Chromium vs Thorium

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

Thorium

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

BrowsersFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

GoogleCompany—

2008Year Launched2022

FreePricing ModelFree

YesOpen SourceYes

BrowsersCategoryBrowsers

—PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Chromium

CompanyGoogle

Year Launched2008

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

Platforms—

Thorium

Company—

Year Launched2022

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Chromium

Free

Thorium

Free

Free: $0/one-time

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