Basilisk vs Thorium

Basilisk

Basilisk is an open-source web browser based on the Goanna rendering engine, a fork of Mozilla's Gecko. It aims to provide a classic browser interface with XUL extension support while maintaining modern web standards compatibility.

BrowsersFreeOpen Source

Thorium

Thorium Performance-optimized Chromium fork compiled with AVX2 and other CPU-specific optimizations for faster browsing.

BrowsersFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Moonchild ProductionsCompany—

2017Year Launched2022

FreePricing ModelFree

YesOpen SourceYes

BrowsersCategoryBrowsers

—PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Basilisk

CompanyMoonchild Productions

Year Launched2017

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

Platforms—

Thorium

Company—

Year Launched2022

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Basilisk

Free

Thorium

Free

Free: $0/one-time

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