDuckGo.

Apache-2.0 macOSWindowsiOSAndroid
05

Microsoft's Chromium browser tied into Windows.

Proprietary WindowsmacOSLinuxiOS +1
06

Independent Gecko-engine browser from Mozilla.

MPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinuxiOS +1
07

Privacy-hardened Firefox fork without telemetry.

MPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
08

Chromium browser with built-in VPN and sidebar apps.

Proprietary WindowsmacOSLinuxiOS +1
09

WebKit browser supporting Chrome and Firefox extensions.

Proprietary macOSiOS
10

Firefox-based browser routing through the Tor network.

MPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid
11

Chromium stripped of Google integration.

BSD-3-Clause WindowsmacOSLinux
12

Power-user Chromium browser with deep customization.

Proprietary WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid
13

Privacy-focused Firefox fork.

MPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
14

Firefox-based browser with vertical tabs and workspaces.

MPL-2.0 WindowsmacOSLinux
Sources & verification 6

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FAQ

Yes. Arc, Brave and Chrome have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.

Brave, DuckDuckGo Browser and Firefox — every license claim links its source.