Kiwi Browser is shutting down.

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viking@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 1y (10 replies)

Damn, I was so happy to get an update yesterday after I thought it had died, only to find out it did.

Kiwi was (is) my backup browser if something absolutely refuses to work in Fennec/Firefox; what are y'all using as a last resort chrome substitute?

Cromite is pretty much the only Chromium fork I'd trust on Android.

Excellent, thanks. Just installing.

Zoot@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Does it allow extensions?

No. Kiwi was the only one I knew of that allowed them.

Ungoogled Chromium.for me, pretty convenient as a Flatpak

EDIT: I missed the memo about Kiwi being an Android-only browser, whoops!

Is there a chromium release for Android? I thought they only launched a desktop version?

Cat@ponder.cat · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Small note: Kiwi Browser is Android only.

Ooooh yikes, my bad. I'll edit to fix 😅

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Cat@ponder.cat · -3 pts · 1y

Cromite, Brave(with privacy setup), DuckDuckGo browser or even Vivaldi might work out for your use case.

Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Aw dang, any suggestions to switch to?

Cromite is the usual Chromium suggestion and I'd add Fennec or IronFox for Firefox suggestions if you need extension support.

moe90@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y

Thorium

Cat@ponder.cat · -2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

As I said on my other comment:

Cromite, Brave(with privacy setup), DuckDuckGo browser, Vivaldi.

Thank you!!

Zoot@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Even if it dies can you still use it for a little while... It's so much nicer than Firefox and I need mobile extensions

Cat@ponder.cat · 1 pts · 1y

Nope, switch as soon as possible to any other secure browser.