ungoogled-chromium is Google Chromium, sans dependency on Google internet providers. It additionally options some tweaks to reinforce privateness, management, and transparency (nearly all of which require handbook activation or enabling).
ungoogled-chromium retains the default Chromium expertise as intently as potential. Unlike different Chromium forks which have their very own visions of an internet browser, ungoogled-chromium is actually a drop-in substitute for Chromium.
Features
- Replace many internet domains within the supply code with non-existent options ending in qjz9zk (generally known as area substitution; see docs/design.md for particulars)
- Strip binaries from the supply code (generally known as binary pruning; see docs/design.md for particulars)
- Disable performance particular to Google domains (e.g. Google Host Detector, Google URL Tracker, Google Cloud Messaging, Google Hotwording, and so on.)
- This consists of disabling Safe Browsing. Consult the FAQ for the rationale.
- Add many new command-line switches and chrome://flags entries to configure disabled-by-default options. See docs/flags.md for the exhaustive checklist.
Enhancing Features:
- Use HTTPS by default when a URL scheme just isn’t offered (e.g. Omnibox, bookmarks, command-line)
- Add Suggestions URL textual content area within the search engine editor (chrome://settings/searchEngines) for customizing search engine strategies.
- Add extra URL schemes allowed to save lots of web page schemes.
- Add Omnibox search supplier “No Search” to permit disabling of looking
- Add a customized cross-platform construct configuration and packaging wrapper for Chromium. It at present helps many Linux distributions, macOS, and Windows. (See docs/design.md for particulars on the system.)
- Force all pop-ups into tabs
- Disable automated formatting of URLs in Omnibox (e.g. stripping hiding sure parameters)
- Disable intranet redirect detector (extraneous DNS requests)
- This breaks captive portal detection, however captive portals nonetheless work.
- (Iridium Browser characteristic change) Prevent URLs with the trk: scheme from connecting to the Internet
- Also prevents any URLs with the top-level area qjz9zk (as utilized in area substitution) from trying a connection.
- (Iridium and Inox characteristic change) Prevent pinging of IPv6 handle when detecting the provision of IPv6. See the –set-ipv6-probe-false flag above to regulate the conduct as an alternative.
- (Windows-specific) Do not set the Zone Identifier on downloaded recordsdata
What’s New
- macOS Intel model up to date to 103.0.5060.53
- macOS M1 model up to date to 103.0.5060.53
- Windows model up to date to 102.0.5005.115-1
- Add many new command-line switches and chrome://flags entries to configure new options (that are disabled by default). See docs/flags.md for the exhaustive checklist.
- Add Suggestions URL textual content area within the search engine editor (chrome://settings/searchEngines) for customizing search engine strategies.
- Add extra URL schemes allowed to save lots of web page schemes.
- Add Omnibox search supplier “No Search” to permit disabling of looking
- Add a customized cross-platform construct configuration and packaging wrapper for Chromium. It at present helps many Linux distributions, macOS, and Windows. (See docs/design.md for particulars on the system.)
- Force all pop-ups into tabs
- Disable automated formatting of URLs in Omnibox (e.g. stripping hiding sure parameters)
- Disable intranet redirect detector (extraneous DNS requests)
- This breaks captive portal detection, however captive portals nonetheless work.
- (Iridium Browser characteristic change) Prevent URLs with the trk: scheme from connecting to the Internet
- Also prevents any URLs with the top-level area qjz9zk (as utilized in area substitution) from trying a connection.
- (Windows-specific) Do not set the Zone Identifier on downloaded recordsdata
