Chromium

Version

Windows 10, 8, 7

1. Chromium for 64-bit Windows only

Nikwpocfgall-codecsstable64-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
Sync • WebRTC • Widevine • 58.0.3029.110 (454471) • Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Installer • Archive • Portable
No sync • No WebRTC • No Widevine • 58.0.3029.110 (454471) • Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• sha1: 34b370e8eeb88747d9ea79c80f718c168eb12cdd - chromium-sync.exe
• sha1: 75ecd7b9b4643f5a52c217a21c799755ef678f8b - chromium-sync.zip
• sha1: 251faf1c2eae7ef63d8891b18cac9209829a30a6 - chromium-nosync.exe
• sha1: 9edda0889f7fcc1d2b82e11e826ce57a6d9ba215 - chromium-nosync.zip
• List of changes
• Source: Github repository (mirror: Zippyshare)
• #source-code: follow the Nik guide

Nikwpocfgall-codecslkgr64-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
Sync • WebRTC • Widevine • 60.0.3105.0 (473261) • Friday, 19 May 2017

Installer • Archive • Portable
No sync • No WebRTC • No Widevine • 60.0.3105.0 (473261) • Friday, 19 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• sha1: 5218098c236f764e90a645b9e208ecc18ec426f8 - chromium-sync.exe
• sha1: 4bcc55acd1552a772e236f2a90a035d320006182 - chromium-sync.zip
• sha1: 3690fe38033da12ac2e3fabca7ebda380506d638 - chromium-nosync.exe
• sha1: bba4412a7d7e63ba6bacc694cb9c0a9f85ea7c6b - chromium-nosync.zip
• Source: Github repository (mirror: Zippyshare)
• #source-code: follow the Nik guide

RobRichclangcfglkgr64-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
No sync • No WebRTC • Widevine • 60.0.3100.0 (471635) • Sunday, 14 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• sha1: 57f76b48e00cfdb4cfa7b40d2d0ef107f5742334 - mini_installer.exe
• sha1: c4b4512ecc644194ebcada2206940fd2b9a9eaf6 - chrome.zip
• Source: Github repository
• #source-code

RobRichpgocfglkgr64-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
No sync • No WebRTC • Widevine • 60.0.3096.0 (470557) • Friday, 12 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• sha1: ab091c0ffed930ef8faa04600475b47d50cc02eb - mini_installer.exe
• sha1: 4884c019c5b02cc3a9d7f37da6a7e3a6935edf99 - chrome.zip
• Source: Github repository
• #source-code

The Chromium Authorsdev64-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
60.0.3109.0 (474116, 2d391fc) • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

How to update it?
All of your settings, bookmarks, extensions, history, cookies will be saved. Do not worry!

Update with Installer:

1. Download mini_installer.exe
2. Close Chromium browser if opened
3. Execute mini_installer.exe
4. Wait for 2 or 3 seconds (Installation is silent)
5. Open Chromium browser. It is updated!

Update with Archive:
The name of this archive is "chrome-win32.zip" but it is really the 64-bit version!

1. Download chrome-win32.zip
2. Close Chromium browser if opened
3. Unzip chrome-win32.zip
4. Delete all the files from your installation directory
5. Move the files from the unzipped chrome-win32 directory to your installation directory
6. Open Chromium browser. It is updated!

Update with Portable:

1. Execute chrlauncher.exe
2. Close Chromium browser if a notification displays a new version
3. Open Chromium browser. It is updated!

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• md5: 8434c44077f6a17dcebc36d69a53e607 - mini_installer.exe
• Create browser #google-api-keys
• Add #flash plugin and #html5-audio-video support
• Use an #updater tool
• Install an #older-version
• List of changes
• Source: Google repository

AluisioASGdev64-bit

Portable
59.0.3071.15 • Sunday, 23 Apr 2017

This is an open-source and custom-built version of Chromium optimized for portable use. So, you can run it from an iPod, USB flash drive, portable hard drive, CD or any other portable media. You can take your bookmarks, extensions, themes and plugins with you. This portable version will leave no personal information behind on the machine you run it on.

Packaged in the PortableApps.com format by AluisioASG (Aluísio Augusto Silva Gonçalves), it can work as standalone software.

How to update it?
Nothing is written to the Windows registry. This version uses a specific subfolder (named "Data") directly in the main folder, for all user data. So, take care when you update it!

Sources: official website and SourceForge directory

ThumbAppsdev64-bit

Portable
60.0.3096.0 • Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Packaged in the PortableApps.com format by Versatile Apps, it can work as standalone software.
Follow the same instructions as #windows-64-bit-aluisioasg.

Sources: official website and SourceForge directory

Chocolateydev64-bit

Package
60.0.3109.0 • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Install and update Chromium with Chocolatey, a free and open-source package manager. It works like apt-get or yum on Linux.

To install it: choco install chromium
To update it: choco upgrade chromium
Info: this official package uses my #api for updates: chromium::chocolatey.core.team.packages

2. Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit Windows

Nikcfgall-codecsstable32-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
Sync • WebRTC • Widevine • 58.0.3029.110 (454471) • Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Installer • Archive • Portable
No sync • No WebRTC • No Widevine • 58.0.3029.110 (454471) • Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• sha1: e2a8e8ea301d3139c6541902896ddd41a7802209 - chromium-sync.exe
• sha1: e8f7850b8a15ff14c9ab0d615e6456bd12ae6dbd - chromium-sync.zip
• sha1: 39795acd84cacdd47dfb0caefda3c536c443baaa - chromium-nosync.exe
• sha1: df1f1f3ca47a027484be5ded2b1d085f85e30b21 - chromium-nosync.zip
• List of changes
• Source: Github repository (mirror: Zippyshare)
• #source-code: follow the Nik guide

Nikcfgall-codecslkgr32-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
Sync • WebRTC • Widevine • 60.0.3105.0 (473261) • Friday, 19 May 2017

Installer • Archive • Portable
No sync • No WebRTC • No Widevine • 60.0.3105.0 (473261) • Friday, 19 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• sha1: 062281398d1b06d23ef50592aed0f7cb6cff032f - chromium-sync.exe
• sha1: 3baf14a9911750be1f45a39794d779415f2db008 - chromium-sync.zip
• sha1: 69d862176946a78def3a6ce0af61cf981939a047 - chromium-nosync.exe
• sha1: 115ee19e786831a5cb96ceb80538d36388db735d - chromium-nosync.zip
• Source: Github repository (mirror: Zippyshare)
• #source-code: follow the Nik guide

RobRichclangcfglkgr32-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
No sync • No WebRTC • Widevine • 60.0.3100.0 (471635) • Sunday, 14 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• sha1: 385b1db2143c759d662024c0f52748a44d0a60a6 - mini_installer.exe
• sha1: c657a566448937c459c350379c76836e878ef22d - chrome.zip
• Source: Github repository
• #source-code

The Chromium Authorsdev32-bit

Installer • Archive • Portable
60.0.3109.0 (474114, 3617b0e) • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Info:

• The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
• md5: ad878485e24682a4a243e5b3e91bee00 - mini_installer.exe
• Create browser #google-api-keys
• Add #flash plugin and #html5-audio-video support
• Use an #updater tool
• Install an #older-version
• List of changes
• Source: Google repository

AluisioASGdev32-bit

Portable
59.0.3071.15 • Sunday, 23 Apr 2017

Follow the same instructions as #windows-64-bit-aluisioasg.

Sources: official website and SourceForge directory

winPenPackdev32-bit

Portable
60.0.3077.0 • Sunday, 23 Apr 2017

Packaged in the winPenPack format, it can work as standalone software.

How to update it with an alternative update system?
Use the simple free and open-source cpf-update-win batch script to automatically update both Chromium and PepperFlash. The Chromium version will be 60.0.3109.0 because this update system (based on my #api) uses the #windows-32-bit-official ^^

Sources: official website and SourceForge directory

Chocolateydev32-bit

Package
60.0.3109.0 • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Install and update Chromium with Chocolatey, a free and open-source package manager. It works like apt-get or yum on Linux.

To install it on a 32-bit Windows: choco install chromium
To install it on a 64-bit Windows: choco install chromium --x86More info about options and switches

To update it: choco upgrade chromium
Info: this official package uses my #api for updates: chromium::chocolatey.core.team.packages

macOS

1. Chromium for 64-bit macOS only

FreeSMUGstable64-bit

Installer
58.0.3029.110 (454471) • Tuesday, 9 May 2017

To install it, double click on Chromium_OSX.dmg file you have downloaded. Then drag its icon on Applications folder. You may then "Eject" and throw away this disk image.

How to update it?

• Use command Chromium → Check for Updates...
• or install an extension created by the FreeSMUG team: Chromium Updater
  

Info:

• This build has a digital signature
• The Flash plugin (PepperFlash) is included.
• List of changes
• Sources: official website and SourceForge directory

new builds !!!Marmadukeall-codecsdev64-bit

Archive
Sync • WebRTC • Widevine • 60.0.3098.0 (471270) • Friday, 12 May 2017

Archive
No sync • No WebRTC • No Widevine • 60.0.3098.0 (471270) • Friday, 12 May 2017

New builds compiled with all codecs, by Marmaduke.
Feedback appreciated - if demand will update!
Do no hesitate to write comments ;)

Source: Github repository

The Chromium Authorsdev64-bit

Archive
60.0.3109.0 (474123, 31d4ea1) • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Unzip it on your computer. Double click on the unzipped folder to open it. Drag its icon on Applications folder.

How to update it?
Use a free and open-source #updater tool.

Info:

• Create browser #google-api-keys
• Add #flash plugin and #html5-audio-video support
• Install an #older-version
• List of changes
• Source: Google repository

2. Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit macOS

Linux

BSD

Android

The Chromium Authorsdev32-bit

Archive
60.0.3109.0 (474103, b1739bb) • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

This ZIP archive contains 2 packages:

• ChromePublic.apk (= Chromium code + open-source Google Chrome code)
• ContentShell.apk (Dev info)

Info:

• For curious people, use Apktool, jadx or a free online service (like javadecompilers.com) to see the APK content (source code).
• Source: Google repository

iOS

Notes

• The official website is development oriented. Users are invited to download Google Chrome.
• The official download page gives to users only "Nightly" builds (using the official Snapshots repository).
• This site gives to users a choice of builds: "Nightly" (also on its simplest download page), LKGR, stable and portable builds.

• Google Storage → official "Nightly" builds (Check the Chromium buildbot ^^)
• SourceForge and GitHub → most of other free and open-source builds

1. Project

2. Stable Chromium version

• Google Chrome and Chrome OS (obviously!)
• Opera (Official Chromium developers)
• Yandex Browser (Official Chromium developers)
• the Nik builds, on #windows
• the FreeSMUG build, on #mac
• many #linux distributions
• other Chromium-based browsers
• other projects like Atom, Chromium Embedded Framework

3. Development

• dev: Untested and may be unstable versions (known as "Snapshots" or "Nightly" builds). Official download page
• LKGR: Tested and more stable versions. Also used by Google Chrome channels: Canary, Dev, Beta and Stable.
• stable: The most stable versions.

4. Finally

Features

• only open-source licenses (BSD license, MIT license, LGPL, MS-PL and MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-licensed code) plus unlicensed files. It is a FOSS project. A full list of software developed by third parties is available within the browser at chrome://credits
• a blue-colored logo
• the similar sandboxed processes as Google Chrome
• the similar UI and settings as Google Chrome
• the similar user agent as Google Chrome
• the built-in Chrome PDF Viewer, on Windows OS (known as PDFium)
• the built-in Chromoting Viewer (To use it, you need to first install the Chrome Remote Desktop app)
• the built-in Google Native Client
• the built-in Print preview and print system
• no stable version offered by the official team (aka The Chromium Authors)
• no digital signature
• no auto-update system (Solutions: Use an #updater • Use PPA on #linux)
• no Google API keys (Solution: Check the #google-api-keys part)
• no built-in Flash player (Solution: Check the #flash part)
• no support of proprietary codecs (AAC, MP3, H.264) (Solution: Check the #html5-audio-video part)
• no user RLZ identifier
• no user metrics (usage statistics) (opt-in option)
• no crash report (opt-in option)
• More details on the official site, focused on Linux.

Google API Keys

1. Without your own API keys

2. With your own API keys

1. Clicking on that yellow disclaimer message takes you to the confusing API Keys docs page.
2. If you aren't already, subscribe to the chromium-dev@chromium.org mailing list. (You can just subscribe to the list and choose to not receive any mail. FYI: the Chromium project restricts the APIs to those subscribed to that group - that is, Chromium devs.)
3. Make sure you are logged in with the Google account associated with the email address that you used to subscribe to chromium-dev.
4. Log in to the Google Cloud Platform, and select an existing project or press the "Create Project" button.
5. From the project's API Manager, select the Credentials tab in the sidebar.
6. Create a Browser API Key.
7. You'll see a modal with an API key. Copy and paste that somewhere.
8. Now create an OAuth Client ID.
9. After you complete all the steps and the "content screen", you'll be presented with a modal with your Google Client ID and Client Secret.
10. You'll need to set three environment variables:

Flash

• The PPAPI plugin: PepperFlash
• The NPAPI plugin: Flash Player (#npapi)

1. Get PepperFlash (PPAPI)

1.1 From Adobe

• Stable version - Download page: Adobe Flash Player (Other versions) (Choose your OS and the PPAPI version)
• Stable version - Direct link: install_flash_player_ppapi.exe (Windows)
• Stable version - Direct link: install_flash_player_osx_ppapi.dmg (Mac)
• Beta version - From Adobe Labs (Search "PPAPI" and "Chromium" for your platform)

• C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer64_[version].dll (64-bit version)
• C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer32_[version].dll (32-bit version)

• C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer32_[version].dll (32-bit version)

1.2 From Google Chrome

• On #windows, get pepflashplayer.dll from Chrome Canary (64-bit) if you use 64-bit Chromium
• On #windows, get pepflashplayer.dll from Chrome Canary (32-bit) if you use 32-bit Chromium
• On #mac, get PepperFlashPlayer.plugin from Chrome Canary (64-bit)

1.3 From an unofficial source

1. Search "PepperFlash" or "PPAPI" at [RU] Adobe Flash Player (32/64-bit) or Flash player 12.x to 25.x for portable browsers (32 and 64 bits)
2. Download and open the .7z archive
3. Get "pepflashplayer.dll" (rename it, if needed) and "manifest.json" files.

• On all platforms, open the manifest.json text file in the PepperFlash folder.
• On Windows, you can do a right-click → Properties → Details, on the .dll file

2. Change the plugin directory

3. Add command-line flags

• --ppapi-flash-path=[plugin path]
• --ppapi-flash-version=[plugin version]
• And optionally --allow-outdated-plugins to disable browser notifications about outdated plugins

4. Restart the browser

5. Check the installation

• Type chrome://flash in your address bar to check your Flash plugin used.
• Type chrome://settings/content/flash to manage it.
• For update, check the Flash Player version on the official page.
• For security information, see the security bulletins and advisories

6. Enjoy!

HTML5 audio/video

• On #windows, use Nik builds. All codecs are enabled ^^
• or compile Chromium from #source-code
• or install an older version having ffmpegsumo file (Ex: 333350, 333334, 333283, 333258...)
• or choose other #browsers
• On #linux, you can use Chromium with proprietary codecs

• chromium::wayback.machine (Monday, 8 Jun 2015)
• chromium::archive.is (Friday, 5 Jun 2015)

1. Check HTML5 audio/video support

• https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/

Advanced

1. Internal pages

• chrome://components (Show and update info about available components like Flash, Widevine...)
• chrome://credits (View all licensing info)
• chrome://dns (View all hostnames for which the browser will prefetch the DNS records)
• chrome://flags (View all experimental features • You can set each feature)
• chrome://flash (Show notes about the #flash plugin)
• chrome://gpu (Show notes about GPU)
• chrome://net-internals (Display all networking related info)
• chrome://omnibox (Test and follow responses of the searches via the omnibox/address bar)
• chrome://plugins removed → Since Chromium v57 (View all external plugins)
• chrome://quota-internals (Show notes about disk space and storage usage)
• chrome://sync-internals (Show notes about the Chromium sync feature)
• chrome://translate-internals (View all supported internal languages)
• chrome://version (Show details of Chromium version)

2. Keyboard shortcuts

3. User data directory

4. Command-line flags

• Run Chromium with flags
• How to specify command-line flags
• List of Chromium command-line switches (Auto-updated list provided by Peter Beverloo • Site archives at wayback.machine and archive.is)

5. External extension installation

1. Get source .crx file of any extension directly from the Chrome Web Store via CRX Viewer, Get CRX or via a site like Chrome Extension Downloader, Crx4Chrome
2. Go to chrome://extensions
3. Drag and drop the .crx file on the page

1. Unzip the .crx file
2. Go to chrome://extensions
3. Drag and drop the unzipped folder on the page... or click on Developer mode then Load unpacked extension...

• You have to update manually
• You can update when you want! ^^
• If ever a new version sucks, just re-install the previous one

6. Source code

• Google Git chromium/src
• Code Search in Chromium files or chromium/src/
• Source tarballs and its mirror ("-lite" is for building desktop Chromium • Latest stable version: chromium-58.0.3029.110.tar.xz)
• ViewVC (Obsolete)

• How to compile Chromium for Windows (by Nik • 2016 • Archive: ZIP)
• Bash script to build and install latest stable Chromium from source on OS X (by Bobo • 2016 • Archive: ZIP)
• [UA] Компіляція браузера Chromium для Ubuntu (x265, HEVC) (by D.Bilous • 2016 • Archive: 1)
• How to compile Chromium for Android (by yashade2001 • 2015 • Archive: 1)
• How to compile Chromium for Mac (by sbagmeijer • 2015 • Site archive because the original site is down!)
• Contributing to Chromium: an illustrated guide (2015 • Archives: 1 or PDF)
• Build your own Chromium (Obsolete guide • 2013 • Archive: 1)

7. Older version

1. Uninstall your actual version
2. Destroy the main folder, the #user-data-directory (and the registry entries, on Windows)
3. About official builds, get your older version from the → download/ page or the Snapshots repository
4. Install it. Enjoy!

8. Browser crash

• chrome://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode
• or chrome://settings → [Show advanced settings...] → System

API

• os → (required) windows or mac or android
• bit → (optional • 64 by default) 64 or 32
• out → (optional • json by default) json or string or xml or revision

• architecture → (string) 64-bit or 32-bit
• timestamp → (integer) Unix time of this release built on the Chromium Buildbot server
• editor → (string) The Chromium Authors
• channel → (string) dev
• repository → (string) snapshots
• version → (string) (like xx.x.xxxx.x)
• revision → (integer) Git revision's commit position
• commit → (string) Git revision's commit hash

• → api/?os=mac
• → api/?os=windows&out=string
• → api/?os=windows&bit=32&out=xml

• → api/?os=mac&out=revision

Links

• Page on Wikipedia
• Main website
• Main blog
• Extensions, Apps (Chrome Web Store • 100% compatible with Chromium)
• Browser user help (Chrome Help Center)
• Development Calendar
• Download page (ZIP archive)
• Developer documentation
• Issue tracker
• Buildbot
• Code reviews
• Performance Dashboard
• Speed Hall of Fame
• Google+ posts of the Chromium Evangelist at Google (Good way to know new features in Chromium!)
• Discussion on Google Groups
• CEF (Framework for embedding Chromium browser windows in other applications)

• Release updates from the Google Chrome team (Google blog)
• Chrome Release Channels
• Chrome Platform Status
• Planet Chromium

Browsers

1. Open-source browsers

• Firefox
• Chromium
• Midori
• QupZilla
• Pale Moon (Firefox based)
• Waterfox (Firefox based)
• Tor Browser (Firefox based using Tor, an anonymity network)
• NetSurf (Works on any OS)
• or all other open-source browser.

2. Chromium forks

• Chrome (by Google)
• Opera (by Opera Software • Golden Brick Silk Road/Qihoo 360, since July 2016)
• Vivaldi (by Vivaldi Technologies)
• Yandex Browser (by Yandex)

• Comodo Dragon (Proprietary • Good and famous company but its Chromium is ever outdated compared to the #stable-chromium-version)
• SRWare Iron (Proprietary • No source code available since 2011 - Archive: 1)
• Epic (Proprietary • Reviews on Slashdot)
• or other proprietary browser with "better privacy" than Google Chrome.

• Google engineer finds holes in three 'secure' browsers (2016 • Archive: 1)
• Google calls out Comodo's Chromodo Chrome-knockoff as insecure crapware (2016 • Archive: 1)
• Google warns! (2015 • Archive: 1)

• ungoogled-chromium (A set of patches for removing Google integration • Reviews on Hacker News)
• Inox (A set of patches applied on the Arch Linux chromium package • Arch Linux website)
• Iridium (Code differences • Reviews on Hacker News)
• Brave (Block website trackers and remove intrusive internet advertisements)
• Advanced Chrome (Often outdated browser)
• Superbird (Based on a development version • No private policy on site • No source code since 2016 - Archive: 1)
• Aviator (Outdated browser • Reviews on Reddit)

Privacy

1. Browser update

2. Browser settings

• Do not log in with a Google account
• Do not save passwords in the browser (Prefer a free and open-source password manager like KeePass or Password Safe)
• Enable incognito (or private) mode (Ctrl+Shift+N shortcut • Use a #flag to start Chromium in this mode)
• Disable all options in the "Privacy" section because most of them use an external Google service. Example: Google Safe Browsing about phishing and malware protection (chrome://settings → [Show advanced settings...] → Privacy)
• Block third-party cookies and site data (chrome://settings/content → Cookies)
• Ask first before allowing sites to run Flash (chrome://settings/content → Flash)
• Ask when a site tries to track your physical location (chrome://settings/content → Location)
• Disable WebRTC to prevent IP address leaks by editing the "Preferences" file (Ref. #c67 and #c32)
• Prevent canvas fingerprinting (Use the --disable-reading-from-canvas #flag)

3. Hosts file

• Dan Pollock's list
• hpHosts (A Malwarebytes service)
• MVPS HOSTS
• Malware Domain List
• Peter Lowe's list
• Unified hosts file with base extensions
• No more ads, tracking and other virtual garbage

• µBlock Origin and ScriptSafe (#extensions) can also use these lists in their settings.
• Free auto-updating Hosts managers: HOSTS Manager, HostsFileEditor, HostsMan, Hosts Block

4. DNS services

• Google Public DNS
• Yandex.DNS (by Yandex • Technical details - IPv4 and IPv6)
• Norton ConnectSafe (by Symantec)
• DynDNS (by Dyn)
• Adguard DNS
• FoolDNS
• OpenNIC
• OpenDNS (by Cisco)

5. Search engines

• DuckDuckGo (uses Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, Wikipedia... results • To search without JS, choose the html or lite version)
• Startpage (uses Google results • No IP logging, no cookie, proxy available...)
• Ixquick (uses Yahoo!, AOL, Gigablast... results • No IP logging, no cookie, proxy available...)
• Qwant (and its lite version)
• Ecosia
• Unbubble (uses Bing, Yandex, Wikipedia... results • No IP logging, image proxies and dereferrer available...)
• F-Secure Search (by F-Secure)
• Disconnect Search (by Disconnect.me)
• YaCy (A peer-to-peer search engine)
• MetaGer
• Oscobo

• Searx (uses many search engines • Source code in Python • Author: Adam Tauber, @Searx_engine • Searx instances)
• Googol (uses Google results • Source code in PHP • Author: Bronco)
• MySearch (uses Google and other engines • Source code in Python • Author: @tuxicoman)

6. Extensions

• µBlock Origin + µBO-Extra (Block ads, scripts and popups • Alternatives: ScriptSafe, Adguard, Adblock Plus, AdBlock, NoScript)
• µMatrix (Stop everyone from tracking you • Alternatives: Disconnect, Ghostery, Privacy Badger, Blur, RequestPolicy)
• HTTPS Everywhere (Force to use secure connection [https://] of websites • Alternatives: KB SSL Enforcer)
• WOT (Web of Trust) fixed → Privacy issues (Display sites quality)
• Referer Control (Control the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis • Alternatives: Smart Referer, RefControl, Web Developer)
• Browsec (Browser VPN/proxy to unblock websites • Alternatives: Betternet, Hideman new, Tunnello)
• WebRTC Network Limiter removed → Does not work! (Prevent WebRTC IP leak • Alternatives: WebRTC Leak Prevent)
• CanvasFingerprintBlock (Prevent browser fingerprinting • Alternatives: Chameleon, CanvasBlocker)
• Decentraleyes new (Local emulation of CDN • Alternatives: Local CDN)

• If you use WOT (Web of Trust), do not share your data. (WOT settings → Real-time protection → Set to off)
• Browser VPN: Do not use Hola! or ZenMate. Hola! is a botnet. ZenMate needs a free user registration. (Prefer to pay for a safe and secure VPN service... or use a free VPN service without registration)
• If you use Adblock Plus or AdBlock, disable "Acceptable Ads" option.
• µBlock Origin (wiki) is pattern-based filtering, while µMatrix (wiki) is matrix-based filtering which gives you more control over the filtering process.
• µBlock Origin and ScriptSafe can also protect against WebRTC IP leak.
• Add filters to your ad-blocker via FilterLists website. new

7. Tools

• Firewall
• VPN (Virtual private network)
• Anonymous proxy
• Tor (Anonymity network)
• Freenet
• I2P (Invisible Internet Project)

8. Guides

• Technical analysis of client identification mechanisms (Chromium)
• Privacy tools (Encryption against global mass surveillance)
• PRISM break (Opt out of global data surveillance programs)
• The ultimate guide to online privacy (Privacy tips and over 150 free tools)
• The ultimate online privacy guide (BestVPN)
• Internet privacy (Wikipedia)
• Chromium privacy
• Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis (Archives: 1 and PDF)

9. Tests

• Browser Leaks (WebRTC IP leak, System fonts, HTML5 Canvas fingerprinting...)
• EFF Panopticlick (Device fingerprinting)
• Am I Unique (Device fingerprinting)
• Browserprint.info (Device fingerprinting) new
• IP Leak (IP, DNS and WebRTC leaks)
• Do I leak? (IP, DNS and WebRTC leaks)
• DNS leak test
• WebRTC IP Leak VPN / Tor IP Test
• STUN IP Address requests for WebRTC
• JonDonym (Approach to solving much of the problem of anonymity and access)
• Evercookie (Persistent cookies)
• Browser Spy (It shows how much information can be retrieved from web browser)
• AudioContext fingerprint test page new
• Privacy and security aspects of the ultrasound ecosystem new
• Cross-browser fingerprinting test (User must to disable its ad-blocker!)

Malware

• False positive with Chromium (Panda Internet Security • 2015 • Archive: 1)
• False Positive on latest Chromium Nightly? (Avast Antivirus • 2014 • Archive: 1)
• pepflashplayer.dll tagged as malware and removed by F-Secure (Chromium Issue Tracker • 2012 • Archive: 1)
• Kaspersky detects Chrome as Trojan (Chromium Issue Tracker • 2010 • Archive: 1)

• Make sure you download Chromium from reliable sources (like on this site ^^)
• Prefer an open-source #updater

• Anti-virus (independent tests): Avira, Avast, ClamAV...
• Anti-malware: Anti-Malware (by Malwarebytes), AdwCleaner (by Malwarebytes), Spybot S&D

• Jotti
• VirusTotal (A Google service)
• virSCAN
• Metadefender
• Hybrid Analysis (A Payload Security service)

• Contact your anti-virus or anti-malware support
• Report it on the official Chromium supports. For links, see my #comment-1 below.

Chromium updater

• via Chocolatey, for #64-bit and #32-bit Chromium versions (in command-line)
• chrlauncher (by Henry++ • C++ • To update builds of The Chromium Authors [official], Nik, RobRich, Eloston [ungoogled-chromium], 32/64-bit)
• cpf-update-win (by JustOff • Batchfile to update the #winpenpack build and its #flash plugin)
• Chromium Downloader (by stsy • C#)
• cr-updater (by pwlin • Batchfile and PHP)
• A web installer for Chromium (by LonelyCannibal • AutoIt • Archive: ZIP)
• ChrUpdWin.cmd (by Michael Kharitonov • Batchfile)
• chromium-update (by William Alexander • PowerShell)
• ChromiumUpdater (by Daniel Huhn • JavaScript)
• chromium-nightly-updater (by Vikrant Chaudhary • Java)
• Chromium_Updater (by Programming4life • Rust) new

• chromium-updater (by Alan Grosskurth • Shell)
• update_chromium_osx (by Klemens Gordon • Shell)
• Chromatic (by Mr Gecko • App)
• chromium-downloader-script (by Matteo Loporchio • Shell)
• chromium-downloader (by Matteo Loporchio • C)
• chromium-on-mac (by NicoLargo • Shell)
• chromium-updater (by Moza USANE • Shell)

• Chromium Auto Updater [Root] (by Federico Dossena • Java)
• getChromium (by Andrew Wright • Java)

• Chromium Updater (by the FreeSMUG team • Mainly for the #mac-64-bit-freesmug)

• Chromium Updater (crupdater) (by Muhammer Ayes aka Zychopat • Batchfile and AutoIt)
• Chromium-updater (by Das Schwert • AutoIt)
• Chromium-Download-Manager (by xinhugo • Batchfile)
• chromium updater.py (by Curt Micol aka asenchi • Python)
• extension.chromium-updater (by Jackson Tan aka Hallbin • Extension)
• Download Chromium (by ArkahnX • Extension)
• JChromiumUpdater (by achatain • Java)

2081 comments

Anonymous (2062)

12 May 2017, 18:21

@Andrikos; i also noticed that. I guess it's a Spotify problem.

Anonymous (2063)

13 May 2017, 07:29

is there some method to add Widevine to The Chromium Authors build?

Anonymous (2064)

13 May 2017, 07:58

@2063: Use Nik's stable build.

Anonymous (2065)

13 May 2017, 08:56

RobRich's builds also have Widevine enabled.

Anonymous (2066)

13 May 2017, 11:06

@2064, I have problem with trust for other builds :D

Anonymous (2067)

13 May 2017, 11:26

@2066: So re-compile Chromium yourself with the "enable_widevine = true" argument. Then update components in chrome://components browser page ;)

Anonymous (2068)

13 May 2017, 13:05

@Andrikos: You need to use a build with Widevine enabled as well as this in chrome://settings/content/protectedContent : http://i.imgur.com/DMbhgWC.png
This way, you will be able to use Spotify.

Anonymous (2070)

14 May 2017, 04:08

@2067 @2068: Thank you guys for help.

Anonymous (2074)

15 May 2017, 13:00

@Andrikos: strange, it works over here. FWIW, i'm using Windows 10.

Anonymous (2079)

23 May 2017, 07:09

@Dan, you can use incognito mode by default. Check #command-line-flags