Everyday apps

European web browsers

Browse with software made by European developers

Replaces: Google Chrome · Google Search · Microsoft Bing · Yandex Search

A web browser is the program you use to reach the web, and it decides far more than how pages look. It handles cookies and storage, blocks or allows trackers and scripts, manages passwords and sync, and reports a fingerprint that sites can use to recognise you. Extensions, tab handling and profile separation are where browsers differ most in daily use.

The browser sees everything you do online before any website does, and its default search engine and sync service quietly decide who else sees it. Vivaldi Browser, Mullvad Browser, Ecosia Browser and Librewolf come from European makers and projects. Switching to a European alternative to Chrome is one of the cheaper moves available: bookmarks and passwords import in a few minutes.

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Vivaldi Browser

Web browser from Norway

Vivaldi Browser is a web browser developed in Norway. The company behind it was founded by a co-founder of Opera, the other well known browser to come out of that country, and Vivaldi itself is free to use.

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