Brave (web browser)

Chromium-based open-source web browser

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Brave

Desktop and mobile versions of Brave, displaying the home page of Wikipedia

Developer(s)| Brave Software, Inc.[1]
Initial release| 12 Oct 2016 v1.0.3 (Android)
14 Dec 2018 v1.7 (iOS)
Stable release(s)

| Android (Play Store)| 1.69.164 / September 6, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-09-06)

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iOS/iPadOS (App Store)| 1.69.1 / September 13, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-09-13)
Linux Snapcraft Store (unofficial Flathub pkg)| 1.69.168 / September 11, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-09-11)
macOS macupdate.com (web store)| 128.1.69.162 / September 4, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-09-04)
Windows For PC / Laptop (Microsoft Apps Store)| 1.75.175 / December 1, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-12-01)

Repository| github.com/brave/brave-browser (Android, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, macOS, Linux)
Written in| JavaScript, Swift, C++
Engines| Blink, V8, (WebKit on iOS/iPadOS)
Operating system|

* Android 8 or later
* iOS 16 or later
* iPadOS 16 or later
* Linux
* macOS 11 or later
* Windows 10 or later

Platform| x86, x86-64, IA-32, ARM, AArch64
Type| Web browser
License| MPL 2.0[2]
Website| brave.com

Brave is a free and open-source web browser developed by Brave Software, Inc.[3] based on the Chromium web browser.

## History

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On 28 May 2015, CEO Brendan Eich and CTO Brian Bondy founded Brave Software.[4]

On 20 January 2016, Brave Software launched the first version of Brave with ad-blocking capabilities and announced plans for an ad platform that uses "browser-side anonymous targeting".[5]

The same week, it was revealed that Brave Software had purchased Android web browser Link Bubble (developed by Chris Lacy, who also developed launcher Action Launcher) and rebranded it as Brave.[6][7][8]

Brave Software, Inc.Founded| 28 May 2015

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Headquarters| San Francisco, California,

United States

Country of origin| United States
Created by| Brave Software, Inc.
Founder(s)| Brendan Eich, Brian Bondy
CEO| Brendan Eich
Products| Brave Search, Brave Leo & others
URL| https://brave.com/
Launched| 28 May 2015; 9 years ago (28 May 2015)

## The Brave browser

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Brave is a privacy-focused browser, which automatically blocks most advertisements and website trackers in its default settings.

### History

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In June 2018, Brave released a pay-to-surf test-version of the browser.

This version of Brave came preloaded with approximately 250 ads and sent a detailed log of the user's browsing activity to Brave for the short-term purpose of testing this functionality. Brave announced that expanded trials would follow.[9]

Until December 2018, Brave ran on a fork of Electron called Muon, which they marketed as a "more secure fork".

Nevertheless, Brave developers moved to Chromium, citing a need to ease their maintenance burden.[10]

Brave Software released the final Muon-based version with the intention that users would update to a newer version as its end-of-life approached.[11]

### Functions

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#### Brave Leo

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Main article: Brave Leo

Brave Leo is a large language model-based chatbot developed by Brave Software that is included with the Brave desktop browser.

#### Brave Firewall + VPN

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Brave Firewall + VPN is a browser based, system wide firewall and VPN for desktop, iOS and Android.[12][13] It uses the Guardian VPN backend.[14]

#### Brave Search

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Main article: Brave Search

Brave Search is a search engine developed by Brave[15][16][17][18][19][20] and is the default search engine for the browser since October 2021.[21]

#### Brave Talk

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Brave Talk[22] is a browser-based video conferencing tool based on Jitsi integrated into Brave in September 2021[23] with both free and paid tiers.[24]

#### Brave News

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In December 2020, Brave integrated a personalized news reader focused on user privacy into the browser.[25]

As of June 2021, the news feed also includes promoted articles based upon the Brave ads platform.[26]

#### Brave Playlist

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An iOS feature that lets users create playlists of audio and video media sources and play them offline.[27]

### Privacy

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To prevent browser fingerprinting, Brave uses fingerprint randomization,[28] which makes the browser look different to websites over browser restart.

In June 2019, Brave started testing a new ad-blocking rule-matching algorithm implemented in Rust, replacing the previous C++ one. The uBlock Origin and Ghostery algorithms inspired the new logic, which Brave claims to be on average 69 times faster than the previous algorithm.[29]

#### Brave Shields

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Brave Shields is an engine inspired by uBlock Origin[30] and others, which blocks third-party ads and trackers[31] in a similar fashion to other extension-based ad blockers. The advertisement blocking features are enabled by default.[31]

Users are given control to adjust ad blocking, script and cookies settings in the Shields and Privacy section of the browser.[32]

As well as ads and cookie-based trackers, Brave shields also protect against fingerprint tracking using a technique it calls "farbling", allowing each browser session to appear unique.[33][34]

#### Tor windows

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Since June 2018, Brave offers Tor, .onion and Tor bridges support in its desktop version.[35]

Users can switch to Tor-enabled browsing by clicking on the hamburger menu in the top-right corner of the browser.[36]

#### Debouncing

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On 15 October 2021, Brave announced a new privacy feature dubbed "debouncing".

The new feature is designed to disarm bounce tracking, a method of Internet tracking through intermediary domains that load when users click on a link.

Debouncing will automatically recognize when users are about to visit a known tracking domain and renavigates the user to their intended destination, skipping the tracking site altogether.[37][38]

#### De-AMP feature

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In April 2022, Brave announced a de-AMP feature that bypasses Google's AMP system, directing the user straight to the original website instead.

The company cited this as a privacy feature, calling AMP "harmful to users and to the Web at large". When this feature is activated, Yandex Turbo Pages, which are similar to AMP pages, are also bypassed.[39][40][41]

### Other integrations

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#### SugarCoat

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A tool integrated in Brave since the fourth quarter of 2021 that automatically replaces tracking libraries with a spoofed, privacy-preserving replacement to increase site compatibility with adblocking scripts.[42][43]

#### InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)

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In January 2021, Brave became one of the first web browsers to offer native integration with a peer-to-peer networking protocol.[44]

#### Blockchain domain names

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As of March 2021, Brave supports decentralized domains, namely the ones provided by Unstoppable Domains (.crypto etc.) and Ethereum Name Services (ENS).[45]

#### Wayback Machine Integration

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In February 2020, the Wayback Machine was integrated into the browser. Upon hitting an HTTP 404 error, among other error codes, the Wayback Machine is automatically queried to display a cached version of the page.[46]

## Business model

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The Brave browser's business model is based on its share of ad revenue.

Unlike other browsers that only display websites, Brave earns revenue from ads by taking a 15% cut of publisher ads and a 30% cut of user ads.

Brave expects to generate revenue from selling Basic Attention Tokens (BATs) to advertisers, letting users earn them while viewing ads and content.[47][48]

### Revenue

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Brave keeps financial reserves in the form of BATs for itself, with 200 million BATs (valued at $240 million) kept for building its blockchain-based digital advertising system and 300 million BATs allocated as seed for browser users' wallets as of 2021[update].[47]

By August 2016, the company had received at least US$7 million in angel investments from venture capital firms, including Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Propel Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Foundation Capital and the Digital Currency Group.[49]

### Advertising

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Advertising campaigns are matched with users by inference from their browsing history.

This targeting is carried out locally, with no transmission of personally identifiable data outside the browser.[50]

User ads are notification-style pop-ups, while publisher ads are viewed on or in association with publisher content.

In November 2019, Brave launched Brave Ads on a personal computers version, partnering with AirSwap, ConsenSys, eToro, Home Chef, and Vice.[51][52]

### Cryptocurrency

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#### Basic Attention Token

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Basic Attention Token

Denominations
Code| BAT
Development
Original author(s)| Brave Software
White paper| Basic Attention Token White Paper
Implementation(s)| Brave Rewards
Initial release| 31 May 2017
Development status| Active
Developer(s)| Brave Software, BAT Project
Ledger
Circulating supply| 1.49 billion
Supply limit| 1.5 billion
Valuation
Exchange rate| Floating
Website
Website| basicattentiontoken.org

The "Basic Attention Token" (BAT) is a cryptocurrency token based on Ethereum, created for use in an open-source, decentralized ad exchange platform and as a cryptocurrency [53] based on the ERC-20 standard.

In an initial coin offering on 31 May 2017, Brave sold one billion BAT for a total of 156,250 Ethereum ($35 million) in less than 30 seconds.[53][54]

An additional 500 million BAT was retained by the company to be used to promote the adoption of the platform.[53]

In early December 2017, the company disbursed the first round of its "user growth pool" grants: a total of 300,000 BAT was distributed to new users on a first-come, first-served basis.[55][56]

#### Brave Rewards

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The first version of the micropayments feature was launched in 2016 under the name "Brave Payments" and used Bitcoin.[57]

Since April 2019, Brave browser users can opt in to the Brave Rewards feature earning the Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) as a cryptocurrency or to make donations to registered websites and content creators.[47][58][59]

Users may choose to tip their earned BAT micropayments to websites and content creators (as tips) within the ecosystem[60] or withdraw their BAT to a verified Gemini or Uphold wallet.[61][62][63][64]

In March 2021, BAT became available on the Binance Smart Chain in the form of wrapped BAT.[65][66] These tokens are wrapped by Binance and the original BAT is held in "Token Vaults" with Binance.[67]

#### Brave Wallet

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Brave Wallet is a native crypto wallet with no extensions required.

It supports all EVM-compatible chains (Polygon, xDai, Avalanche, etc.) and L2 chains.

In addition, Brave Wallet can be used to store non-fungible tokens.

Desktop edition supports also hardware wallets such as Ledger and Trezor, while mobile support is planned.[68][69][70]

#### Brave Swap

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Brave Swap is an aggregator for cryptocurrency DEX's based on 0x[71] letting users swap Ethereum tokens for other tokens from within the browser.

Brave makes money off this by taking a small "router" fee with plans to return 20% of this fee to the user in the form of BAT tokens.[72][73]

## Usage

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In December 2018, Brave partnered with HTC to make Brave Browser the default browser on the HTC Exodus 1.[74]

Brave launched its stable release, version 1.0, on 13 November 2019, while having 8.7 million monthly active users overall.[75]

At the time, it had approximately 3 million active users on a daily basis. Brave 1.0, running on Android, iOS, Windows 10, macOS, or Linux, integrated "almost all of Brave's marquee features across all platforms", according to Engadget.[76]

In November 2020, Brave reported having 20 million monthly users.[77]

In April 2021, Brave became the first browser to be added to the Epic Games Store.[78][79]

In September 2021, it passed 36 million monthly active users.[80]

As of December 2024,[update] Brave reported more than 77.3 million monthly active users, 32.1 million daily active users and a network of more than 1.8 million content creators.[81]

## Reception

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Reviews of Brave praised the browser's speed, privacy aspects and built-in ad blocking,[82][83][84][85] as well as potential reduced battery usage.[86]

According to the website PrivacyTests.org, Brave, along with Librewolf and Tor Browser, had the most privacy protection compared to other browsers.[87][88]

A 2021 research study analyzing the data reported by browsers to their back-end servers by Douglas J. Leith of the University of Dublin reported that Brave had the highest level of privacy of the five browsers tested.[89]

A test conducted by a freelance journalist writing for Digital Trends found Brave to be the only mainstream browser to pass the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cover Your Tracks test.[90]

## Controversies

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Brave has received negative press for diverting ad revenue from websites to itself,[91] collecting unsolicited donations for content creators without their consent,[92] suggesting affiliate links in the address bar[93] and installing a paid VPN service without the user's consent.[94]

### On its business model

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#### Brave Rewards

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In January 2016, in reaction to Brave Software's initial announcement, Sebastian Anthony of Ars Technica described Brave as a "cash-grab" and a "double dip".

Anthony concluded:[91]

> "Brave is an interesting idea, but generally it's rather frowned upon to stick your own ads in front of someone else's".

TechCrunch,[49] Computerworld[95] and Engadget[96] termed Brave's ad replacement plans "controversial" in 2016. In April 2016, the CEO of the Newspaper Association of America, David Chavern, said that Brave's proposed replacement of advertising[97][98]

> "should be viewed as illegal and deceptive by the courts, consumers, and those who value the creation of content".

#### Relationship with content creators

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In December 2018, British YouTube content creator Tom Scott said that he had not received any donations collected on his behalf by Brave.[99][92]

Two days after the complaint, Brave issued an update to "clearly indicate which publishers and creators have not yet joined Brave Rewards so users can better control how they donate and tip".[100]

In January 2020, Brave issued another update to change the behavior of unclaimed tips. They are now held in the browser and transferred if the creator signs up within 90 days; otherwise, they are returned to the user.[101][102]

#### Sponsored images backgrounds

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On 15 January 2020, Brave introduced branded wallpapers within the new tab page by default, even when the Basic Attention Tokens were not enabled.[103] This lead to some backslash from the community.[104]

#### Insertion of referral codes

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On 6 June 2020, a Twitter user pointed out that Brave inserted affiliate referral codes when users navigated to Binance.[105][106]

Further research revealed that Brave also added referral codes to the URLs of other cryptocurrency exchange websites.

In response to the backlash from the users, Brave's CEO apologized and called it a "mistake" and said "we're correcting". He remarked that Brave seeks affiliate revenue while trying to build a viable business, adding that:[93][107]

> "This includes bringing new users to Binance & other exchanges via opt-in trading widgets/other UX that preserves privacy prior to opt-in. It includes search revenue deals, as all major browsers do."

Two days later, Brave released a new version which they said made auto-completion to partner links opt-in,[108] followed by a blog post explaining the issue and apologizing.[109][110]

#### Forced VPN installation

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In October 2023, reports emerged that Brave Browser was installing its $9.99 VPN service on Windows machines without the user's consent.[94]

The developer later announced it intends to reverse its decision, promising to not install the VPN unless enabled or purchased by the user.[111]

### On the browser

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#### Bug in Tor browsing mode

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One privacy issue appeared via a private disclosure on Brave's HackerOne bug bounty platform on 12 January 2021.

The disclosure reported that Brave was sending DNS requests to the ISP of the users instead of routing it through the Tor network, thus allowing ISPs to have knowledge of a user's browsing sessions.[112][113]

Brave fixed the issue in its Nightly channel soon after it was initially reported. Once the bug received public attention in mid-February from Twitter users verifying the vulnerability, the fix was soon uplifted to the Stable channel and landed in Brave 1.20.110.[114]

#### Fingerprinting measures in the browser

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In 2023, researchers demonstrated bypassing of anti-fingerprinting protection in Brave and called for implementation of more robust countermeasures.[115]

## See also

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* Free and open-source software portal
* Internet portal

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1991|

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1992|

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1993|

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1994|

* AirMosaic
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1995|

* Agora
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* Netscape Navigator 2
* NetShark
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1996|

* Cyberdog
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* tcpCONNECT4
* Voyager

1997|

* Netscape Communicator
* Internet Explorer 4
* Opera 2.1

1998|

* NeoPlanet
* Mozilla Application Suite
* Opera 3–3.21

1999|

* iCab
* Internet Explorer 5
* OmniWeb 3
* Opera 3.5–3.62

2000s

| 2000|

* Beonex Communicator
* Galeon
* K-Meleon
* Konqueror
* MediaBrowser
* Netscape 6
* Opera 4–4.02

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2001|

* iCab 2.5
* Internet Explorer 6
* OmniWeb 4
* Opera 5–5.12

2002|

* Camino
* Epiphany
* Netscape 7
* Opera 6–6.1

2003|

* GreenBrowser
* Maxthon
* Opera 7–7.3
* Safari
* SlimBrowser

2004|

* Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox
* Opera 7.5–7.55

2005|

* AOL Explorer
* Deepnet Explorer
* Firefox 1.5
* Netscape Browser
* Opera 8–8.54
* Safari 2

2006|

* Firefox 2
* Internet Explorer 7
* Opera 9–9.27

2007|

* Maxthon 2
* Opera 9.5–9.64
* Safari 3
* SeaMonkey 1.1

2008|

* Chrome
* Firefox 3
* Netscape Navigator 9
* NetSurf 1.2

2009|

* Chrome 2–3
* Firefox 3.5
* Internet Explorer 8
* Opera 10–10.63
* Pale Moon
* Safari 4
* SeaMonkey 2.0

2010s

| 2010|

* Chrome 4–8
* Firefox 3.6
* Lunascape 6.0.1
* Maxthon 3
* NetSurf 2.5
* Opera 11–11.64
* Safari 5

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2011|

* Chrome 9–16
* Firefox 4–9
* Internet Explorer 9
* Lunascape 6.5
* Opera 12–12.17
* SeaMonkey 2.1–2.4
* Waterfox

2012|

* Chrome 17–23
* Firefox 10–17
* Internet Explorer 10
* Lunascape 6.7
* Maxthon 3.4
* NetSurf 2.9
* Safari 6
* Yandex

2013|

* Chrome 24–31
* Firefox 18–26
* Internet Explorer 11
* Opera 15–18
* Safari 7
* SeaMonkey 2.15–2.22

2014|

* Chrome 32–39
* Firefox 27–34
* Lunascape 6.9
* NetSurf 3.1
* Opera 19–26
* Safari 8
* SeaMonkey 2.23–2.31

2015|

* Chrome 40–47
* Firefox 35–43
* Lunascape 6.10–6.12
* Microsoft Edge 20, 25
* Opera 27–34
* Safari 9
* SeaMonkey 2.32–2.39
* Vivaldi Technical Preview 1–Beta 2

2016|

* Brave 0.7–0.12
* Chrome 48–55
* Firefox 44–50
* Lunascape 6.13–6.15
* Microsoft Edge 38
* Opera 35–42
* Safari 10
* Vivaldi Beta 3–1.6
* Yandex 16

2017|

* Brave 0.13–0.19
* Chrome 56–63
* Firefox 51–57
* Microsoft Edge 40, 41
* Opera 43–49
* Safari 11
* SeaMonkey 2.46–2.49
* Vivaldi 1.7–1.13
* Yandex 17

2018|

* Basilisk
* Brave 0.20–0.60
* Chrome 64–71
* Firefox 58–64
* Microsoft Edge 42–44
* Opera 50–57
* Safari 12
* Vivaldi 1.14–2.2
* Waterfox 56.0–56.2
* Yandex 18

2019|

* Brave 0.61–1.1
* Chrome 72–79
* Firefox 65–71
* Microsoft Edge 44
* Opera 58–65
* Safari 13
* Vivaldi 2.3–2.10
* Waterfox 60.1–68.0a2
* Whale 1.4–1.5
* Yandex 19

2020s

| 2020|

* Brave 1.2–1.18
* Chrome 80–87
* Firefox 72–84
* Microsoft Edge 79–87
* Opera 66–73
* SeaMonkey 2.53
* Vivaldi 2.11–3.5
* Yandex 20
* Safari 14

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2021|

* Brave 1.19–1.33
* Chrome 88–96
* Firefox 85–95
* Microsoft Edge 88–96
* Opera 74–82
* SeaMonkey 2.53.10.2
* Vivaldi 3.6–5.0
* Yandex 21
* Safari 15

2022|

* Arc 0.46–0.81
* Brave 1.34–1.46
* Chrome 97–108
* Firefox 96–108
* Microsoft Edge 97–108
* Opera 83–94
* Vivaldi 5.1–5.6
* Yandex 22
* Safari 16

2023|

* Arc 0.85–1.21
* Brave 1.47–1.61
* Chrome 109–120
* Firefox 109–121
* Microsoft Edge 109–120
* Opera 95–106
* Vivaldi 5.7–6.5
* Yandex 23
* Safari 17

2024|

* Arc 1.25–1.74
* Brave 1.62–1.73
* Chrome 121–131
* Firefox 122–133
* Microsoft Edge 121–131
* Opera 107–115
* Vivaldi 6.6–7.0
* Yandex 24
* Safari 18

2025|

* Arc 1.77–
* Brave 1.74–
* Chrome 132–
* Firefox 134–
* Microsoft Edge 132–
* Opera 116–
* Vivaldi 7.1–

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* Chromium
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* Firefox
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WebKit-based|

* Safari
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Multi-engine|

* 360
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Other|

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* Beaker
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* Beonex
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MSHTML-based|

* Internet Explorer
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WebKit-based|

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Other|

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