Brave vs Chromium

Brave

Brave is a privacy-focused web browser built on Chromium that blocks ads and trackers by default. It features a built-in ad blocker, optional privacy-preserving ads via BAT tokens, and a built-in Tor browsing mode.

BrowsersFreeOpen Source

Chromium

Chromium is the open-source web browser project that forms the foundation for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and many other browsers. It provides the Blink rendering engine, V8 JavaScript engine, and a multi-process architecture.

BrowsersFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Brave SoftwareCompanyGoogle

2016Year Launched2008

FreePricing ModelFree

YesOpen SourceYes

BrowsersCategoryBrowsers

Brave

CompanyBrave Software

Year Launched2016

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

Chromium

CompanyGoogle

Year Launched2008

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

Pricing

Both tools are free.

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