In descending order of significance (i.e. most important objective first), ungoogled-chromium is Google Chromium, sans dependency on Google web services, ungoogled-chromium retains the default Chromium experience as closely as possible. Unlike other Chromium forks that have their own visions of a web browser, ungoogled-chromium is essentially a drop-in replacement for Chromium. ungoogled-chromium features tweaks to enhance privacy, control, and transparency. However, almost all of these features must be manually activated or enabled. In scenarios where the objectives conflict, the objective of higher significance should take precedence. Disable functionality specific to Google domains (e.g. Google Host Detector, Google URL Tracker, Google Cloud Messaging, Google Hotwording, etc.). This includes disabling Safe Browsing. Consult the FAQ for the rationale.
Features
- Disable functionality specific to Google domains
- Block internal requests to Google at runtime
- Strip binaries from the source code
- Add many new command-line switches and chrome://flags entries to configure new features
- Add Suggestions URL text field in the search engine editor
- Add more URL schemes allowed to save page schemes