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The ungoogled-chromium project was founded by a [[hobby]]ist with the [[User (computing)|user name]] Eloston in 2015. It was first developed for Linux, then for other operating systems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-11 |title=Release 51.0.2704.106-2 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/releases/tag/51.0.2704.106-2 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-03 |title=Release 51.0.2704.106-3 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/releases/tag/51.0.2704.106-3 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref> Eloston used to release builds, but eventually he stopped doing so and allowed others to provide builds with his [[patch (computing)|patches]].<ref>{{Citation |title=ungoogled-chromium-binaries |date=2022-09-15 |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/blob/647b3171cb832714d3480f0f96ae890a89e0d336/README.md |publisher=ungoogled-software |access-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>
The ungoogled-chromium project was founded by a [[hobby]]ist with the [[User (computing)|user name]] Eloston in 2015. It was first developed for Linux, then for other operating systems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-11 |title=Release 51.0.2704.106-2 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/releases/tag/51.0.2704.106-2 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-03 |title=Release 51.0.2704.106-3 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/releases/tag/51.0.2704.106-3 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref> Eloston used to release builds, but eventually he stopped doing so and allowed others to provide builds with his [[patch (computing)|patches]].<ref>{{Citation |title=ungoogled-chromium-binaries |date=2022-09-15 |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/blob/647b3171cb832714d3480f0f96ae890a89e0d336/README.md |publisher=ungoogled-software |access-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>


Starting in 2019, Eloston greatly reduced his involvement in the project, and other hobbyists have continued to maintain the patches.<ref name="contributors"/> In 2022, the GitHub repository was transferred from Eloston's personal account to a new "ungoogled-software" account.<ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub discussion |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/discussions/1305#discussioncomment-2856521 |quote=This repo is now part of ungoogled-software}}</ref>
Starting in 2019, Eloston greatly reduced his involvement in the project, and other developers have continued to maintain the patches.<ref name="contributors"/> In 2022, the GitHub repository was transferred from Eloston's personal account to a new "ungoogled-software" account.<ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub discussion |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/discussions/1305#discussioncomment-2856521 |quote=This repo is now part of ungoogled-software}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 17:09, 10 June 2024

Not to be confused with Chromium (web browser) or Google Chrome.
ungoogled-chromium
Developer(s)Eloston and other hobbyists[1]
Initial releaseDecember 14, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-14)
Stable release
129.0.6668.70-1[2] Edit this on Wikidata (26 September 2024; 6 days ago (26 September 2024))
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium Edit this on Wikidata
EngineV8, Blink Edit this on Wikidata
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, BSD Edit this on Wikidata
Platformx86-64, AArch64, ARMv7, IA-32 Edit this on Wikidata
License3-clause BSD License[3] Edit this on Wikidata
Websitegithub.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium Edit this at Wikidata

ungoogled-chromium is a free and open-source variant of the Chromium web browser that removes all Google-specific web services.[4][5][6] It achieves this with a series of patches applied to the Chromium codebase during the compilation process. The result is functionally similar to regular Chromium.[7][8]

Features

  • Disabling functionality that requires Google domains, including Google Safe Browsing.[9]
  • Replacing Google web domains with non-existent domains, and blocking internal requests to those domains.[9]
  • Removing binary blobs from the Chromium code and replacing them with custom alternatives.[9]
  • Adding dozens of flags to change browser behavior that is otherwise unconfigurable.[9]

Some features of regular Chromium do not work the same on ungoogled-chromium. For example, a special browser extension, called chromium-web-store, is required to install other extensions from the Chrome Web Store.[10]

History

The ungoogled-chromium project was founded by a hobbyist with the user name Eloston in 2015. It was first developed for Linux, then for other operating systems.[11][12] Eloston used to release builds, but eventually he stopped doing so and allowed others to provide builds with his patches.[13]

Starting in 2019, Eloston greatly reduced his involvement in the project, and other developers have continued to maintain the patches.[1] In 2022, the GitHub repository was transferred from Eloston's personal account to a new "ungoogled-software" account.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Contributors to ungoogled-software/Ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/releases/tag/1129.0.6668.70-1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "ungoogled-chromium/LICENSE". Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ Cimpanu, Catalin (16 October 2016). "UnGoogled Chromium Removes All the Googley Parts from Chromium". Softpedia. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ Tim Anderson. "When open source isn't enough: Fancy a de-Googled Chromium? How about some Microsoft-free VS Code?". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ^ Duino, Justin (30 September 2016). "'Ungoogled' is the Chrome browser you love minus the Google". 9to5Google. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ^ Github Readme Objectives, ungoogled-software, 4 October 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
  8. ^ "Ungoogled Chromium". TechSpot. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d "GitHub Readme Feature Overview". GitHub. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. ^ "chromium-web-store". GitHub. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Release 51.0.2704.106-2 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Release 51.0.2704.106-3 · ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium". GitHub. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  13. ^ ungoogled-chromium-binaries, ungoogled-software, 15 September 2022, retrieved 4 October 2022
  14. ^ "GitHub discussion". GitHub. This repo is now part of ungoogled-software
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