Windows 11, 10
How to install, update and remove Chromium, on Windows?
About updates: your settings, bookmarks, extensions, history, passwords, cookies... will be saved. Do not worry!
For automated updates, choose one of the Chromium #updaters
Installer
- Download the EXE executable file (This is a 7-zip self-extracting archive. So you can unzip it to see its content)
- Close Chromium browser if opened
- Execute this EXE file
- Wait for 2 or 3 seconds (Installation is silent)
- Open Chromium browser. It is updated!
- To remove it definitively: use the standard way (or a software like Bulk Crap Uninstaller, Geek Uninstaller, Revo Uninstaller, Ccleaner...)
Archive
- Download the ZIP archive file
- Close Chromium browser if opened
- Unzip this ZIP file
- Delete all the files from your installation directory
- Move the files from the unzipped directory to your installation directory
- Open Chromium browser. It is updated!
- To remove it definitively: delete your installation directory
Portable
Note: Chromium has #secure-preferences feature based on the machine SID. So extensions, certificates and passwords are not portable. The best way to migrate your data is to synchronize them.
- Download and unzip "chrlauncher-xxxxxxx.zip"
- Execute chrlauncher.exe (chrlauncher is a free and open-source Chromium launcher/updater)
- Close Chromium browser if a notification displays a new version
- Click on the "Download" button
- Wait for download and automatic installation
- Open Chromium browser. It is updated!
- To remove it definitively: delete the chrlauncher folder
Package
- Install Chocolatey (A free and open-source package manager) in command-line
- Chromium will be automatically updated via Chocolatey (using our API)
- To remove it definitively: use the "uninstall" command-line via Chocolatey
Windows 8.1, 8, 7, XP, Vista... and old versions
Since version 110, Chromium is not available on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 (Archive: 1)
For help, version 109 works fine. The last stable version for them is 109.0.5414.120
- installer, archive (win64 • stable)
- installer, archive (win32 • stable)
- installer, archive (win64 • stable • ungoogled)
- Thorium releases for Windows 7/8: installer, archive (win32/win64 • stable)
Since version 89, Chromium needs a CPU with SSE3 support (Archive: PDF)
For help, version 88 works fine on older CPU processors. The last stable version is 88.0.4324.190
- installer, archive (win32 • stable)
- installer, archive (win32/win64 • stable • ungoogled)
Since version 50, Chromium is not available on XP and Vista (Archive: 1)
For help, version 49 works fine. The last stable version for Windows XP and Vista is 49.0.2623.112
- installer, archive (win32 • stable • archived source)
- portable (win32 • stable)
- Other old versions: portable (win32 • dev)
Since version 35, Chromium needs a CPU with SSE2 support (Archive: 1)
For help, version 34 works fine on older CPU processors.
- portable (win32 • dev)
- builds before 253860 (win32 • dev)
Chromium for 64-bit Windows
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119/120 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024Portable • Archive • Installer • Package →
Info:
128.0.6613.120 (1331488) • Wednesday, 4 Sep 2024
Info:
- sha1: 4fcdccde829828f340727242aa8851f8a437b06c
.(virus?) - chrome.sync.7z - sha1: d383f38b9a4d9144cb962ea75b96459a4119016a
.(virus?) - mini_installer.sync.exe - Portable: The free and open-source chrlauncher tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Package: The free and open-source Chocolatey tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- List of changes
- Previous versions (win64)
- Source: Github repository
Portable • Archive • Installer
Standard build of Eloston's ungoogled-chromium. All patches applied apart from "Safe Browser".
Info:
128.0.6613.132 (1331488) • Thursday, 5 Sep 2024
Standard build of Eloston's ungoogled-chromium. All patches applied apart from "Safe Browser".
Info:
- sha1: 3c8bca44a9e22428695ee73214681484676607b9
.(virus?) - ungoogled-chromium-128.0.6613.132-1_Win64.7z - sha1: db9e0c8a877bb0f565641a872ba0afbc4d538404
.(virus?) - 128.0.6613.132_ungoogled_mini_installer.exe - Portable: The free and open-source chrlauncher tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Previous versions (win64)
- Source: Github repository
Archive • Installer
Info:
128.0.6565.0 (0) • Saturday, 29 Jun 2024
Info:
- sha1: 2492580e93279e137540c48827a09c8d7c741ad0
.(virus?) - chrome.packed.7z - sha1: d6dd343529783de7d8c14463289248c93aef3e64
.(virus?) - mini_installer.exe - Previous versions (win64-avx2)
- Source: Github repository
Portable • Archive • Installer
Info:
130.0.6671.0 (1345087) • Wednesday, 21 Aug 2024
Info:
- sha1: 7a28cf82ce40a4d1f077e06e4e32c0ec924af927
.(virus?) - chrome.zip - sha1: fb7702f89df5ac8e7e3435d9407e2335b65870a8
.(virus?) - mini_installer.exe - Portable: The free and open-source chrlauncher tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Previous versions (win64-avx2)
- Source: Github repository
Portable • Archive • Installer
Info:
130.0.6671.0 (1345087) • Wednesday, 21 Aug 2024
Info:
- sha1: e178c086a908a725b6e8e56fa55d31a5976c75f9
.(virus?) - chrome.zip - sha1: efcb9f9d2b1867caccf1fa52007d4a8c04621b0b
.(virus?) - mini_installer.exe - Portable: The free and open-source chrlauncher tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Previous versions (win64-avx)
- Source: Github repository
Portable • Archive • Installer • Package →
Info
130.0.6708.0 (1352558) • Sunday, 8 Sep 2024
Info
- md5: aa40f9d41eb97fc3cb89f143bd0fbbab
.(virus?) - chrome-win.zip - md5: 7ccbcdb07139cf0a844a2f8cf94e471d
.(virus?) - mini_installer.exe - Portable: The free and open-source chrlauncher tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Package: The free and open-source Chocolatey tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Install an #older-version
- List of changes
- Source: Google repository
Chromium for 64-bit Windows on Arm
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119/120 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024 In collaboration with the Open Source Software group at Arm, we share Chromium for Windows on Arm. (Official announce)
Chromium for 32-bit Windows
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119/120 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024Portable • Archive • Installer • Package →
Info:
109.0.5414.120 (1070088) • Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023
Info:
- sha1: 0914ccdc66e8ebd58cbad511584bd23a8aea02e8
.(virus?) - chrome.sync.7z - sha1: 2982a6dc966da2ddd3db47464b5f14d091177b7f
.(virus?) - mini_installer.sync.exe - Portable: The free and open-source chrlauncher tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Package: The free and open-source Chocolatey tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- List of changes
- Previous versions (win32)
- Source: Github repository
Portable • Archive
Standard build of Eloston's ungoogled-chromium. All patches applied apart from "Safe Browser".
Info:
109.0.5414.120 (1070088) • Sunday, 26 Feb 2023
Standard build of Eloston's ungoogled-chromium. All patches applied apart from "Safe Browser".
Info:
- sha1: 7674d5f744db66f457800caab16b489b1de84ce0
.(virus?) - ungoogled-chromium-109.0.5414.130-1_Win32.7z - Portable: The free and open-source chrlauncher tool is used to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Previous versions (win32)
- Source: Github repository
Portable • Archive • Installer • Package →
Info
130.0.6708.0 (1352556) • Sunday, 8 Sep 2024
Info
- md5: c32579da712edbe1143ff056416fcfb9
.(virus?) - chrome-win.zip - md5: 63ad51a3800b04e1c2bfd2aae2e90970
.(virus?) - mini_installer.exe - The Portable version uses the free and open-source chrlauncher to install, update and launch Chromium.
- The Package version uses the free and open-source Chocolatey to install, update and launch Chromium.
- Install an #older-version
- List of changes
- Source: Google repository
macOS 10.15+
How to install, update and remove Chromium, on macOS?
About updates: your settings, bookmarks, extensions, history, passwords, cookies... will be saved. Do not worry!
For automated updates, choose one of the Chromium #updaters
Installer
- Download the DMG file
- Close Chromium browser if opened
- Execute this DMG file
- Drag its icon on Applications folder
- You may then "Eject" and throw away this disk image
- To remove it definitively: drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash.
Archive
- Download the ZIP archive file
- Close Chromium browser if opened
- Unzip this ZIP file
- Double click on the unzipped folder to open it
- Drag its icon on Applications folder
- To remove it definitively: drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash
Chromium for 64-bit macOS
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119/120 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024Archive
Info:
127.0.6533.61 (1313161) • Saturday, 20 Jul 2024
Info:
- sha1: 99c329a87b7ff538d0e13ad017a52edf5042fa10
.(virus?) - Chromium.app.sync-127.0.6533.61.tar.xz - Use #updaters-on-mac
- List of changes
- Previous versions
- Source: Github repository
Archive
Info:
128.0.6613.114 (1331488) • Friday, 30 Aug 2024
Info:
- sha1: 0dc2c15d2c74cb9dabc5137e63f4927bb1afa5be
.(virus?) - Chromium.app.ungoogled-128.0.6613.114.tar.xz - Use #updaters-on-mac
- List of changes
- Previous versions (ungoogled)
- Source: Github repository
Archive
Info
130.0.6708.0 (1352560) • Sunday, 8 Sep 2024
Info
- md5: 8b8053dd0ce6279e20e95d5d6e3b5508
.(virus?) - chrome-mac.zip - Install an #older-version
- List of changes
- Source: Google repository
Chromium for 64-bit macOS on Arm
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119/120 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024Archive
Info
130.0.6708.0 (1352561) • Sunday, 8 Sep 2024
Info
- md5: 13edaa4eb773ee27c14e9a201eb6b19f
.(virus?) - chrome-mac.zip - Install an #older-version
- List of changes
- Source: Google repository
Chromium for 32-bit macOS
Since version 39, Chromium and Google Chrome are not available in 32-bit version for macOS.
Linux
How to install, update and remove Chromium, on Linux distributions?
In most cases, Chromium is directly available in the official repository of each Linux distribution. So it is easy to install, update and remove it via the integrated software/package manager or in command-lines.
There are other ways like:
- chromium snap-package (Snap)
- chromium flatpak-package (Flatpak)
- For more, check a list of software package management systems.
Chromium for 64-bit Linux
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024Archive
Tested under Ubuntu 18+
Info:
128.0.6613.114 (1331488) • Friday, 30 Aug 2024
Tested under Ubuntu 18+
Info:
- sha1: d9a238974101a1602d33a262215852e766dffd40
.(virus?) - ungoogled-chromium_128.0.6613.114_1.vaapi_linux.tar.xz - Previous versions (ungoogled)
- Source: Github repository
Binaries →
If you prefer, you can install the Flatpak package of Ungoogled Chromium.
Info:
Available in different repositories
If you prefer, you can install the Flatpak package of Ungoogled Chromium.
Info:
- Website: ungoogled-chromium
- FAQ: ungoogled-chromium-wiki/faq
- Extensions: chromium-web-store
Package
Info:
130.0.6691.0 (1349589) • Saturday, 31 Aug 2024
Info:
- sha1: 683667036226a23c75e671ea7bc34d2b6c2662f7
.(virus?) - chromium-browser-unstable_130.0.6691.0-1_amd64.deb - Previous versions (linux64-deb-avx2)
- Source: Github repository
Package
Info:
130.0.6691.0 (1349589) • Saturday, 31 Aug 2024
Info:
- sha1: bf45b18ebef0b5ce31bca8d98e604ba01213967c
.(virus?) - chromium-browser-unstable_130.0.6691.0-1_amd64.deb - Previous versions (linux64-deb-avx)
- Source: Github repository
Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit Linux
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024Arch Linux
Available in the official repository
sudo pacman -S chromium
If you prefer, you can install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- Chromium at Arch Linux wiki
- Arch Linux is an independent distribution
CentOS
Available in the official repository
To install the stable Chromium version on CentOS 7+:
$ sudo yum -y update
$ sudo yum install -y epel-release
$ sudo yum install -y chromium
$ - requires given Linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged userTo run it:
$ chromium
If you prefer, you can install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- CentOS is a distribution affiliated with Red Hat (RHEL).
Debian
Available in the official repository
To install the stable Chromium version:
- use the integrated software/package manager
- or use the Snap package (apt://snapd)
- or use the Flatpak package
- or use the gdebi APT tool (apt://gdebi • Deb files)
- or type these commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install chromium chromium-l10n
(chromium-l10n is only used for localization and is optional)Info:
- Chromium at Debian wiki and Debian packages
- Debian is an independent distribution
elementary OS
Unavailable in the official repository but you can install it!
Install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- elementary OS is a distribution based on #ubuntu
Fedora
Available in the official repository (since Chromium v52)
To install the stable Chromium version:
- use the integrated software/package manager
- or alternatively, type these DNF command:
sudo dnf install chromium
If you prefer, you can install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- Chromium at Fedora package, Fedora rpms, Fedora wiki and Fedora cloud
- Fedora is an independent distribution
Gentoo Linux
Available in the official repository
If you prefer, you can install the Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- Chromium at Gentoo Linux packages
- Gentoo Linux is an independent distribution
Linux Mint
Available in the official repository
To install the stable Chromium version:
- Use the integrated software/package manager
- or type this command (on Linux Mint 20+):
sudo apt install chromium
- or follow this tutorial to install the Snap ("Ubuntu") version of Chromium
- or install the Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- Chromium at Linux Mint Community and Linux Mint's blog
- Linux Mint is a distribution based on #ubuntu and #debian
Mageia
Available in the official repository
Info:
- Chromium at Mageia Application Database
- Mageia is an independent distribution
Manjaro
Available in the official #arch-linux repository
sudo pacman -S chromium
If you prefer, you can install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- Chromium at Arch Linux wiki
- Manjaro is a distribution based on #arch-linux
openSUSE
Available in the official repository
If you prefer, you can also install the Snap package or Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- Chromium at openSUSE package, openSUSE wiki and RPM resource chromium
- openSUSE is an independent distribution
Puppy Linux
Available in the official repository
Follow the posts at Announcements about LxPup, ScPup, UPups, Chromium, LXQt, Kernels etc.
1) Install it via Menu → Internet → Get Web Browser
2) or download it from the Sourceforge repository
Info:
- Old discussion on the Puppy Linux forum
- Chromium at PuppyLinux wiki
- Puppy Linux is an independent distribution
Solus
Unavailable in the official repository but you can install it!
Install Snappy on Solus (if not installed). Then type this command:
sudo snap install chromium If you prefer, you can install the Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
Ubuntu
Unavailable in the official repository (since Ubuntu 19.10+) but you can install it!
To install the stable Chromium version, there are different ways.
The Snap version
- For Ubuntu 19.10+, use the snap package (Deb to snap transition article).
snap install chromium
snap run chromium chromium::snap-package- or type these commands about the Olivier Tilloy's PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-chromium-builds/stage
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser The "Debian package" version
Type these commands about the Rob Savoury's PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/chromium
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser To add language packages:
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser-l10n To add only the patent-free (ogg, vorbis, theora and av1) codecs:
sudo apt-get install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
To add the patent-free codecs + mp3, aac, ac3, mpeg4 (audio/h264), mov:
sudo apt-get install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
If you prefer, you can install the Flatpak package of Chromium.
Info:
- Chromium at Ubuntu packages and Launchpad
- Ubuntu is a distribution based on #debian
Chromium OS
Info
Chromium OS is the open-source OS designed by Google that primarily runs web applications. Based on Gentoo, it exists since 2009. Chromium is its default web browser. Google Chrome OS (closed-source) is based on Chromium OS.
Free and open-source releases:
- ArnoldTheBats' builds (Builds compiled by Tony Ditchfield)
- Alex313031's builds (Builds compiled by Alexander David Frick)
- Linux Chromium OS Full (Builds compiled by the official buildbot • Snapshots repository)
BSD
Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit BSD
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.119 • Monday, 2 Sep 2024FreeBSD
Available in the official repository
Info:
- Chromium at FreeBSD wiki, FreshPorts and FreeBSD source code
- FreeBSD is an independent distribution
OpenBSD
Available in the official repository
Info:
- Chromium at OpenBSD ports and OpenBSD source code
- OpenBSD is an independent distribution
Android 8.0+
Chromium for 64-bit and 32-bit Android
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.127 • Wednesday, 4 Sep 2024Package
All Bromite patches applied.
Info:
128.0.6613.126 (1331488) • Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024
All Bromite patches applied.
Info:
- sha1: 3a57f42678b0335493960953d69629cf160d3012
.(virus?) - arm64_ChromePublic_HEVC-128.0.6613.126_2.apk - List of changes
- Previous versions
- Source: Github repository
Archive
This ZIP archive contains these packages:
Info:
130.0.6708.0 (1352557) • Sunday, 8 Sep 2024
This ZIP archive contains these packages:
- ChromePublic.apk (= Chromium code + open-source Google Chrome code • Archive: 1)
- ContentShell.apk (Dev info)
- SystemWebViewShell.apk (Dev info)
Info:
- md5: de7cb50661f6da7d8c88c31f3ab87af9
.(virus?) - chrome-android.zip - Source: Google repository
iOS
Reference: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.98 • Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024Chromium on iOS is a big fake!
Check the official blog post and build instructions to understand that Chromium cannot use the existing content/implementation, which is based on V8/Blink. It is just a skin on top of Safari. Go your way!
Notes
Obviously, you know this site is not the Chromium official website. As a regular user (not an expert), I created it in 2013 because there was no easy way to download good and stable releases of Chromium, on Windows. I try to keep it as safe and fast as possible! ;) This is absolutely a non-profit site. Please, read the privacy policy.In short:
- Since the beginning of the Chromium project until today, there is no binary of stable Chromium shared by the official team.
- The official website is development oriented. Users are invited to download Google Chrome.
- The official download page gives to users only ZIP archives of development builds (also known as "snapshot", "nightly", "vanilla" or "raw" builds) which can be very unstable. Users are invited to download Google's Chrome Canary.
- This site gives to users a choice of builds: development (also on its simplest download page), stable and portable builds.
All downloads are only from reliable sources:
- Google Storage → development builds from the official repository (Chromium buildbot)
- GitHub, AWS and SourceForge → other free and open-source builds
1. Project
Chromium exists since 2008. It is the free and open-source project (#features) behind the famous Google Chrome browser. There are many advantages for an enterprise to work on an open-source project. Intrinsically, Chromium is a Google project maintained by many authors (developers, engineers, graphic designers, security researchers...) from Google, Adobe, Amazon, ARM, Brave, Cloudflare, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Igalia, Intel, Logitech, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nvidia, Opera, Samsung, Vivaldi, Xiaomi, Yandex... and external contributors (Official graph).Chromium is not only a web browser. It is a blend of different important open-source projects:
- ANGLE (Graphics engine abstraction layer)
- Blink (Rendering/layout engine)
- Native Client (Sandbox for running native code)
- PDFium (PDF generation and rendering library)
- Sandbox (Security mechanism for separating running programs)
- Skia (Graphics library)
- V8 (JavaScript engine)
- and others...
One or more projects are used in Chromium browser (obviously!) and other software/service like Google Chrome, Googlebot Evergreen, Bingbot Evergreen, Mozilla Firefox (ANGLE, Skia), Opera, Vivaldi, Microsoft Edge (Search "chromium" at Microsoft Third Party Disclosures. Official PDF presentation), Adobe Acrobat, Android WebView, Discord, Bitwarden, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Minecraft, Signal, Skype, Slack, Spotify, Steam, TeamViewer, Trend Micro, Twitch, Unity3D, Unreal Engine, WhatsApp, Electron, CEF, QtWebEngine...
Chromium is not fully designed by Google! However, as a primary investor, Google gives a consistent guidance and provides all free tools and services related to this project.
2. Stable Chromium version
Officially, Chromium does not have a stable release. The official developers (aka The Chromium Authors) do not release it to end users. So it is continually in development. Google Chrome is the stable release... but is not open-source.Chromium is the project then Google Chrome is the product.
In fact, Chromium has a stable version! ^^
Chromium being open-source (#source-code), anybody can compile it. It is reproductible. You should be a developer to do this. Just get the current stable version (128.0.6613.119) from the official Git repository and compile it!
For example, the current stable version on #linux is 128.0.6613.119. In this version, there are 119 patches which correct many issues (bugs, feature requests, enhancements...).
All stable versions of Chromium on #windows, #mac, #linux... are always made by third-party developers.
The stable version of Chromium is compiled by:
- Google developers (USA) → Google Chrome
- Microsoft developers (USA) → Microsoft Edge
- Opera developers (Norway/China) → Opera
- Samsung developers (South Korea) → Samsung Internet
- Vivaldi developers (Iceland) → Vivaldi
- Yandex developers (Russia) → Yandex browser
- Hibbiki and Marmaduke developers → Chromium, on #windows and #mac
- Some developers → Chromium, on each #linux and #bsd distribution
- Some developers → Chromium-based browsers
- Some developers → other projects like CEF, Electron, Qt WebEngine, Chromely, NW.js, Beaker, JxBrowser ...
3. Development
The development builds (also known as "snapshot", "nightly", "vanilla" or "raw" builds) are built automatically several times a day by the Chromium Buildbot (buildbot console) and made available as binary code releases.Snapshot
Once a snapshot has been built, it is placed in the chromium-browser-snapshots root directory of Google Cloud Storage and is automatically tested. This build is really just development tool for checking whether issues are fixed in the latest Chromium code. It can be buggy and unstable. They are downloadable on the official site, my alternative webpage and this site (Check The Chromium Authors tag).LKGR
If that snapshot build successfully passes the automated tests, it is considered as a good build (known as LKGR meaning "Last Known Good Revision") and can become potentially a stable build. For info, LKGR builds were stored in the chromium-browser-continuous root directory until Friday, 18 Mar 2016. The Chromium team has removed few LKGR builders (407399, 576253 and chromium-dev) but other ones still work (latest commit). Finally, there is no LKGR binary shared by the Chromium team... but any developer can re-compile it! ^^Stable
A stable build is a development build tested by the Buildbot then improved by the Chromium team and all contributors.4. Conclusion
Note this website and the Chromium builds are made and shared by volunteers (devoted developers), freely, in their spare time. There is absolutely no business, no revenue (Privacy policy). We are neither Google nor a corporation. So please, respect our work. Officially, the #stable-chromium-version does not exist at all. We need time to re-compile Chromium. If you cannot wait for the latest version, prefer to use a development version (download page) or compile Chromium yourself (#source-code) or use other #browsers.Jerry (admin)
Features
Chromium vs Google Chrome.Chromium browser has:
- only an open #source-code
- different licences:
- mainly open-source licenses (BSD license, MIT license, LGPL, MS-PL and MPL+GPL+LGPL tri-licensed)
- 1 proprietary licence (but for available source code: UnRAR),
- few unlicensed files.
It is a FOSS project. A full list of software developed by third-parties is viewable within the browser at chrome://credits (similar to this online page) - a trademark according to Google (Search "Chromium™" at Trademarks list)
- a blue-colored logo (Search "Chromium" at Logos list)
- the similar system requirements as Google Chrome
- the similar user interface and settings as Google Chrome
- the similar sandbox as Google Chrome
- the similar support for extensions and themes as Google Chrome
- the similar user agent as Google Chrome
- the similar experiments Field Trials (Finch) (viewable as a list in "Variations" at chrome://version) as Google Chrome (and similar as Mozilla Firefox studies and as Microsoft Edge's ECS)
- the built-in Chrome PDF Viewer (known as PDFium), on Windows
- the built-in Chromoting Viewer (To use it, you need to first install the Chrome Remote Desktop extension)
- 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 (Solution: Use #updaters • On #linux, use the integrated software/package manager, even a PPA)
- no Google API keys (Solution: Check #google-api-keys)
- no built-in Flash player (Solution: Check #flash)
- no unwanted software protection (known as Chrome Cleanup and "software_reporter_tool.exe"), on Windows
- no support of proprietary codecs (AAC, H.264/MP4) (Solution: Check #html5-audio-video)
- 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.
Why I used the "similar" word, here?
I cannot certify that it is "same/identical" as Google Chome because Chrome is a closed-source software.
Some developers maintain #chromium-forks that offer more features and enhancements. Thanks a lot for developers! ;)
Secure Preferences
Chromium has "Secure Preferences" feature which protect user data against #malware. On Windows, macOS and Linux, the user profile is encrypted based on the machine SID (For info, you can change the SID on Linux). So extensions, certificates and passwords are not portable. It works for Chromium and all #chromium-forks like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, ungoogled-chromium... (except Cent Browser which is closed-source and therefore can be easily corrupted)Info relative to this feature:
- PortableApps::Google Chrome portable (Read "App Notes")
- PortableApps::Opera portable (Read "App Notes")
- Portapps::Brave portable (Read "Infos"... or detailed info on Github)
- Copy Chrome extensions from one computer to another
- How to migrate Google Chrome profile (extensions, cookies, etc.) to another Windows installation?
- profile_pref_store_manager.cc (Chromium code source)
- machine_id.cc (Chromium code source)
How to migrate user data from one computer to another?
The simple way to migrate your data is to synchronize them.
For info, you can also use free services like floccus, xBrowserSync.
Also, to export/import data manually:
- Bookmarks: chrome://bookmarks
- Passwords: chrome://flags/#PasswordImport → Enabled (screenshot). Then restart the browser. Then chrome://settings/passwords (screenshot). For info, you can also use the #flag: --enable-features=PasswordImport (screenshot)
- Extensions: Import and export do not exist. But with an extension like Export links of all extensions (Archive: ZIP), it is possible to list, in an HTML file, all browser extensions used.
There are unstable ways too:
using these #command-line-flags: --disable-machine-id --disable-encryption (info)- using an hacking method to bypass "Secure Preferences".
Google API keys
By default, few Google services (Chrome Sync...) are not available on Chromium. They are reserved for Google Chrome users. For example, the Chrome Sync capability in Chromium based browsers allows you to login to Google’s Sync cloud servers and save your passwords, browsing history and bookmarks/favorites to your personal encrypted cloud vault inside Google’s infrastructure. Extremely convenient for people who access the Internet using multiple devices.To use these Google services, Chromium needs Google API keys.
Chromium can display a top message if the Google API keys are needed for Google services (screenshot):
Google API keys are missing. Some functionality of Chromium will be disabled. Learn MoreHow to just hide the top message "Google API keys are missing..."?
Add the --no-default-browser-check flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser (screenshot)
How to create your own Google API keys?
With your own Google API keys, many Google services (Chrome Sync...) will work.
- Follow the official API Keys page to get them.
- Other info at Github Gist.
- A tutorial video on Youtube (mirror)
Then set three environment variables.
On Windows
Launch Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and enter the following commands: setx GOOGLE_API_KEY yourkey
setx GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID yourclientid
setx GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET yourclientsecret
(setx = set environment variables permanently)On macOS
This tutorial was written by Aargl on december 7, 2018 (#comment-4078). Thanks to him. There are 2 methods:1. Method with ChromiumSyncEnabler
ChromiumSyncEnabler (Archive: ZIP)- Put Chromium_template and ChromiumSyncEnabler.py at the root of the current user (~/)
- Put Chromium.app in ~/Applications
- In Terminal, type: python /Users/your_user_name/ChromiumSyncEnabler.py
- Enter your API keys
N.B.: if you want to activate for all users, do the same procedure putting the files respectively in / and /Applications (I haven't tried, but I can't see why it wouldn't work...)
2. Method with a plist file
Creation of a ~/Library/LaunchAgents/setenv.ChromiumSync.plist containing: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "https://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd ">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>setenv.ChromiumSync</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/bin/launchctl</string>
<string>setenv</string>
<string>GOOGLE_API_KEY</string>
<string>your_key</string>
<string>/bin/launchctl</string>
<string>setenv</string>
<string>GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID</string>
<string>your_key</string>
<string>/bin/launchctl</string>
<string>setenv</string>
<string>GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET</string>
<string>your_key</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist> (with "your_key" being the corresponding Google API key)Of course, you can name the LaunchAgent setenv.ChromiumSync or anything you want.
- This is perfectly working in 10.11
- In 10.9, you must create 3 separate LaunchAgent files instead (one for each key)
- I couldn't test more recent OSes, but I think it should work as in 10.11
The choice between method 1 or 2 depends on wether you want to enter your API keys each time or not... ;-)
On Linux
export GOOGLE_API_KEY yourkey
export GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID yourclientid
export GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET yourclientsecret
How to disable Google API keys?
Without Google API keys, many Google services (Chrome Sync...) will not work.
On Windows
Launch Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and enter the following commands: setx GOOGLE_API_KEY "false"
setx GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID "false"
setx GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET "false"
(setx = set environment variables permanently)Now launch Chromium.
Widevine plugin
Widevine is a closed-source Google plugin to play DRM content (= protected audio/video files) for web browsers. Companies including Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Hulu, Netflix, Spotify and Disney+ use Widevine to manage the distribution of premium content.Chromium does not support Widevine natively. Note that Chromium developers and most of Chromium users do not use this Google plugin at all. We do not bundle/share it. Other people tried to obtain a licence from Google for an open-source project and finally did not get it (Archive: 1).
On this website, the widevine support is enabled on the stable versions. (These versions are compiled with the GN argument: enable_widevine = true). So you need to install the Widevine CDM plugin yourself to play DRM content.
In Chromium and Google Chrome, you can check the Widevine support at chrome://components → "Widevine Content Decryption Module" → The number must be different than 0.0.0.0 (screenshot)
Websites to freely test Widevine:
- https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm
- https://demo.castlabs.com/ (Choose videos with labeled "DRM")
- https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/
How to install the Widevine CDM plugin?
- First of all, make sure you have a Chromium version with the enabled support of:
- the protected content
chrome://settings/content/protectedContent - Widevine and H.264/MP4
Check these tags on this website: widevine all-codecs
- the protected content
- Now, get the Widevine CDM plugin. The latest version is: 4.10.2830.0
For info, this is an automated update via this official TXT file.
2.1 From official links:- 4.10.2830.0-win-x64.zip (64-bit Windows)
- 4.10.2830.0-win-arm64.zip (64-bit Windows on ARM)
- 4.10.2830.0-win-ia32.zip (32-bit Windows)
- 4.10.2830.0-mac-x64.zip (64-bit macOS)
- 4.10.2830.0-mac-arm64.zip (64-bit macOS on ARM)
- 4.10.2830.0-linux-x64.zip (64-bit Linux)
4.10.2830.0-linux-ia32.zip(32-bit Linux)
2.2 Or from offline installers of Google Chrome
Prefer these following websites because you can unzip the executable files (*.exe) and see the whole content. Note these download links of Google Chrome are official.- Chrome offline installers
- [JP] chrome::lutra-fs.me
- [JP] chrome::noki.eu.org
- [JP] chrome::iplaysoft.com
- [JP] chrome::atvnk.com
2.3 Or from the Google Chrome website
In this case, you must to install Google Chrome because you cannot unzip the executable files (*.exe) :/
Official standalone versions:- Google Chrome (64-bit / Windows)
- Google Chrome (32-bit / Windows)
- Google Chrome
- Unzip the content of this Widevine CDM plugin
(This is a 7-zip self-extracting archive) - Copy this Widevine CDM plugin's content to your Chromium "WidevineCdm" folder like this following structure, on Windows:
(screenshot)WidevineCdm
├── LICENSE.txt
├── manifest.json (Note: this file contains the Widevine version or even the file paths ^^)
│
├── _platform_specific
├── win_x64 (Note: if it is for 64-bit Windows, obviously!)
├── widevinecdm.dll
├── widevinecdm.dll.sig - Launch Chromium browser
- Go to the top of this website and check if the "widevine" tag is displayed. (screenshot)
and check chrome://components → "Widevine Content Decryption Module" - End.
Flash plugin
Flash is a deprecated multimedia software platform. Adobe retired Flash on January 1, 2021, on all plateforms. Roadmap for Chromium. Roadmap for Firefox.- Since 2021, the Flash PPAPI plugin (aka PepperFlash) plugin is discontinued. For info, PepperFlash is secure because it works in a sandbox. In short, it executes in its own process, separate from the browser's rendering engine.
- Since 2015, the Flash #npapi plugin is discontinued.
How to quickly install the Flash plugin? (Obsolete content!)
On Windows and macOS, Chomium find PepperFlash itself (= without #command-line-flags)
- Install PepperFlash (PPAPI) from Adobe website.
- Disable the checkbox in the chrome://settings/content/flash page. (screenshot)
- Test if animation works on the Flash Player versions page.
- Enjoy!
How to manually install the Flash plugin? (Obsolete content!)
This is a full manual installation tutorial.
(If Google Chrome is already installed, go directly to "3. Add command-line flags"
1. Get PepperFlash (PPAPI)
This plugin is a non-free (proprietary) software developed by Adobe, and distributed bundled with Google Chrome. So get it from the official sources: Adobe or Google.1.1 From Adobe
Different official ways:- 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 (macOS)
- Beta version - From Adobe Labs (Search "PPAPI" and "Chromium" for your platform)
After install, the plugin path will be:
- On a 64-bit #windows:
- 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
Canary channel:- 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
(Use an online service to prevent #malware)- Search "PepperFlash" or "PPAPI" at [RU] effect8.ru or patheticcockroach.com
- Download and open the .7z archive
- Get "pepflashplayer.dll" (rename it, if needed) and "manifest.json" files.
Optionally, get the Flash version number:
(If you want to see the correct version number on Chromium internal pages)
- 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
If you want, prefer a short path for the plugin. It will be easier for the next step. ^^Example on Windows: Put this .dll file in a path like C:\PepperFlash\ (Create the directory if needed)
3. Add command-line flags
Use these #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
On #windows, create a Chromium shortcut. Then go to its properties and edit the target field:
--ppapi-flash-path="C:\PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll" --ppapi-flash-version="32.0.0.465" --allow-outdated-pluginsOn #mac, you will need to launch it from the command-line (in the Terminal):
/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium --ppapi-flash-path=/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/PepperFlashPlayer/PepperFlashPlayer.plugin --ppapi-flash-version=32.0.0.465& The "&" at the end is not a typo. It is there to make sure Chromium is launched in a separate thread. Without the "&", Chromium would exit as soon as you quit the Terminal. Moreover, to simplify the Chromium launch, check How to create simple Mac apps from shell scripts (Archive: 1). Also see the #comment-566 and #comment-344. 4. Restart the browser
Relaunch it to apply changes.5. Check the installation
- 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!
Now, even after browser updates, Chromium uses PepperFlash. ^^NPAPI plugin
NPAPI is a deprecated API that allows browser extensions to be developed. Chromium 45.0.2416.0 (331982) is the last version which still has NPAPI plugin support enabled via chrome://flags or group policy registry. (source • NPAPI deprecation)How to still use a NPAPI plugin?
Few ways:
- Switch to other browsers still supporting NPAPI plugins (like Waterfox browser).
- or install an older Chromium version (Ex: 331982, 331959, 331938, 331935...)
- or install the IE Tab addon which allows users to view pages using the IE layout engine
More info on site archives:
- chromium::wayback.machine (Sunday, 26 Jul 2015)
- chromium::archive.is (Friday, 17 Jul 2015)
HTML5 audio/video
By default, Chromium does not support proprietary codecs (AAC, H.264/MP4) in the HTML <audio> and <video> elements.How to use Chromium with all audio/video codecs?
Few ways:
- On #windows and #mac, use builds with all-codecs or all-codecs+
- or compile Chromium from #source-code with proprietary codecs, yourself.
- 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 (ex: FFmpeg under Ubuntu)
Before 4 June 2015, we used an alternative with the Google Chrome ffmpegsumo file and our Patch HTML5 Media extension. More info on site archives:
- chromium::wayback.machine (Monday, 8 Jun 2015)
- chromium::archive.is (Friday, 5 Jun 2015)
Note about the H.265/HEVC video codec
Chromium does (and will) not natively support the H.265/HEVC codec. (official source)
- The licence of H.265/HEVC is non-free. It is currently mainly supported by Apple. (Support of H.265/HEVC in web browsers)
- The Chromium team prefers to focus on the open-source AV1 codec. This one is supported by major companies (Alliance for Open Media) like Google, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung... (Support of AV1 in web browsers).
Check HTML5 audio/video support at https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/
If there is a video issue, disable hardware acceleration (see #browser-crash).
Advanced
1. Internal pages
To access to all internal pages, use chrome://about. Copy and paste this special URL directly into the address bar (omnibox). Obviously, this special URL works only in Chromium and Google Chrome. Note: About configuration settings, there is nothing similar to Firefox's about:config in Chromium.Few internal pages:
- chrome://components (Show and update info about available components like Widevine...)
- chrome://conflicts (List all modules loaded into the browser)
- chrome://credits (View all licensing info • Similar to this online page)
- chrome://flags (View all experimental features • You can set each feature)
- chrome://gpu (Show info about GPU)
- chrome://net-export (Get all networking related info)
- chrome://omnibox (Test and follow responses of the searches via the omnibox/address bar)
- chrome://policy (Manage Chromium, for administrators • Policy list)
- chrome://predictors (List autocomplete action predictors and resource prefetch predictors based on user recent search and browsing history)
- chrome://quota-internals (Show info about disk space and storage usage)
- chrome://settings/content/all (List the number of cookies each site has set)
- chrome://sync-internals (Show info about the Chromium sync feature)
- chrome://translate-internals (View all supported internal languages)
- chrome://version (Show details of Chromium version)
About browser plugins
Since version 57, the chrome://plugins page no longer exists. (official source)
Info:
- Manage PDF viewer and Flash plugins: chrome://settings/content
- Update components (like Widevine): chrome://components
2. Keyboard shortcuts
To use keyboard shortcuts (on Windows, Mac and Linux), check this full list of official shortcuts... and this one if you are developer. Most of the shortcuts are similar to IE, Firefox or any other browser.3. Command-line flags
There are command-line flags (or "switches") that Chromium accept in order to enable particular features or modify otherwise default functionality. Note flags often contain experimental or obsolete code, so they tend not to stick around for long.- Run Chromium with flags
- List of Chromium command-line switches (Auto-updated list provided by Peter Beverloo)
How to start Chromium directly in incognito (or private) mode, on Windows?
Add the "--incognito" flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser. (screenshot)
"C:\{...}\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito4. User data directory
About your profile (history, bookmarks...), it is important to know where is stored your user data.How to change the user data directory?
Add the "--user-data-dir" flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser. (screenshot)
"C:\{...}\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir=..\my-profile-path5. External extension installation
How to install an external browser add-on?
If you wish to install extensions directly instead of just downloading the .crx source file, you must:
- Change the flag chrome://flags/#extension-mime-request-handling to "Always prompt for install".
- Click on the link of the .crx file you want to install
Download the .crx source file of any extension directly from the Chrome Web Store via Get CRX or via a site like Chrome Extension Downloader, CRX Extractor, Crx4Chrome. (For info, you can see the source code before to download the extension: CRX Viewer)
- Go to chrome://extensions
- Drag and drop the .crx file on chrome://extensions
If it does not work...
- Add the "--enable-easy-off-store-extension-install" flag at the end of the Chromium shortcut and restart the browser. (screenshot)
- Go to chrome://extensions
- Drag and drop the .crx file on chrome://extensions
If it still does not work...
- Unzip the .crx file
- Go to chrome://extensions
- Drag and drop the unzipped folder on the page... or click on Developer mode (Toggle in top right) then Load unpacked extension... (screenshot)
About updates:
- 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
Before all, check the official guide for developers.Official links to easily get or see the full Chromium source code:
- Google Git chromium/src
- The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source
- Chromium Code Search or chromium/src (Old pages: Code search or chromium/src/)
- - Source tarballs and its mirror ("-lite" is for building desktop Chromium).
- Also, there is the official Github mirror. - Chromium source code of the latest stable version: chromium-128.0.6613.119.tar.xz (mirror • File checksums)
ViewVC(Obsolete since the version 39.0.2132.2, on August 2014)
Interesting info:
- [video] Building Chromium from source (by Aphrx • 2021 • mirror)
- Building ungoogled-chromium (by Eloston • 2020)
- How to build chromium on Windows (by Intel • 2019)
- How to build chromium on macOS (by Intel • 2019)
- How to build chromium for Android (by Intel • 2019)
- How to build chromium for Linux (by Intel • 2019)
- Building Chromium on Windows from source (by Jeremy Sinclair • 2019 • Archive: 1)
- How to compile Chromium with audio/video codecs for Windows (by Nik • 2018 • Archive: ZIP)
- How to build Chromium with proprietary codecs (OS X) (by No encoding • 2018 • Archive: 1)
- Bash script to build and install latest stable Chromium from source on OS X (by Bobo • 2017 • Archive: ZIP)
- [UA] Компіляція браузера Chromium для Ubuntu (x265, HEVC) (by D.Bilous • 2016 • Archive: 1)
How to compile Chromium for Mac(by sbagmeijer • 2015 • Original site is down!)Contributing to Chromium: an illustrated guide(2015 • Archives: 1 or PDF)
7. Older version
Never update your browser with a very old version. It even does not start.To downgrade Chromium installed with the Installer (.exe):
- Open Chromium and check its actual version at chrome://version
- Close Chromium.
- Uninstall Chromium WITHOUT to delete your #user-data-directory. It is an option of its uninstaller. (screenshot)
- Get the Installer (.exe) of an older version (from the → download/ page or Snapshots repository about "official" builds)
- Execute it to install Chromium.
- Open Chromium and check the new installed version at chrome://version
8. Browser crash
You have encountered a browser crash or issue :/Few ways to help you:
- To disable hardware acceleration: chrome://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode or chrome://settings → [Advanced] → System
- To disable/enable a browser feature: chrome://flags
- To check for conflicting software: chrome://conflicts
- To disable extensions/add-ons: chrome://extensions
Also you can use #command-line-flags: --disable-gpu, --disable-accelerated-video-decode...
8. Browser benchmark
To test performances of the browser, do differents benchmarks.Except as otherwise noted, for the result, a higher number is better.
Free websites without registration:
- ARES-6 (Various tests using the newest web standards and features)
- Basemark (Various tests using the newest web standards and features)
- JetStream (JavaScript benchmark developed by Apple)
- Kraken (JavaScript benchmark developed by Mozilla • Result: A lower number is better)
- MotionMark (Graphics benchmark developed by the WebKit team)
- Octane (JavaScript benchmark developed by Google)
- Speedometer (Performance benchmark that repeats the same actions using DOM APIs)
- WebXPRT (HTML5 and JavaScript test developed by benchmark maker Principled Technologies)
API
This is a free and simple API for developers to update Chromium to the latest good build via a bash (shell) script, a browser extension... Read my #notes. Please, do not use this API to build other websites. To prevent abuse, the site can audit each API request.API details
GET request parameters:
- os → (required) windows or mac or android
- bit → (optional • 64 by default) 64 or 32
- out → (optional • json by default) json or string or revision
Response:
chromium → windows or mac or android →
- 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
Examples:
Links
Except the Wikipedia's Chromium page, these links are official and point only to the Google sites.Focused on Chromium:
- Chromium Blog
- Chromium Browser Snapshots
- Chromium Dash
- Chromium Discussion (on Google Groups)
- Chromium Gerrit (Code review)
- Chromium Main Console (Buildbot console)
- Download Chromium (ZIP archives)
- Chromium Issue Tracker
- Monorail (The issue tracking tool for chromium-related projects)
- The Chromium Projects (The main Chromium website)
- Wikipedia's Chromium page
Focused on Google Chrome:
- Chrome Platform Status
- Chrome Release Channels
- Chrome Web Store (Extensions and themes 100% compatible with Chromium)
- Google Chrome Help (100% compatible with Chromium)
- Release updates from the Google Chrome team (Google blog)
Browsers
1. Chromium forks
In simple words, a fork of Chromium means Chromium engine is used to create another web browser.Proprietary browsers:
(developed by official contributors of the Chromium #project)
- Google Chrome (USA)
- Microsoft Edge (USA)
- Opera (Norway/China • Opera (company), Otello Corporation, Golden Brick Capital/Qihoo 360)
- Samsung Internet (South Korea)
- Vivaldi (Iceland • Chromium's modified code is still open source)
- Yandex Browser (Russia)
I do not recommend:
- 360 Secure Browser (Proprietary)
- Comodo Dragon (Proprietary • Famous company but its Chromium is ever outdated compared to the #stable-chromium-version)
- Epic (Proprietary • Reviews)
- Slimjet (SlimBrowser) (Proprietary • Reviews - Archive: 1)
- SRWare Iron (Proprietary • Versioning system is not clear: no source code of the latest version available since 2011 - Archive: 1)
- or other proprietary browser with "better privacy" than Google Chrome.
Why not recommended?
Because all of these browsers are closed-source, outdated, based on Chromium like Google Chrome... and most of the features they remove don't even exist in Chromium, in the first place. Control your personal info and #privacy yourself ^^
Colin (InsanityBit) explains this very well at "SRWare Iron Browser – A private alternative to Chrome?" (2012 • Archives: 1, 2)
Note if a new browser with "better privacy" than Google Chrome is based on Chromium and is fully open-source, it should be ok for me. But... Google is famous. Its privacy policy and marketing strategy are well known. So you have to ask you some questions. Do you trust in an unknown team more than Google? Is an outdated Chromium fork?
- 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)
Few free and open-source Chromium-based browsers:
- Brave (Block website trackers and remove intrusive internet advertisements • code differences with Chromium )
- Bromite (Patches for Chromium with adblocking features and enhanced privacy)
- Dooble
- Falkon (Formerly QupZilla)
- Iridium (tarball, git, github, code differences with Chromium • Reviews)
- Kiwi Browser (Browser with extensions support, ads & cryptojacking protection...)
- Otter Browser
- qutebrowser (A minimalist browser)
- Thorium (Chromium fork with patches for speed, privacy and usability)
- ungoogled-chromium (A set of patches for removing Google integration • 2016 reviews, 2018 reviews, 2020 reviews)
Aviator(Discontinued project since 2016 • Reviews)Inox(A set of patches applied on the Arch Linux chromium package • Arch Linux website)Superbird(Based on a development version • No source code since 2016 - Archive: 1)
2. Other open-source "non-Chromium-based" browsers
- Basilisk (Firefox-based using an old Firefox core version)
- Firefox
- LibreWolf (Firefox-based)
GNU IceCat(Outdated since 2019)- Midori (Webkit-based)
- NetSurf (Works on any OS)
- Pale Moon (Firefox-based using an old Firefox core version)
- Tor Browser (Firefox-based using Tor, an anonymity network)
- Waterfox (Firefox-based using an old Firefox core version • Acquired by System1, an advertising company)
- and other open-source browsers.
Privacy
For a better privacy protection, use open-source #browsers like Chromium, Firefox. Do not forget: It is open-source does not mean it is secure and respects user privacy. Moreover, security ≠ privacy ≠ anonymity. If your browser is fully "open-source", it means that somebody with the capability can review the #source-code. It is easier for developers to find malicious code with versioning tools like Git or SVN. (Ex: Chromium downloads a Chrome extension as a binary without source code → corrected 7 days after the report). Only an open-source code allows such defense. This is better for secure browsing and user privacy. The security of Chromium is very solid. While I recommend ungoogled-chromium, Bromite and Firefox (cf. about:config/user.js settings, containers system, better content-filtering, easier way to stop browser automatic connections, support of a self-hosted Firefox Sync server) as the most reliable browsers for privacy enthusiasts in a standard web browsing, Chromium is probably a reasonable alternative for everyday web browsing.My way for a standard web-browsing (but do as you like ^^):
- Modify your #hosts-file to stop "natively" domains who serve ads, spyware and malware
- Use a VPN with strong encryption for your whole OS or router to bypass many restrictions on Internet. Note you are not anonymous behind a VPN service (cf. Browser fingerprint, Server-side tagging...) (It is better than browser VPN/proxy #extensions)
- Use an up-to-date web browser
- Change few #browser-settings
- Install few #extensions
How to really be anonymous on the Web?
The anonymization solutions are especially necessary for the exercise of freedoms (ex: for journalist, political opponent in certain countries, researcher, whistleblower...). These solutions are obviously very used by hackers too. Personally, I think most people cannot be anonymous on the Web even using a VPN, proxy or TOR network. It is a myth that you cannot be tracked online. If you exist, you are findable, especially if you use multiple devices and websites. There are a lot of technologies to identify a user and get its data. Check the #guides and #tests for more information.
But it is possible to really be anonymous on the Web if your respect all security rules. The book "The Art of Invisibility" written in 2017 by Kevin D. Mitnick will convince you. In a few words, do not trust proprietary software/services, third-party VPN service providers (VPN Leaks, 'no log' VPN providers..., Another VPN leak..., VPN hacked...) and the cryptocurrency (like Bitcoin).
- Buy a new computer (like a used computer) with cash, from an unknown person.
- Then remove the internal HDD (or format it). You will not use it. Prefer an external USB flash/SSD drive.
- Use Tails, Whonix, Qubes OS or a similar live Linux distribution. These ones uses the Tor network (Note Tor is often attacked).
- Change the MAC address.
- Connect to a public WiFi connection.
- Do not change settings or add extensions on Tor Browser. It will prevent your Browser fingerprint.
- Never login to a site/service for which you are already known.
- SearX and .onion addresses are welcome.
- Here we go!
Do you know...
Sure you can protect your privacy against tracking and profiling tools but it is really painful because these tracking tools are everywhere today: on Internet (website, app...), at home (computer, phone, router, smart TV, smart home speaker, smart bulb, smart grid...), in your car (GPS system, connected car...), in the street (video surveillance camera...), at your ISP and elsewhere. You can find them in hardware (firmware) and software (operating system, app, website, extension...).
Do you know in all computers (excepted RISC-V and Libreboot) there is an exploit-friendly firmware that user has no access?
Ex: in Intel processors, in AMD processors, in Raspberry Pi (proprietary Broadcom processor).
Do you know you are readily recognizable if you install browser extensions like an ad-blocker? It means, if you install browser extensions, your Browser fingerprint is unique. So you are unique on the Web.
Ex: browserleaks::proxy, Browser Fingerprint
Do you know there are probably untrusted certificates on your computer?
Ex: Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla..., Dell..., Google..., Microsoft..., Lenovo..., Surveillance firm...
Do you know it is possible to follow a user behind Tor browser?
Ex: Advanced Tor browser fingerprinting, Browser Fingerprinting, Tor and its discontents, with CSS (noscript-tracking.go, CrookedStyleSheets), with extension fingerprinting or with a zero-day exploit!...
About the "No log" mention of a VPN, do you know the jurisdiction of the country where the VPN server is located has authority on the jurisdiction of the country where the VPN provider is located?
Ex: Choose a VPN provider from United Kingdom and connect to a French VPN server. There are no log in United Kingdom. Ok, but this is not the problem! The VPN server is in France and there will be logs in France. This is the law. [FR] Minimal logs lifetime in France: 360 days (Source: "Article 3"). [FR] Minimal logs lifetime in Europe: 14 days. So be careful when your VPN provider and its VPN server are located in countries from the Five Eyes, Nine Eyes or Fourteen Eyes.
Do you know Linux (like Windows and Mac) devices have a unique identifier?
Ex: Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it.
1. Browser update
The reason for updating to the latest version is security. As security threats are found, they are fixed. Using an old version expose user to a number of security holes and privacy issues. Browsers are far more subject to hacking than other software.2. Browser settings
Adjust all settings and advanced settings in chrome://settings:- Do not log in with a Google account in the browser (screenshot • Do not sync your data!)
- Do not save passwords in the browser (Prefer a free and open-source password manager like Bitwarden, KeePass, LessPass or Password Safe)
- Enable the incognito (or private) mode (Ctrl+Shift+N shortcut • Use a #flag to start Chromium in this mode)
- Disable all options in the "Privacy and security" section (chrome://settings/privacy) because most of them use an external Google service. (Ex: "Safe Browsing" option uses Google Safe Browsing • More info about privacy settings)
- Block third-party cookies (chrome://settings/content/cookies)
- Block the #flash plugin (chrome://settings/content/flash)
- Do not share your location (chrome://settings/content/location)
- Prevent canvas fingerprinting (Use the --disable-reading-from-canvas #flag)
3. Hosts file
Modify your hosts file to prevent your OS from connecting to domains who serve ads, spyware and malware. This will increase your OS security and save bandwidth.- Dan Pollock's list
- MVPS HOSTS
- Peter Lowe's list
- Malware Domain List
- Unified hosts file with base extensions
- No more ads, tracking and other virtual garbage
Note:
- Few #extensions like uBlock Origin can also use these lists in their settings.
- Few tools like Pi-hole and AdAway can also use these lists in their settings.
- Free and open-source auto-updating Hosts managers: hostsmgr, HostsFileEditor (on Windows), Gas Mask (on macOS)
4. DNS services
By default you are using the DNS servers of your ISP but you do not have to stick with them. Before to choose one, compare DNS performance. Free alternative Internet DNS services for personal use:- Adguard DNS
- Cloudflare DNS resolver (by Cloudflare • 1.1.1.1 for Families)
- Comodo Secure DNS (by Comodo)
- DynDNS (by Dyn)
- Google Public DNS
- Nextdns
- OpenDNS (by Cisco)
- OpenNIC
- Quad9 DNS
- Yandex.DNS (by Yandex • Technical details - IPv4 and IPv6)
Note:
- The DNS over HTTPS (aka DoH) page on the official Chromium website.
- You can also use a DNS over HTTPS client (screenshot of Firefox 62+). Check Publicly available servers.
- You can also use a DNSCrypt client (Ex: Encrypt your DNS traffic with Simple DNSCrypt for Windows)
- You can also use your own DNS resolver with Unbound or other software.
5. Web search engines
Note: Few #dns-services and #extensions exist to protect user privacy on search engines.Search engines
Search engines index the content of web pages by running an algorithm on a web crawler.Metasearch engine
Metasearch engines use another search engine's data to produce its own results from the Internet. Search engine map.- Disconnect Search (by Disconnect.me • Uses Bing, Yahoo... results)
- DuckDuckGo (uses its own crawler + Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Wikipedia... results, on Amazon servers (AWS) • Review at an 8ch page archive • To search without JS, choose the html or lite version)
- Ecosia (uses Bing results)
- Fireball (uses Bing results)
- Oscobo
- Private.sh (by Private Internet Access • Uses Gigablast results)
- Qwant (uses its own crawler but is partner with Microsoft for Bing results, Bing Ads and Microsoft Azure • Its lite version)
- Startpage (uses Google results • Owned by System1, an advertising company)
- Swisscows (uses its own crawler + Bing results with enabled parental filter)
- YaCy (A peer-to-peer search engine)
If you are a web developer, develop your own metasearch engine yourself ^^
- Searx (uses many search engines • Source code in Python • Author: Adam Tauber, @Searx_engine • Searx instances)
- MetaGer (uses Yahoo... results • Source code in PHP)
- Whoogle Search (uses Google results • Source code in Python • Author: Ben Busby)
- Googol (uses Google results • Source code in PHP • Author: Bronco)
6. Extensions
Note:- With the use of extensions, you become more easily identifiable (cf. Browser fingerprint, Server-side tagging...)
- Extensions hosted on the Chrome Web Store are updated via the Chrome update mechanism (cf. Chromium source code) which developers and users do not control. For a manual installation, read the #external-extension-installation part.
- Here, priority to open-source (and non-obfuscated code) extensions for Chromium and Firefox:
Block ads, trackers, scripts and popups
uBlock Origin- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: Privacy Badger, Adblock Plus, AdBlock, Disconnect, Ghostery, Adguard AdBlocker, Fair AdBlocker, Forget Me Not, NoScript
- Info: Add filters to your ad-blocker via FilterLists (an open-source website)
- My advice: By default, block third-party scripts and frames (uBlock Origin medium mode • screenshot). Also, about Adblock Plus or AdBlock, disable "Acceptable Ads" option (screenshot).
Stop link redirection in Google, DuckDuckGo and Yandex search pages
Don't track me Google- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: Redirect Blocker, Redirect Bypasser
Clean URLs to remove tracking elements from URLs
ClearURLsControl the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis
Referer Control- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: Smart Referer, Web Developer
- Info on wikipedia
Prevent canvas fingerprint
Canvas Blocker (Fingerprint protect)- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: Canvas Defender, Canvas Fingerprint Defender
- Info on wikipedia, browserleaks, ghacks
Emule locally CDN
Decentraleyes- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: LocalCDN
- Info on wikipedia, decentraleyes test page, localcdn test page
Prevent WebRTC IP leak
WebRTC Leak Shield- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: WebRTC Control,
WebRTC Network Limiter,WebRTC Leak Prevent - Info: An extension can only block the leak of your IP address. It does not block WebRTC in the "core" of Chromium. uBlock Origin can protect against the WebRTC IP leak. You can do some #tests.
Prevent CSS Exfil attack
CSS Exfil Protection- Download: store, amo
- Info on BleepingComputer, Github and mike-gualtieri.com
Unblock websites with a browser VPN/proxy
Browsec- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: anonymoX, HidemanVPN, TunnelloVPN, TouchVPN, Hotspot Shield
- My advice: Prefer to pay for a safe and secure VPN provider protecting your whole OS ; or use a free VPN service without registration. Do not use Hola!, ZenMate or Betternet in their free version. Hola! is a botnet. Betternet shares/sells user data to third-parties. In its free version, ZenMate needs a registration.
Display sites quality
WOT (Web of Trust)- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, Terms of Service; Didn’t Read
- My advice for the WOT addon: Do not share your data. (WOT settings → Real-time protection → Set to off)
7. Tools
- Firewall
- Freenet
- I2P (Invisible Internet Project)
- Proxy
- VPN (Virtual private network)
- Tor (Anonymity network)
8. Guides
- Technical analysis of client identification mechanisms (Chromium)
- Privacy tools (2021 • Source code)
- PRISM break (2021 • Source code)
- Privacy Respecting (2021)
- [FR] Google Tag Manager (Server-Side Tagging), la nouvelle arme anti adblock?
(2020 • Google Tag Manager (Server-Side Tagging), the new anti-adblock weapon: [Translated EN] HTML, [Translated EN] PDF) - Web browser privacy: What do browsers say when they phone home? (2020 • Archive: PDF)
- Who left open the cookie jar? (2018 • Archives: 1, PDF)
- Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis (2017 • Archive: PDF)
- Are VPN providers more trustworthy than your ISP? (2017 • Archive: 1)
- Don't use VPN services (2015 • Archive: 1)
- Category: Internet privacy (Wikipedia)
- Chromium privacy
9. Tests
Reputable and reliable sites to show or prevent user data tracking:- Am I Unique (Device fingerprinting)
- AudioContext fingerprint test page
- Browser Leaks (WebRTC IP leak, System fonts, HTML5 Canvas fingerprinting...)
- BrowserSpy (It shows how much information can be retrieved from web browser)
- Browsing experience security check (Secure DNS, DNSSEC, TLS 1.3, Encrypted SNI)
- Device Info (Web browser security/privacy testing)
- VPN & Torrent IP Leak Test (IP, DNS and WebRTC leaks)
- DNS leak test
- EFF Cover Your Track (Device fingerprinting)
- Evercookie (Persistent cookies)
- IP Leak (IP, DNS and WebRTC leaks)
- IP Leak privacy test (IP address, DNS, WebRTC...)
- Permission.site (To test the interaction of web APIs and browser permissions)
- TorZillaPrint (Advanced scripts for Firefox and Tor browsers • Test site, Mirror)
- Toolz (Ad Block Test • Test site)
- Webpage tracking only using CSS (and no JS)
Malware
Your antivirus has detected a malicious software in Chromium files.False positive?
You have downloaded Chromium from a reliable source (#notes) and maybe also used open-source #updaters. In this case, it is surely a false positive. The detection is generic (heuristic). There is absolutely no backdoor or other malware inside Chromium. Remember that the full #source-code is available. You will get a similar result if you compile Chromium yourself.Note a specific thing about Chromium browser:
- Chromium has no digital signature (unlike Google Chrome). It is not signed because is open source and not "owned" per se by any one particular developer or organization. Moreover, a certificate is not free for developers (Apple Developer Program).
- Antivirus use generic detection and database of malware signatures.
- VirusTotal which aggregates many antivirus is a Google service using its Trusted Source project to limit false positives for software like Google Chrome (because it is digitally signed), not for Chromium.
- So, unsigned Chromium + any antivirus or VirusTotal service = More chance to get an antivirus alert.
False positive reports known for few years ago:
- False positive - chromium 79 (2019 • Broadcom • Archive: 1)
- Chromium 32bit download has a virus? (2018 • Avast antivirus • Archive: 1)
- IDP.Generic reported for chromium executable (2018 • Avast antivirus • Archive: 1)
- False positive on Chromium executable (2016 • Avast antivirus • Archive: 1)
- False positive with Chromium (2015 • Panda Internet Security • Archive: 1)
- False Positive on latest Chromium Nightly? (2014 • Avast antivirus • Archive: 1)
- AntiVirus detected Malware while syncing using gclient (2014 • Chromium Issue Tracker • Archive: 1)
- pepflashplayer.dll tagged as malware and removed by F-Secure (2012 • Chromium Issue Tracker • Archive: 1)
- Kaspersky detects Chrome as Trojan (2010 • Chromium Issue Tracker • Archive: 1)
- Avast! Anti-Virus reports Google Chrome as Trojan (2008 • Chromium Issue Tracker • Archive: 1)
Authentic malware?
Yes. Obviously, it is also possible.- The common entry methods for Chromium virus are freeware downloads as bundled software (bundleware) and spam e-mails. It means Chromium has been silently installed via another software. Do not forget Chromium is free and open-source. So malware writers use Chromium to push malicious code on to your system. Remove this "fake" or suspicious Chromium web browser (like BeagleBrowser, BoBrowser, BrowserAir, Chedot, eFast Browser, Fusion Browser, Mustang Browser, MyBrowser, Olcinium Browser, Palikan, Qword Browser, Torch, Tortuga Browser...).
- The other way is about a compromised Chromium repository on a reliable source (#notes).
Free tools to scan your system
Anti-malware:- AdwCleaner and Malwarebytes (by Malwarebytes)
- Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool (by Kaspersky)
- Kaspersky Rescue Disk (by Kaspersky • Bootable ISO file)
- Emsisoft Emergency Kit (by Emsisoft)
- Norton Power Eraser (by Symantec)
Antivirus:
(Independent tests and distinctions: AV-Test, Virus Bulletin, AV-Comparatives, Gartner)
- Windows Defender (on Windows 10)
- Avast (Prefer the offline installer. Then choose the advanced installation)
- Kaspersky Security Cloud
- Bitdefender
- Avira
- ClamAV and Immunet (Open-source • Developed by Cisco)
Anti-ransomware:
Free online services to scan your files
(no registration required)- Jotti
- VirusTotal (by Google • Its lite version)
- MetaDefender (by OPSWAT)
- virSCAN
- Hybrid Analysis (by Payload Security)
If you find an issue:
- Contact your anti-virus or anti-malware support
- Report it on the official Chromium supports. For links, see my #comment-1 below.
Chromium updaters
To update Chromium automatically.As always, never install a closed-source software especially if you have never heard it before! GitHub and its Gist service are good places to find good stuff. So, try these free and open-source Chromium updaters:
Updaters on Windows
- For info, in the #windows section, each "Portable" version uses chrlauncher which can install, update and launch Chromium automatically. You can change its settings in the chrlauncher.ini file.
- chrlauncher
(by Henry++ • 2022 • C • Compatible with all Windows releases of this website) - Chocolatey
(by the Chocolatey team • 2023 • In command-line • Compatible with the Hibbiki's releases and The Chromium authors' releases of this website • Package core) - Scoop
(by the Scoop team • 2023 • In command-line • Compatible with the Hibbiki's releases and the Ungoogled releases of this website) - ungoogled-updater
(by NeverDecaf • 2023 • Python • Compatible with the Ungoogled releases of this website) - ChromiumForWindows
(by Ilyó Kovács Levente • 2022 • C# • Compatible with all Windows releases of this website) - Simple Chromium Updater (chrupd.cmd)
(by mkorthof • 2023 • Batchfile • Compatible with all Windows releases of this website) - ChromiumUpdathe (by Hristo Bogdanov • 2021 • C#)
- chromium for windows installer (by Lusito • 2020 • Javascript)
- cr-updater (by pwlin • 2018 • Batchfile, PHP)
- Chromium_Updater (by Programming4life • 2018 • Rust)
- ChrUpdWin.cmd (by Michael Kharitonov • 2018 • Batchfile)
- A web installer for Chromium (by LonelyCannibal • 2017 • AutoIt • Archive: ZIP)
- Chromium Downloader (by stsy • 2016 • C#)
Updaters on macOS
- Homebrew Tap for the Marmaduke Chromium builds
(by Charl P. Botha, then Matthew Salazar • 2023 • Ruby • Compatible with all Marmaduke releases of this website) - chromiumUpdater.js
(by TayIorRobinson • 2021 • NodeJS • Compatible with the stable Chromium version of Marmaduke) - chromium-updater-mac (by wangxufire • 2018 • Python)
- chromium-downloader-script (by Matteo Loporchio • 2017 • Shell)
- chromium-downloader (by Matteo Loporchio • 2017 • C)
- update_chromium_osx (by Klemens Gordon • 2016 • Shell)
- chromium-on-mac (by NicoLargo • 2015 • Shell)
Discontinued updaters
Chromium Update Notifications(by Christian Mund • 2022 • Compatible with all releases of this website • Archive: CRX)Chromium Auto Updater [Root](by Federico Dossena • 2019 • Java)Chromium Updater(by the FreeSMUG team • 2018 • Chrome Web Store • Archive: ZIPgetChromium(by Andrew Wright • 2018 • Java)Chromium Updater (crupdater)(by Muhammer Ayes aka Zychopat • 2016 • Batchfile, AutoIt)chromium-nightly-updater(by Vikrant Chaudhary • 2016 • Java)Chromium updater script for OS X(by Alan Grosskurth • 2016 • Shell)Chromium-Download-Manager(by xinhugo • 2015 • Batchfile)chromium-update(by William Alexander • 2015 • PowerShell)Chromium Upgrader for Mac OS X(by mozamimy • 2015 • Shell)Chromium Updater(by Daniel Huhn • 2014 • Javascript)Chromatic(by Mr Gecko • 2014 • App • Source code)extension.chromium-updater(by Jackson Tan aka Hallbin • 2014 • Javascript, CSS)Chromium-updater(by Das Schwert • 2010 • AutoIt)chromium updater.py(by Curt Micol aka asenchi • 2009 • Python)
Thanks a lot for all developers!
I do not support these tools. Please, contact the developers for thanks, issue, help...
9924 comments
Quick access: #read the latest commentNow, you can post anonymously remarks and suggestions about this site. Do not hesitate! ;)
Please, DO NOT report bugs by a review. Use the official issue tracker or dev topics:
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-discuss/about → Conversations
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-dev/about → Conversations
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/embedder-dev/about → Conversations
Also, I prefer direct links. You are not on Twitter ;)
I recommend reading the Chromium Code of Conduct.
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
Thank you for your attention!
@3: Thank you very much!
Google Chrome release: 64-bit support for Mac
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/11/stable-channel-update_18.html
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[EDIT: 12 Sep 2014 by Jerry]
Google Chrome 64-bit for Mac and Windows
https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2014/09/google-chrome-64-bit-for-mac-and-windows.html
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[EDIT: 26 Aug 2014 by Jerry]
64 bits of awesome: 64-bit Windows Support, now in Stable! (Google Chrome)
https://blog.chromium.org/2014/08/64-bits-of-awesome-64-bit-windows_26.html
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[EDIT: 3 Jun 2014 by Jerry]
Try out the new 64-bit Windows Canary and Dev channels (Google Chrome)
https://blog.chromium.org/2014/06/try-out-new-64-bit-windows-canary-and.html
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[EDIT: 28 Feb 2014 by Jerry]
Yes @5! Thanks, it is a good idea! But... 64-bit Chromium on Windows and Mac are still experimental.
Officially, 64-bit Google Chrome on Windows and Mac do not exist too!
Check the development channels : https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
Google team wrote:
"Neither Chromium nor V8 has a 64-bit version on the Windows platform right now. However, Chrome does run on 64-bit Windows as a 32-bit application. V8 should only need a small number of changes to build on the Windows platform."
https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/64-bit-support (Content edited by the Google team in February 2014, but there is a copy at https://archive.is/mT07)
...here:
"The problem: Chrome runs as a 32-bit process on 64-bit Windows systems. [...] The plugins are still 32-bit libraries."
www.chromium.org/nativeclient/design-documents/native-client-in-chrome-on-64-bit-windows (Content deleted by the Google team in February 2014, but this issue talk about that: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28176)
So, there will be many bugs with plugins (PepperFlash/Adobe Flash player) and extensions (from the Chrome Web Store) because plugins and extensions are mainly in 32-bit.
...and there:
On Windows... "The sandbox is designed for 32-bit processes"
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/design/sandbox.md
Officially, only Linux versions are available in 64-bit. The PepperFlash/Adobe Flash player for Linux exists in 64-bit.
About Windows... (revision 211418):
• 64-bit: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/211418/
• 32-bit: prefix=Win/211418/
In the Win_x64 repository, Chromium's executable is in 64-bit. But most internal processes are in 32-bit.
Work is underway. To follow progress of 64-bit Chromium:
• Windows: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=8606
• Mac OS X: detail?id=18323
• ARM64 (AArch64): detail?id=334368
• Android ARM64: detail?id=354405
• Android x86_64: detail?id=346626
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Why there is no 64-bit Google Chrome on Windows and Mac actually?
You know, I am not a specialist. The Google team works on 64-bit Chromium for Windows, Mac... since 2009 (Just check the links above!). I think that Google waits for the moment to offer its own browser (Google Chrome) in 64-bit. It will depend on its strategy with Chrome OS. When Google will need more than 4GB RAM for its products (Chrome OS especially), Google Chrome (and Chromium obviously) will go 64-bit with little debate. Note that a 64-bit version will lead to a significant increase in memory usage. Speed is improved, especially in graphics and multimedia content, where there is an average 25% improvement in performance.
If you have got a better idea, please tell me here! ;)
And... Google Chrome use this release, too.
You can compare your version with the Google's official releases on https://dev.chromium.org/developers/calendar
Check: os→mac, channel→stable, current_version→28.0.1500.71, branch_revision→209842.
Actually, you are using the stable version.
About your bookmarks, it is probably a bug! :/
Did you try to restore your bookmarks?
• https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/user_data_dir.md
• https://superuser.com/questions/190160/where-to-find-my-favorites-in-google-chrome
@10: Really? See my #comment-6 above.
Just a recommendation, you could build up a .BAT file which will update Chromium to the next stable release if it exists on this page.
Here's one that updates through the snapshot trunk(?)
Just like this one, give it a try to understand its behaviour: https://www.google.com/search?q=chromium+auto+updater (first 2 results are reliable, original website of it disappeared).
In this case it works as a Scheduled Task under Windows.
This recommendation is the only thing could make even better this project of yours.
Thank you a lot :)
Chromium download page at https://download-chromium.appspot.com/ reads "This is the raw build of Chromium for Windows, right off the trunk. It may be tremendously buggy. Consider Chrome Canary or Dev Channel for a build that regularly auto-updates to latest."
@13: I check your interesting solution. Thanks a lot.
@14: "good build" means that it is the less buggy version of Chromium. "Chrome Canary" and "Dev Channel" concern only Google Chrome (which is not open-source), not Chromium !
@17: Links from Continuous builds concern mainly Windows. And no, I do not know more stable version than this. :/ For other platforms like Mac and Linux, there are really stable builds done by external developers. These Chromium versions are the same as Google Chrome versions.
Officially, Google Chrome is the stable version. Read my #notes
I should note that the x64 builds are actually 64-bit. I checked Process Explorer and the Chrome executable was identified as 64-bit in that column.
Actually, do not use 64-bit Chromium on Windows. It can be less stable than the 32-bit version. But if you really want it, you can! I added 64-bit Chromium on Windows! ^^
Would it be possible to get an RSS feed of the latest Chromium stable release (sort of a simple update method)?
@24: Ok! Check my RSS feeds! ^^ Moreover, a simple #api is available too! ;)
Once a Firefox User, but with Mozilla's attempt to make a cheap Chrome clone I am glad for such a site like yours where I can find the actual stable version of the one and only valid original :D
Just to know, will you share ever (or never) your API/website code? Just to know, just to make scripts for Windows Chromium auto-updating or else ;)
@26: I will not offer a list of the best releases without bug. But, you can get the latest non buggy Chromium version from my other page: http://chromium.woolyss.com/download/ Hope you like it! ;)
@27: Sincerely, I have never done an extension for Chromium/Google Chrome. But sure, if someone does it, it will be nice!
@SaphirJD, Thank you very much for your feedback.
@29: Yes, I can get the best build for Android (.zip archive from Continuous repository) like others. But, I know nothing about the stable version. I need to check that. Good suggestion!
@Giovanni Santini, Code, no. My API is available for everybody. So, you can use it freely in your add-on script... but obviously not to create another website like mine. Note that my main website (woolyss.com) exists since 2007. Do not worry, this site will still exist in several years! ^^
For me, a good Chromium Updater add-on should offer:
- Download latest Snapshot build (may unstable) • by your own way
- Download latest Continuous "success" build (more stable) • via my API
- Download latest Continuous "non buggy" build (more and more stable) • via my API
Do you agree with me that this is a good idea? Rather than the latest Chromium, we have the Chromium which is the same as the current Chrome? (or as similar as possible)
Thanks so much for your work!
@GG: You wrote: "we should always be able to download Chromium "Y" instead."
You cannot. Google does not share the Chromium binaries equivalent to Chrome versions. The only way is to build your own Chromium version based on the same Google Chrome version. Check the #source-code and #notes for more.
Moreover, xx.x.xxxx.66 in this version means that 66 patches were made by Google developers (for Chrome browser). The shared Chromium binary has NOT got these patches. So on Windows, Chromium will be always less stable than Chrome for sure. In conclusion, I recommend to use the latest Chromium releases... or the stable Chromium releases built by developers (like on #linux and #mac).
If you are developer, you can re-build it. Good luck! ;)
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/30.0.1599.66/DEPS
@34, Thanks for your feedback on WinXP x64. I have never tested. 64-bit Chromium on Windows is very experimental. Google does not use it. I encourage you to read my #comment-6 above. ;)
I find these random Chromium builds very unstable and buggy, so I must regretfully use IronPortable instead :(
Thank you for your work :)
How you can know if the build have no bugs?
• 32.0.1666.0 (227671): build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/builders/Win/builds/6734
• 32.0.1669.0 (228339): build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/builders/Win/builds/6761
These pages look identical. So how I can find out if there is any bug?
@GG: I think that Chromium should not be used in production if it is not stable. On Windows, it is always buggy! I try to offer the best builds on Windows. The Google team says: use them as your own risk!
About FreeSMUG, the main developer chooses the same Chromium version as Google Chrome version and re-build it. Check #notes to understand. He improves it, corrects few bugs, add its own updater... And, no sorry, I have never built Chromium. I prefer web development! ;)
@37: "Build successful" is not enough. Make sure that your revision has no bug. "BUG=none" does not mean "stable"! A stable version is a version tested by many humans and automated tests.
Example:
Latest build without bug: 32.0.1666.0 (227671)
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=227671&view=revision
Latest build: 32.0.1669.0 (228339)
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=228339&view=revision
@Bucur, I am not an expert! ;) I need only a good version of Chromium in my development environnement. So, I created this website for that.
How to automatically hide Chromium's download bar?
There is no option in Chromium. Use this excellent add-on:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/always-clear-downloads/cpbmgiffkljiglnpdbljhlenaikojapc
1) Why does the .exe version installs a slightly different fileset (or maybe the same fileset, but differently organized) than the .zip version?
2) Will the .exe version ever has the option to choose the destination folder?
Best regards
1) The .exe and .zip use significantly the same fileset. It is normal to have a difference because an .exe is a compiled version. And because all is open-source, the difference is not very important!
2) I think the Google team will not add an option to choose the destination folder in Chromium. Since then, Google Chrome has not got this option. :/
Check this Google official topic: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/R-wESj1EIk8
@MadHatter: I know this issue. I hope that you read my #comment-6 above. I repeat: For Windows, all internal processes in the 64-bit version are in 32-bit. So, it is normal to have conflicts. This is the choice of Google, not mine. :/ Do not use the 64-bit version in production. Use it only for test! Google does not use the 64-bit version to build its own browser (Google Chrome).
[EDIT: 18 Nov 2013 by Jerry]
Thanks in advance,
Willams.
@Willams Carvalho, I am really sorry but this site is not for development's bugs. So, I will delete your post. See my #comment-1 above.
Sincerely sorry Williams! I cannot handle your trouble. :/
Just one thing: The first line in your debug logs is very important: "org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Could not find Chrome binary at...".
Error in your URI. ^^
Thank you very much for this great site!
I see you recently added a link to "Chromium Portable" project, I tested this version on Win XP and found it very unstable and buggy:
1) Every time I close v. 32.0.1700.6, it always crashes with the launcher popup message "Whoa! Chromium has crashed. Relaunch now?"
2) The browser uses the English language in the UI, even in Spanish Windows version
3) If I try to change the language to Spanish (or any other than English), it does not change when I restart the browser (the same happens in earlier versions of Chromium portable that doesn't crash on exit as 32.0.1700.6 does it)
4) An error about "missing Google API keys" is always shown at startup
I've tested other portable versions of Chromium such as:
a) Google Chrome (portableapps.com version)
b) Superbird (not 100% portable: it writes 2 'superbird' registry keys)
c) X-Chromium (winpenpack)
d) SrWare Iron
All those versions works fine, no one fails as chromium-portable.
I think a good option for those who needs a stable portable version is WinPenPack's:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpenpack/files/X-Chromium/releases/
It can be easily updated with Chromium zip builds you offer here
1) This is a new issue. :/ Chromium Portable (PortableApps.com) 31.0.1650.8 has not got this trouble.
2 and 3) Yes. Issues known: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/crportable/hUU6b8LTdJo
4) This issue is known for few months now: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/crportable/A6MDtGTJZO0 Too bad! :/
About X-Chromium (WinPenPack), I tested it on WinXP. It works very well and it is fully open-source. I like it! I will had it tomorrow on this website. Very thank you for your help.
Superbird browser is good but is not open-source! :/
@55, Did you resolve your problem? Which Chromium portable version do you use?
@mihau, Thanks. I try to maintain an interesting resource for users (like me! ^^). On Windows, I recommend to use Chromium as your secondary web browser because it can be unstable (Flash plugin issue or other). Otherwise, before to update it, do a copy of your user data (profile, bookmarks...).
https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard
It blocks scripts/trackers... I am the author, so I obviously will appeared biased, but I did some objective detailed tests, and I dare to say it does better job and gives more control to users than other privacy-enhancing applications available on Chromium.
@gorhill, Very good news! Your extension is excellent and very powerful. I tested it. Now, your add-on is on the top of my list in #privacy section. ;) Thank you very much for your work.
Finally, after having tried everything I found the solution: go on YouTube, open a video and do the right mouse button: select "Settings" and then in the window that opens remove the check mark from "Hardware acceleration". With "Hardware acceleration" off...component "Shockwave Flash" of Chromium no longer crashes! Please....correct this bug!
About YouTube, you can use the HTML5 Video Player: https://www.youtube.com/html5 (No Flash required)
https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.fyi/builders/ → Chromium Mac 10.8 x64 (experimental)
@66, Your link is wrong ;) Check https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/
I am running at Windows 8.1. Is it possible to change wallpaper in Windows 8 mode? If I good remember, this feature were available in Chrome OS. That grey color is strange for me :)
Have a nice day, regards!
@blogger templates: I do not know why it did not work for you :/ Retry with the last version!
@Raul: Sorry! Chromium 32.0.1700.107 corresponds to the revision 248368
• Google Chrome: https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/02/stable-channel-update.html
• Chromium: https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=248368&view=revision
Google deletes its Chromium packages when the same version of Google Chrome is released. Check yourself:
• Continuous repo: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/248368/ → Empty :/
• Snapshots repo: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html?prefix=Win/248368/ → Empty :/
...but it is available. You must to re-build it.
• https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/32.0.1700.107/DEPS
• https://gsdview.appspot.com/chromium-browser-official/chromium-32.0.1700.107.tar.xz (169 MB)
Did you check the official help about wallpaper in Chrome OS?
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1251809
...or this post of the Chromium Evangelist at Google?
https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts/ct35DeqXwoV
Check this issue too: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=334593 (Start Chrome in Metro mode)
BEX Indicates a buffer overflow (/GS) or DEP exception (BEX64 indicates a buffer overflow (/GS) or DEP exception on 64-bit versions of Windows).
Often no images are shown or they disappear after some seconds. This is on all websites.
Can someone reproduce it and create a bug report?
I have no Google-account and don't want one.
So I tried to install an older version, but it's still this buggy version. Now, Chromium even does not start...
@Jerry, What can I do to get a working browser?
I have all my bookmarks in Chromium and Firefox has lots of small things why I don't like it.
This is the second time I get a build here that is not usable. First was on Mac OS X 10.6.8
@82: Chromium is continually in development. And because it can be unstable, do not use it as your primary browser! Prefer a stable browser like Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome...
Never update Chromium with an #older-version Try to get your bookmarks. Check links in #comment-8 for help. And update Chromium browser or import your bookmarks in another browser like Opera. Good luck!
Note: This page is a blend of official resources about Chromium browser. I am absolutely not a developer of that browser. This page exists only to help you... and me!
If it works, I keep it, else I delete all data and restore working program.
C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data
C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Chromium\Application
This seems to be the only possibility to have always a working browser.
One question/remark: Is there a specific need for all these "version-buildnumer.manifest" files or could we actually do without all but the last one?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pdf-viewer/oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm
Now I downloaded a recent mini_installer (35.0.1868.0), and found 87 .manifest files:
86 are [version].manifest and one mksnapshot.ia32.exe.assert.manifest
The zip package has 622 .manifest files with different names
Thank you. This website is useful.
@mauro: Thank you. Do not forget that Chromium on Windows can be unstable. Use it as your secondary browser.
For general interest, I have found a rather easy way to enable some excluded features:
1. PDF Reader and Print Preview - Copy the file 'pdf.dll' from an existing Chrome install directory to your Chromium install directory. The PDF reader will work without further config. To enable print preview simply add ' --enable-print-preview' to the end of your shortcut path.
2. PepperFlash - Copy the file 'pepflashplayer.dll' from an existing Chrome install directory to your Chromium install directory. To enable the plugin, simply add ' --ppapi-flash-path=pepflashplayer.dll' to the end of your shortcut path. You can also tell Chromium what version with ' --ppapi-flash-version=13.0.0.133'.
Hopefully this helps someone out there just as you have done for me Jerry ;)
Keep up with the great work and thank you once again!
@Haris: Please read my #comment-76 and #comment-18
I will be very interested to read and share your tutorial as well.
To add PepperFlash to X-Chromium Portable (WinPenPack):
1. Be sure X-Chromium is not running
2. Copy PepperFlash folder (with the 2 files pepflashplayer.dll & manifest.json) from a Google Chrome installation or portable version and paste it into X-Chromium's: X-Chromium\Bin\Chrome
3. Edit the file X-Chromium.ini (in same location as X-Chromium.exe), and modify it under [FileToRun] section like this...
[FileToRun]
PathToExe=$Bin$\$AppName$\$AppName$.exe
Parameters= --user-data-dir="%Profile%" --disk-cache-dir="$Cache$" --ppapi-flash-path=$Bin$\$AppName$\PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll --ppapi-flash-version=12.0.0.77
... and save changes.
As you see, I've added 2 command line switches:
--ppapi-flash-path=$Bin$\$AppName$\PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll --ppapi-flash-version=12.0.0.77
Previous is valid for pepper-flash v. 12.0.0.77
4. Run X-Chromium.exe, type chrome://plugins and select which flash plugin you want yo enable, ppapi (pepper-flash) or npapi (netscape type plugin)
Screenshots:
To add PDF viewer look the #comment-97
Remember you can keep X-Chromium up to day with Chromium zip packages, just unzip files under X-Chromium\Bin\Chrome and remove some useless files such as *.manifest, except [latestversion].manifest
@102: Did you test these add-ons to get the old New Tab Page?
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-redirect/icpgjfneehieebagbmdbhnlpiopdcmna
• https://github.com/wjywbs/chrome-newtab-reloaded
Thank you very much for this site, it is extremely useful! If I want to build the "Chromium Portable (winPenPack build)" by myself, how can I do that? Do you have build instructions and/or build scripts available to share?
Thanks and regards, Fabian
Otherwise, build instructions are on https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos Good luck! ;)
@Shawn: It is surely a false positive. Please, read the #malware part.
@Shawn, I've experienced same problem as you with Chromium 35.0.1888.0.
While Chromium was running avast autoupdated to vps 140314-0 and after a warning, without asking confirmation, chrome.exe was deleted by avast, not quarantained because of a wrong default configuration.
Obviously, it was a false positive (it was fixed later with vps 140314-1)
@Jerry, I've quickly tested new Chromium Portable 35.0.1881.0, and it has same bugs and failures as previous old version (#comment-52) It also brings a new bug, because it creates and leaves three registry keys behind after first run
Regshot log:
----------------------------------
Keys added:3
----------------------------------
HKU\...\Software\Google
HKU\...\Software\Google\Chrome
HKU\...\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
As we know, a good portable app must delete any created registry keys and temp files on exit.
The author of this Chromium Portable, Aluísio Augusto Silva Gonçalves, says in the forum that he doesn't know how to fix the crash on exit problem.
A forum user gives a workaround: Close Chromium Portable with CTRL + SHIFT + Q
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/crportable/SW3I-hzn1es
X-Chromium Portable (winPenPack) doesn't have this problem, the launcher deletes all registry keys and temp files created on exit.
@Marcelo.ar: BIG thanks. It is true! You are a master! ^^ I updated the #windows-64-bit-aluisioasg part.
Chromium Archive • chrome-win32.zip • Version: 35.0.1898.0 (257592)
And since you marked portableapps.com version as buggy, I don't want to use it at all!
I have installed Chromium Installer mini_installer.exe • Version: 35.0.1904.0 (258717) on Windows 7 (32-bit).
If I want to start Chromium with chrome.exe I get:
Name der fehlerhaften Anwendung: chrome.exe, Version: 35.0.1904.0, Zeitstempel: 0x532d4ad8
Name des fehlerhaften Moduls: unknown, Version: 0.0.0.0, Zeitstempel: 0x00000000
Ausnahmecode: 0xc0000005
Fehleroffset: 0x6ad1c989
ID des fehlerhaften Prozesses: 0xb24
Startzeit der fehlerhaften Anwendung: 0x01cf475a57e712f0
Pfad der fehlerhaften Anwendung: C:\Users\A\AppData\Local\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe
Pfad des fehlerhaften Moduls: unknown
Berichtskennung: 964ee5c0-b34d-11e3-8489-000e7bb09a00
If I click the chrome.exe a second time Chromium starts.
So I have to click the button always to times. What is wrong? Please help.
So, it is probably a bug on Win7 (32-bit). I do not know. Retry with the newest version when it will be possible. If you do not want to wait, delete your current version and try with an older version.
What do you mean? Better take:
- Comodo Dragon (best speed on my PC, DNS Option, Referer Suppress without plugin) but, geez! Version 31.1!!
- or Superbird, only nearly latest Version? A "botched job"?
- or take a "too new one" like 35 (now)
For browsing and having buying transactions?
would be nice you send a short comment. thank you.
Can be unstable means the risk of crashes? or risks of vulnerable, security issues?
I was very happy to find your site because I tried several Chromium forks and thought getting something stable, (mostly) secure-safe with the "good build".
And, without wanting to spam you with stupid questions and steeling your time,
If I open this site: chrome://net-internals/#dns after 5 - to 10 seconds the site shows me:
dblzwbd UNSPECIFIED error: -105 (ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED) 2014-03-27 16:33:33.206 [Expired]
fgvgglqpzigvhss UNSPECIFIED error: -105 (ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED) 2014-03-27 16:33:33.207 [Expired]
sdswyxp UNSPECIFIED error: -105 (ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED) 2014-03-27 16:33:33.206 [Expired]
My startpage is chrome://newtab
The letters a always different if I test the ...#dns site again.
Please, are you able to give me answer?
@Ben: Yes, Chromium can be unstable, like on #comment-7 and about your DNS issues, I have got the same results like you if I enable phishing and malware protection. To change it, check your privacy settings and uncheck the corresponding option.
If I search at https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/
(like comment "in resume": Continuous builds: Tested and more stable versions. Me, I prefer this repository for Windows and Mac. ^^)
for (257193), is this the same version like Google Chrome 33.0.1750.154?
I use http://chromium.woolyss.com/download/ for trying. Best choice, I think.
You wrote: "And about your DNS issues, I have got the same results like you if I enable phishing and malware protection. To change it, check your privacy settings and uncheck the corresponding option".
There is no different between enable/disable phishing and malware protection. I tried with/without addons, with HTTP Switchboard, incognito mode. Always these 3 results. Any idea?
HKU\...\Software\Google\Chrome
HKU\...\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon"
I did not know that the Chromium engine still had Google in it and thought that Chrome added all the Google bit & bobs at an higher level
Thanks so much for providing these Windows builds for Chromium - I was getting very frustrated with Iron...... I have one small request if possible: you replied to Derek's #comment-90 above regarding H.264 support in Chromium and that it wasn't supported.
According to this post https://plus.google.com/u/0/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts/NHYa95SZphm and https://dev.chromium.org/audio-video it *is* now supported by Chromium. Is there any chance you could include this functionality in some future builds please?
Thank you so much Jerry and keep up the excellent work!
@Passing By, Behind its open-source side, Chromium is a Google project.
@Joe, I disagree with you. Chromium does not support MP3 and H.264.
"When building Google Chrome, the following codecs/containers are also included:
- MP3 audio codec
- AAC audio codec (Main only, not AAC-LC, AAC-SSR, HE-AAC)
- H.264 video codec
- MP4 container format"
Source: https://dev.chromium.org/audio-video
By default, Google Chrome has got these non-free codecs because Google pays the respective licenses for its own stable browser... but NOT for Chromium.
Unless I'm mistaken, and please correct me if I am wrong, Chromium uses the open-source FFMPEG code to implement H.264 support. Google may well pay license fees to include support for these codecs in their proprietary browser however the Chromium based FFMPEG source code is included in the open-source Chromium code (see https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/deps/third_party/ffmpeg/) which means H.264 and MP3 support *is* now possible. Also, the post by François Beaufort https://plus.google.com/u/0/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts/NHYa95SZphm, who works at Google, would suggest that it is possible also. See this post too https://plus.google.com/111991826926222544385/posts/VGWkJeH3Dsh
Why not give it a whirl? :)
Ok, I understood. You are right! ^^
Yes, I know that it is possible. All is possible! ;) Chromium forks (like Opera browser) do that... but you forgot the Google strategy!
- Chromium is the Google open-source web browser project → for developers.
- Google Chrome is the stable release → for all users.
In resume, yes it is possible! But the Google team (aka The Chromium Authors) decide all. Google prefers to curb Chromium browser and force users to use Google Chrome.
If you are developer (like François Beaufort ^^), you can build your own Chromium browser with MP3, H.264 codecs and other features. About me, sorry, I have no time to maintain and share modified Chromium versions.
Kind regards,
Very good news about Chromium Portable (PortableApps format)!
Two bugs (see #comment-52 and #comment-109) has been fixed since version 35.0.1916.27, April 10, 2014:
http://crportable.sourceforge.net/
1) The bug about registry keys leaved behind is fixed.
I reported this issue in the official forum
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/crportable/j3Qj4Z-C2LM
I posted as "F.M." :)
2) The crash on exit issue is also fixed.
I've tried to report this in the forum since November 2013 but my message was never published (crportable mailing list is moderated). Anyway it was reported by other users.
3) I found a workaround for the "change language" issue:
After first run, close ChromiumPortable, make sure it is not running, and edit "ChromiumPortableSettings.ini" file (located at "<install-folder>\ChromiumPortable\Data\settings") and change the line "Language=en-US" to desired language and save it, for example, Spanish Latin America is 'Language=es-419' (you can find all language strings inside 'Locales' folder).
Now launch ChromiumPortable: browser should display UI in selected language.
Ok, I try with other words:
I don't want to test every "latest and best release" if HTTP Switchboard is running on it without probs or not.
Maybe there is somewhere to read about, if this addon is really ready for which version.
Sorry for my bad English.
Regards,
Thank you for your feedback. I understood your trouble but I can do nothing! Sorry. If you have issue with HTTP Switchboard, contact gorhill (Raymond Hill). He is the developer. Or use another add-on about #privacy
I developed an app that keeps Chromium automatically up to date. The app uses your API to get the latest builds. I published the code on GitHub, you can find it here:
sourceforge.net/projects/chromiumme/
ChromiumMe is made for Windows and Mac. Right now it runs only on Windows, because I haven't got the resources (yet) to test and compile it on a Mac OS. If anyone finds bugs, don't hesitate to report them to me on GitHub. Or better yet, send me a pull request! :)
Hope you like it. ;)
Chromium is also excellent! ;)
I'm sorry for the delay. I was on holiday the last weeks.
@and: My RSS feeds are valid. Check at https://validator.w3.org/feed/. So, I do not know how to improve them. Also, I tested them in add-ons: Slick RSS (on Chromium), Smart RSS (on Opera). All is ok.
@Ryu: On Windows you need to install a #flash plugin.
@HitomiTenshi: Nice work! I contact you in private. ;)
@Leo: You can use incognito mode by default. See #command-line-flags or like @philo said, use an add-on like Click&Clean.
Does anyone else have the same problem?
Anyway, thank you Jerry!
Thanks,
Ivan.
Anyway, thank you again and keep up the good work.
At first I was fairly comfortable that these were false positives, but it is starting to worry me that is it fairly consistent, in that in order to run the program I have to override NIS and undelete chrome.exe which as a general practice is not something one should do. FYI, I routinely scan my systems and they are clean and these Chrome builds are the ONLY ones that raise alerts, period.
@Ivan: I understand your issue but I do not use Win8+. Sorry!
@156: Check the #malware part. I tested on chrome-win32.zip (32-bit) • Version: 37.0.2023.0 (273845). All is ok.
Kind regards,
@160, Same question as @hariskar. But it is always possible to get an #older-version of Chromium.
Chromium - spyware?
@165: Chromium is not a spyware... and has no spyware. The full #source-code is freely available for anyone. However, this project uses services delivered by Google (like on Firefox, Opera or other browser). Protect your #privacy ;) You know, Chromium connects to Google server in order to update add-ons (cf. clients2.google.com). All web browsers do that. Personally, I prefer to use a VPN provider and keep few opened services.
@167: Waoooow, difficult in one line. I could write a long article ;)
I recommend VPN providers:
• using OpenVPN (free and open source software)
• near your country (speed is better, but this is relative!)
• offering offshore server locations (Netherlands, Panama, Costa Rica, Seychelles, Hong Kong, Switzerland...)
• professional and renowned (HideMyAss, IPVanish, PureVPN...). Good overview at http://www.bestvpnservice.com/ and https://www.privacytools.io/
• using IPv6 support (if your IPv6 address is enabled)
• using torrent support (if you use a client torrent like BitTorrent)
I forget the "No logging" mention because I cannot verify that myself.
• https://www.wipeyourdata.com/other-data-erasing/no-logs-earthvpn-user-arrested-after-police-finds-logs/
• https://freedomhacker.net/is-hide-my-ass-vpn-secure-in-2014/
About free VPN providers (like Hotspot Shield, CyberGhost, IAPS Intl-alliance, SpotFlux..), you are not protected on sites using a secure connection (https://) and/or if your IPv6 address is enabled. Moreover, all free VPN providers keep user logs.
What about https://freevpn.me/ and https://www.privatetunnel.com/?referral=OPENVPN ?
(ref: #comment-150)
https://portableappz.blogspot.com/search?q=google-chrome
On-line Installer downloads latest Chromium "mini_installer.exe", extract files, and creates a good Portable Chromium.
I quickly tested 32 bit version and it works fine; it cleans all registry keys on exit and doesn't give errors about missing keys or when moving portable to another location as http://crportable.sourceforge.net/ does.
@cyberrufus: I do not use 64-bit Chromium on Windows. Did you check the official help?
• https://forums.adobe.com/message/6337584#6337584
• https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/kb/shockwave-player-64-bit-windows.html
@172: Good news! I do not know if it will be permanent. ;)
@Marcelo.ar: Thanks a lot for your help but I cannot promote this version because it is a warez site. Read http://portableapps.com/node/15938 for a quick explanation.
It's only a debug version and only for Windows for now, but it does the job.
I'm running Chromium x64 on a Windows 8.1 system and got flash working by adding this to the shortcut: ' --ppapi-flash-path=C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer64_14_0_0_126.dll --ppapi-flash-version=14.0.0.126'
Flash Player Beta: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html
@Marcelo.ar, Yes, it works! Sure, this is a Chromium modified version. But, where are the modified/full source code and the release notes? The link to download it is unofficial. Sorry Marcelo, all is too obscure for me. Use it at your own risk! ;)
@martin levy, There is no option to disable images in Google Chrome Android version. Did you test Opera Mini? It is based on Chromium like Google Chrome but it has got this option. https://www.opera.com/help/mini/other
@178, If you use a good VPN, your Internet Provider (ISP) cannot see what sort of traffic is inside the data stream.
@179, On Windows, I do not use updater. I prefer to update Chromium manually once or twice a month. For help, try an #updater
What is the difference between Git and non-Git versions of Chromium?
When I compare the LAST_CHANGE files, sometimes it is the same Git revision! But, I see that the directory without Git suffix is often updated.
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Mac/LAST_CHANGE
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/MacGit/LAST_CHANGE
Ask to François at https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/
The Snapshots builds might be very unstable. I prefer the Continuous repository (which otherwise has only one directory for each OS version).
The last good revision is 279255, released in 24 June 2014. This is the official Buildbot result.
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/Win/LAST_CHANGE (32-bit Windows)
• continuous/Win_x64/LAST_CHANGE (64-bit Windows)
• continuous/index.html (All directories)
I do not know if this trouble is temporary, intentional or not? But, it is strange! Only Windows builds are concerned.
Otherwise, the Snapshots repository is always updated but there is nothing for 64-bit Windows .
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Win/LAST_CHANGE (32-bit Windows)
• snapshots/index.html (All directories)
• https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium (Download nightly builds)
Note that Google released the new 64-bit Windows Canary and Dev channels this month (3 June 2014).
https://blog.chromium.org/2014/06/try-out-new-64-bit-windows-canary-and.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=390771
@187: Now, all should be ok. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Regards
There's what's been going on with the x64 builds.
There's the last continuous build from July 3.
Version: 38.0.2081.0 (281129) / Thursday, 3 July 2014, has One Bug.
If you look at build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/builders/Win?numbuilds=200 you'll understand why there is no recent version with or without bug (lot of Failed compile)
@marc: Thank you.
About Windows, the Continuous repository is not updated because it is broken. This is due to the switch from SVN revision numbers to Git hashes.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=384681
In chrome://plugins I have the system's Adobe Flash disabled but the PepperFlash one enabled.
--ppapi-flash-path=pepflashplayer.dll --ppapi-flash-version=14.0.0.145 are my launch arguments.
@Mike: Yes, it is correct! Thank you. I updated the #features part.
@obious: I have got also this issue on Win7 x64.
@Sérgio Marques: Good feedback! ;) For links, check the #malware part.
Info: FYI official builds has moved to Google storage hence the folder structure is different. It means that at the moment the #mac-64-bit-package is not updated (Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=384681#c14)
Here you have version: 37.0.1987.0 (Rev:269701) for Windows:
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/269701/
Try changing revision number in link until you find desired 37.0.x.0 version
@RazielCuts: Bad news! I do not use Win8+. Thank you for your feedback.
@Anon: Which OS do you use?
If you use 32-bit Windows, the revision 278951 (version 37.0.2063.0) is the last 37 version.
• Download here: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/278951/
• To get older revisions (version 37.x.xxxx.x), check the revision number between 269696 and 278951, in this repository.
@Mr: Marc, Thank you too! ;)
Well done. Keep it up. Thank you :)
Linux Ubuntu 14.04
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=384681
About Java on Chromium (and Google Chrome) on Linux:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Java-Doesn-t-Work-on-Linux-Google-Chrome-35-Downgrade-Required-444127.shtml
@TheAslan, I tested today. It works perfectly on Chromium x86 (WinXP) and x64 (Win7). JavaScript must be enabled.
• Go to http://mycroftproject.com/
• Choose a search engine and type your wanted keyword (Example: https://i.imgur.com/UPAQJNa.png)
• In the address bar, type the search engine keyword (yt, in my example), press Space, type a search term, and press Enter.
It works!
@Tim, I added the #flash part.
@224, My RSS feeds are automatically updated and valid. Check at https://validator.w3.org/feed/ So, I do not know how to improve them. I use Slick RSS and all is updated. Please, tell me more about your RSS reader.
Another thing is that with every update there are two separate articles (one for the .exe and the other for the .zip). There should be only one per update with the two links in it, in my opinion.
For your information Pale Moon browser is available for Linux and is now available for Android. I use it on Linux. It is excellent. I will be trying it on Android later.
Thank you for this site. It is my 'must go to' for updating Chromium.
@John and @msz, I know this issue but I do not understand. Today, I made a RSS test file [EDIT: link deleted by Jerry] Test it in your RSS reader. Force to refresh the feed. And please, tell me if it works well for you.
In the #flash part you should mention that the version-flag is absolutely optional, and only needed if you want to see the correct version number on Chromium internal pages.
@cyberrufus, Where? I see only .exe and .dmg files about the PPAPI...debugger!!!
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html
@msz, Happy to see that! My other RSS feeds work like the test feed and should be updated correctly. Each RSS feed is cached during 5 minutes by the server. And about "each update version adds a new item", it is just an observation. Nothing important. All works normally ;)
So, I updated the #flash part. This site become very substantial and heavy. I do not know if I split it. Personally, I like the "all-in-one" concept and its easiest maintenance. What do you think?
As for the site I basically like it this way, and as long as it's fast enough you don't need to split it. The download/ link should be more emphasized (main place, a big icon maybe), though.
@msz: You know my RSS feeds are all valid and automatically updated. I tested with Slick RSS on Opera 23 (using Download Chrome Extension), on 32-bit Chromium, and natively on Firefox 31. All works correctly.
You probably use Smart RSS on Opera, don't you?
This issue is known by its developer: http://blog.martinkadlec.eu/post/501-smart-rss-final-v10
When you force to refresh my RSS feeds, they are not updated. :/
Today, I rewritten all my RSS feeds. Now, they use no server cache and different XML GUID.
Please, tell me if updates work in your RSS reader.
Regards,
Can you be more clear about builds on http://chromium.woolyss.com/download/? What are the difference between "best" and not "best"?
You haven't mentioned in privacy policy why do you need cookies and local storage.
@237: It is a legit question. ;)
1) SSL/TLS
Before all, using an SSL/TLS certificate with wildcard support is not free, for my wallet I mean. SSL/TLS is already bound to the cluster and my primary domain:
• https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=ssl10.ovh.net
• https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=woolyss.com
I am a simple user and do absolutely no profit. This site is a showcase website stored on a shared hosting service. The most important thing is about executable files. The site does not store any executable files. So, for privacy and security, it is better to download them from secure sites like Google repositories. For sure, it would be nice to use SSL/TLS on sub-domains too.
2) http://chromium.woolyss.com/download/
• This is a simple and short page for quick download. Same Chromium releases as here.
• "best" = continuous builds ; "not best" = snapshots builds. Check my #notes for more.
3) Cookies and local storage
Neither local nor session storage are used. JavaScript and cookie are only used by the comment form to avoid spambots. Without them, you cannot send your review.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5398604/local-storage-session-storage-web-storage-web-database-and-cookies-in-html5
Cookies:
• 60gp and 60gpBAK are delivered by my web service provider because this site is a sub-domain and use a specific cluster. These session cookies are used for load balancing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancing_(computing) I cannot delete them. :/
• vv00iu55 is the session cookie for the comment form.
So, if you use NoScript addon (or equivalent) and do not use cookie, the site is fully functional... but sending a new comment is not allowed.
2) Look at this Chromium updater for Windows: https://gist.github.com/mikhaelkh/12dec36d4a1c4136628b
@239, I added your #updater ;)
@TheAslan, This issue is known: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=401878
Chromium 38.0.2118.0 (288412) x64.
In version 37 and in Google Chrome there was not the problem.
(Sorry for my bad english)
Here are some screenshots:
This one is 271393 and everything is fine:
And this one is 290523 with the fully same settings:
Looks like the whole browser changed scale, but options suggest only web sites scaling. Totally same thing sadly happens with x64 (otherwise I'd switched to it already). Tried to turn DirectWrite off - the issue persists.
Could you please help me?
Unistall the following updates (August 2014) and the font issue should be resolved:
KB2970228, KB2975331, KB2975719, KB2982791
For further information consult your preferred search engine and search for the above KB's
Unfortunately these updates were not installed at my PC, but I've found out this bug
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=395425
which contains also a workaround for that: command line/shortcut options
--high-dpi-support=1 --force-device-scale-factor=1
fixed that and now I'm on 64-bit one! :)
Class not registered (I'm unable to launch Chromium via desktop icon on Windows 8, launching Chromium via explorer works).
I'm using portable Chromium x64.
• On Ubuntu (Linux), you need chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra.
• On Windows, I do not know. I tried to drag and drop ffmpegsumo.dll from Google Chrome to Chromium (32-bit versions), enabled "Disable hardware-accelerated video decode" in the chrome://flags page and tested few #command-line-flags but nothing works. H.264 is still not available on https://www.youtube.com/html5
@TheAslan: Which portable Chromium x64 do you use? Have you got the same issue with Chromium Installer or Package (ref. this page), 32-bit and 64-bit version?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-youtube-html5-pla/enmofgaijnbjpblfljopnpdogpldapoc
PS: When I used Chromium Installer, it fixed Chromium launch problems.
I want to a little help community for http://chromium.woolyss.com/download/fr/
Bienvenue sur ce site mis à jour automatiquement. Il permet de télécharger la dernière et meilleure version depuis les dépôts officiels de Chromium. Plus d'informations (Anglais)
-> Bienvenue sur ce site [update]de mise[/update] à jour automatiquement. Il permet de télécharger la dernière et meilleure version depuis les dépôts officiels de Chromium. Plus d'informations (Anglais)
Version de Chromium utilisée dans ce navigateur: 39.X -> Version de Chromium utilisée [update]par[/update] ce navigateur: 39.X
More specific, you need to compile it with the flags described at https://www.chromium.org/audio-video#TOC-GYP-GN-Flags, which boils down to executing 'export GYP_DEFINES=" ffmpeg_branding=Chrome proprietary_codecs=1" ' followed by 'gclient sync' after you fetched the source code of Chromium but before you start building.
After you finished building it you need to navigate to chrome://flags and enable "disable-accelerated-video-decode", as if you don't some videos will keep loading forever.
Be aware that in some countries that implement software patents (like the USA), this could be violate patent laws see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg#Legal_aspects
@Jerry, It may be good to add this information to this site.
http://chromium.woolyss.com/f/7B4F40C0.txt
@Tharre: Very interesting too! But, you know, this solution is for developers. My page is very long. Sorry, I cannot add it.
@Chef: Nice work!
@267: This is not a Chromium issue because this problem exists on Google Chrome too. Verify your connection, your version... Good luck! https://forums.adobe.com/thread/704895 (started in 2010)
@Marc: Good news! I added it on #windows-64-bit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=413535
I don't have any of those above bugs in version 39.0.2157.0.
Here's the article: http://www.omgchrome.com/run-android-apps-on-windows-mac-linux-archon/
Here is a screenshot of my Chromium setup running an android app:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=415863
@StillBrilliant: Awesome! Thanks for this news... but this is not official. ;)
@Garik: Retry with a new version.
Especially thanks for linking to my Sourceforge project "Chromium Updater", but I've another suggestion for ya.
I'm also distributing portable version of Chromium for Windows platforms in a 2-in-1 package. Each major release you will find as new portable version, currently Version 40.
Have fun! :)
Download Chromium Portable:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crupdater/files/Portable/
@284: I do not know if it is possible. Sorry! :/
So my request: You already have a "Reference" that shows the latest stable build, but if you could also include information for the latest beta/dev/canary builds (from the dev calendar), I think it would be really helpful in particular for Windows users. Additionally, maybe something that shows the last build with "bugs=none" would be nice (Although that might give a false impression of stability).
Regardless though, huge thanks for this site, it's very useful!
@288: Thank you too!
1) "...to find a "stable" version of Chromium for Windows. This clearly isn't possible"
There is a #stable-chromium-version on Windows. You need to compile it yourself.
2) About the Google Canary channel for Windows
Chromium version numbers consist of 4 parts: MAJOR.MINOR.BUILD.PATCH. The Google Canary build is based on the Chromium build (Continuous repository). Its version changes only when the BUILD number changes. Today, this number is 2194. After, it will be 2195, 2196... It does not mean that it is more stable than Chromium! ^^ It is only a development convention. Sometimes, the Canary build is patched too.
• https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar
• https://www.chromium.org/developers/version-numbers
And about other Google dev/beta channels, you will not find the Chromium equivalent because the Google dev/beta builds are patched (cf. PATCH number). The Chromium builds are never patched.
3) "bugs=none"
You said that it might give a false impression of stability. I completely agree with you. I used it. But I removed it this year. Check [REMOVED] on the #news-for-this-site
Regards,
WOT uses ratings from users... and other sources like PhishTank.
• https://www.mywot.com/en/faq/website/rating-websites#userinput
• https://www.mywot.com/wiki/Trusted_Sources
Webutation uses different renowned tools.
• http://www.webutation.net/go/about
Tools used:
• Google Safe Browsing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Safe_Browsing
• WOT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOT_Services
• Norton Safe Web - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Safe_Web
• PhishTank - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhishTank
• Links count of Wikipedia pages
The social media ratings are only there to "get an idea about the public opinion", not to improve the trust in the site.
If you know other add-ons like Webutation, please tell me! Trustwave SecureBrowsing is the best add-on I know but it is not updated for few years. Sometimes, I use the URL scan of VirusTotal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirusTotal
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=418174
Look for the PPAPI download for Chromium.
In January 2011, Google pledged to drop H.264 support from Chrome, saying at the time in a blog post, "Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for the codec will be removed and our resources directed towards completely open codec technologies."
https://blog.chromium.org/2011/01/html-video-codec-support-in-chrome.html
The Chromium team has removed the H.264 support. But today, Google Chrome still supports H.264. Grrrrrr!
Excellent discussion about that on https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-dev/5q-vejBTnTY
Anyway on YouTube, you can use the HTML5 version (https://www.youtube.com/html5) to watch videos in HD 1080p. But for sure, it is not as good as H.264 and MSE codecs... and it is only 30fps.
"%windir%\System32\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer64_VERSION.dll"
for the 64-bit version of the plugin and the same in SysWow64 for the 32-bit version.
Actually it seems that you must use the 64-bit version of the plugin when you use the 64-bit version of Chromium, else it might crash.
> @TheAslan: The problem is Google!
No, the problem isn't Google. The problem is that the h.264 codec is protected by software patents. And even though this is irrelevant in most countries, it's problematic for distributors like Google, as they either have to pay the fees or risk getting sued. Not distributing h.264 codecs with Chromium anymore (if it ever has been distributed with them) is a unfortunate, but quite reasonable decision.
> The Chromium team has removed the H.264 support.
Support for h.264 has never been removed, it's just not included in the distributed versions of Chromium anymore. As simple as setting a flag during compilation to enable it again (see my comment earlier for howto do this exactly).
Hope this clears up any confusion about this topic.
@Tharre: Thanks for your explanation.
Related to this, when you open https://chromium.woolyss.com/ the modern browsers report:
"The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address.
Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server."
Not sure if you're interested in listing it, but I spent some time today developing a Windows program in C# that can automatically fetch and install the latest good Chromium build. It sits in the system tray and fetches the revision, build, and HTTPS links directly from the Chromium repo (bypasses your site) and does away with the security implications of visiting a 3rd party site. I do not yet have a website set up for providing a download of it, however.
A potential idea I have for a future version of my software is to have it run through the tests on the build server to test for flakiness (how goofed up a build is) and allow end-users to set a metric (slider maybe) to determine what level of flakiness they're okay with. Then only download builds that pass this requirement.
Also, it'd be cool to present a window with a 5-star rating every time it grabs a new build to let the users vote on the previous build and how good they felt it was with an option to leave a comment. Then, provide users with a way to restrict their downloads to only files rated above a certain number of stars by the collective of users; e.g. I decide I'm okay with builds that are 4-star and up that have already had at least 50 votes. This would require a server with a database to store anonymous IDs and their votes. It would really help vet the quality of the latest builds for users who want a little more stability.
Of course, all those options would be optional. There are a lot of really cool things that could be done. Anyways, shoot me an email on your thoughts.
I created this simple page to easily download each Chromium release directly from the source. Please read my #notes for more.
My site exists only to help users. All is free, without ads and bad things. The links are direct and mainly in SSL/TLS (https://).
(Note that SourceForge and Adobe do not use secure connection on its sub-domains, like on woolyss.com. A wildcard SSL certificate is required: https://ssl.comodo.com/wildcard-ssl-certificates.php).
Moreover, you are not on Softonic, Cnet, Softpedia or other crap site with its fucking "Download Manager" and modified packages! ^^
If you prefer, you can use directly the:
• Buildbot waterfall
• Continuous repository
• Official download page (Snapshots repository)
Except the last one, my site uses these secure sources and show direct links. Nothing is hidden.
You are free to make an other site, an other software and develop marketing plan about Chromium. Google, Opera, Yandex, Comodo and other companies do that.
> I spent some time today developing a Windows program in C#
Good news! You know, I list other software like yours in the #updater part. I am "opened"! ;)
> It [..] fetches the revision, build, and HTTPS links directly from the Chromium repo
My site does it too. ^^
> [..] and does away with the security implications of visiting a 3rd party site.
Your software will be the same thing as my site. ^^ It will be a 3rd-party tool. The users must trust in it... and in your case, they need to download and install it.
Note a Chromium #updater exists and it is a clean tool. Muhammer Ayes, the developer, creates Chromium portable versions too. His software are free and open-source.
Good luck in your all projects!
Friendly,
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=439806
Sorry, the "useless download-manager" is not useless because it works for different OS, web browsers and NPAPI/PPAPI versions. ^^
Thanks maintaining this great site! Just what I was looking for. From now on it's goodbye to Chrome and hello to Chromium.
A tip for anyone who wants to install for all users on Windows: mini_installer.exe --system-level
This installs in C:\Program Files (x86). The 64-bit version goes there as well oddly enough, but it still is tidier than running software from the user profile imho.
Is there a way to link the revision number to the version number? I'm asking because I would like to run Chromium in the same version as the latest Chrome stable instead of the latest continuous.
@Pieter, Thank you for your interesting tip. ;)
> I would like to run Chromium in the same version as the latest Chrome stable.
Please, check my explanation on the #comment-305
Keep up the good work!
Thank you and greetings from Germany.
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/design/sandbox.md
When I use the NPAPI Flash Player in Chromium is this a safety disadvantage to Chrome's PepperFlash Plugin (both are on the same version level)?
Thank you again.
In Chromium:
• NPAPI is NOT sandboxed
• PPAPI is sandboxed (obviously! like in Google Chrome)
In Mozilla Firefox:
• NPAPI is sandboxed: https://blogs.adobe.com/security/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html
• PPAPI does not exist
More on the #flash part.
@branwerks: Thanks a lot. Sorry, I do not the way to disable them. I think it is not possible in Chromium/Google Chrome :/
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/CxJ1VkDSqxc
Official reason: "Chromium builds do not auto-update, and do not have symbols. This makes them most useful for checking whether a claimed fix actually works."
https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium
Google's branded Chrome browser can auto-update because it is built with additional specific info for the Google Chrome update servers which are maintained by Google. So, Google Chrome and other #stable-chromium-version have an auto-update system. For example, the FreeSMUG build (#mac-64-bit-freesmug) on Mac OS X has got it because the developer adds it on this build.
Finally, if you want an auto-update system, add yours in your own build... or use an #updater
Am I to understand that both flavours are required? Is that normal behaviour, or is there a mistake somewhere in the builds? It seems to beat the advantage of PPAPI as a more secure version of plugins, even if one disables plugins in FF and Safari, hence my surprise and my question.
Thanks in advance for your information, and thanks for the great job done here.
YAZ
Best regards (sorry for my English)
> Am I to understand that both flavours are required?
No. If the NPAPI plugin is installed, PepperFlash (PPAPI) will be the default plugin. In the chrome://plugins page, you can enable/disable each plugin. So, you needn't to uninstall the disabled plugin.
PPAPI is more secure. Please, check my #comment-327 too.
@acore, Hello! Sure, they are official. Please, read my #notes and #comment-312. For a simplest page, go to http://chromium.woolyss.com/download/ ;)
Yes, I read the #flash part and couldn't find an answer to my questions there, hence my message.
> No. If the NPAPI plugin is installed, PepperFlash (PPAPI) will be the default plugin
I understand that, and if you read my message, that's not the point of my question.
What you're saying is "if NPAPI is installed", which implies but doesn't state that one *must* install NPAPI, am I right (and that's really my main question, the rest if more information to you about my trials than anything else)? Thus my question is:
- is it normal/expected that Chromium can't seem to use the standalone PPAPI (this is from my actual experience, as in actually doing the installs/uninstalls and checking every time)…
… because it's kind of counterintuitive, and weird to me. And like I said, it means one has to disable Flash in FF and Safari (am I right?), and also from what you say, in Chromium for the NPAPI flavour.
Also since I've read your message I've tried deactivating NPAPI in Chrome; I went to chrome://plugins, and there… I couldn't find a trace of PPAPI, *only* the NPAPI version… And when I deactivate this one, Flash doesn't work at all anymore! And when I go to https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/, the version reported is 16.0.0.235, which is the NPAPI version number whereas the PPAPI version is 16.0.0.240 :(
FYI I've also tried with the Canary version of PPAPI.
I'm telling you, my head hurts…
You use Chromium on a 64-bit Mac OS X, isn't it?
By default, Chromium cannot read the Flash content (videos, games...).
So, you must install ONE Flash Player plugin. You have the choice: NPAPI or PPAPI.
- NPAPI is NOT sandboxed. It naturally works with Firefox and Safari too.
- PPAPI is sandboxed. It works ONLY with all Chromium-based browsers (Chromium, Chrome, Opera...)
- If you install NPAPI, you needn't to install PPAPI.
- If you install PPAPI, you needn't to install NPAPI.
- If you install both plugins, PPAPI will be the default plugin used.
Check the install on chrome://plugins and enable/disable what you want. See the screenshot:
If you don't see PPAPI, it means that it is not installed.
To see the Flash content on Firefox and Safari, NPAPI is required (obviously!). PPAPI doesn't work on these browsers.
> PPAPI version is 16.0.0.240
This is the Flash Player beta version downloaded from the Adobe Labs. Good! ^^
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1655584
NPAPI version is 16.0.0.235. This is the Flash Player stable version. Good! ^^
https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
@YAZombie: I know nothing about Mac, but in Windows you have to "point" Chrome(ium) to PPAPI flash via command line, the program has no way of knowing it exists (by default).
All the explanations below are for public interest. i'll send you a copy with screenshot so you can see for yourself. And yes, sorry, I saw your email, just read the beginning and thought it was just a mention of the answer here so didn't go further. My apologies.
> You use Chromium on a 64-bit Mac OS X, isn't it?
Yes, I do
> By default, Chromium cannot read the Flash content (videos, games...).
Perfectly understood, that's why I'm trying to install it. To make things clearer here, I'd say i'm an advanced user - not more than that (no specialist, no developper), but no less than that either ;)
> So, you must install ONE Flash Player plugin. You have the choice: NPAPI or PPAPI.
> - NPAPI is NOT sandboxed. It naturally works with Firefox and Safari too.
> - PPAPI is sandboxed. It works ONLY with all Chromium-based browsers (Chromium, Chrome, Opera...)
Perfectly understood the basic technological differences, how one works on Blink-powered browser vs the rest, no problem here.
Except… I tried it, and no, it just doesn't work that way. Explanations below.
> - If you install PPAPI, you needn't install NPAPI.
No. I tried. It just doesn't work that way. If you install only PPAPI, Chromium doesn't see it. Plain and simple, it doesn't.
> - If you install NPAPI, you needn't to install PPAPI.
Clear here, as I found out "by accident" when Flash (I ONLY had PPAPI at the time) asked for an update and installed (without asking me…) NPAPI.
> - If you install both plugins, PPAPI will be the default plugin used.
Hum, that's where it gets tricky. Like I said, there's no mention of PPAPI in chrome://plugins (no, not even in the detailed view).
> Check the install on chrome://plugins and enable/disable what you want. See the screenshot:
Nope, don't see PPAPI there. I'll send you screenshot, you'll see for yourself.
> If you don't see PPAPI, it means that it is not installed.
And yet, System Preferences > Flash Player mentions versions 16.0.0.235 of NPAPI and 16.0.0.240 of PPAPI (you'll see screenshots here too).
> To see the Flash content on Firefox and Safari, NPAPI is required (obviously!). PPAPI doesn't work on these browsers.
Sure. I'd rather disable it there, which I did.
Is it clearer now? See why I'm scratching my head? :-D
Is it possible versions 16 of the Flash Player are playing tricks that didn't previously exist?
Can't wait to see what you think of this!
Best,
YAZ
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=443706
So, let's assume you have Chromium in the Application folder (it's "normal" location), and you've installed the PPAPI plugin, you must launch Chromium with this command in the Terminal:
/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium --ppapi-flash-path=/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/PepperFlashPlayer/PepperFlashPlayer.plugin --ppapi-flash-version=16.0.0.235
You can copy this command in an Alfred workflow to make it simpler, but it will open the Terminal, which is annoying imo.
You can also make a small script in Script Editor.
In Script Editor copy/paste the following command
do shell script "/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium --ppapi-flash-path=/Library/Internet\\ Plug-Ins/PepperFlashPlayer/PepperFlashPlayer.plugin --ppapi-flash-version=16.0.0.235 &
killall ChromiumLauncher.app"
then save this script as an application with the name ChromiumLauncher (otherwise it won't work). You can now use this script to launch Chromium with PPAPI. There's an annoying issue, which is that errors are reported when closing Chromium, if anyone has an idea how to disable this, they're welcome to explain.
Hope that clears this issue for others. Though this is obviously not normal behaviour since plugins have a very narrow list of install locations on the Mac (four, if I'm not mistaken), and there must be something off in the build scripts. I expect this will be corrected in the future (it's more or less a question, I haven't understood who builds this binaries actually!).
Thanks again to Jerry and _M_ for your help.
Without this great site, Jerry, I would have abandoned Chromium a long time ago as there's no other Chromium resource on the web.
Oh, and one more tip as far as when you can/should update Chromium; check this page every so often for the security update announcements - as you all know, Google Chrome is the offspring of Chromium, so... https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable+updates
I forgot to talk about #command-line-flags Excuse me! So I updated the #flash part with the helpful link of the YAZombie comment. Check the step 3. ;)
I have some kind of a weird issue regarding YouTube's videos. Most of the time they aren't recognized correctly. I can only see them in 360p quality, even when they are in 1080p.
I'm using Opera to look at them with a "stable" browser, Chromium is 64-bit with PPAPI Flash (64-bit too, of course)
I've tried to update this morning (41.0.2262.0) but still the same issue.
ps: Not every videos have this issue, but most of them witch is kind of annoying.
Don't be fooled by thinking it is *better* because it is x64. My 2¢.
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-google-chrome.html
It's included, too and is in the same directory, it's just called "NPSWF$ARCH_$version.dll". On my system it's version v15.0.0.246, whereas the would-be integrated one is already v16.0.0.235.
Just wanted to tell you that.
@tournier: Did you test the PepperFlash 32-bit version?
Video test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2L2UGZJAM It works in 1080p with the 32-bit PepperFlash and the HTML5 version.
@LeonardK: I agree with you. But you talk about the NPAPI plugin (cf. "NPSWF$ARCH_$version.dll"). ^^
My site explains how to install the PPAPI plugin (PepperFlash), not the NPAPI plugin.
• NPAPI: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ → NPSWF***.dll
• PPAPI: #flash → pepflashplayer***.dll
When the 2 Flash plugins are installed:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crupdater/
/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium --ppapi-flash-path=/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/PepperFlashPlayer/PepperFlashPlayer.plugin --ppapi-flash-version=16.0.0.235 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
Thanks for your post. Actually since then I've indeed found that solution somewhere (couldn't tell where, don't remember). Except it seems you can drop the " > /dev/null 2>&1 &" and just write:
/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium --ppapi-flash-path=/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/PepperFlashPlayer/PepperFlashPlayer.plugin --ppapi-flash-version=16.0.0.235&
In the end I stuck with an Alfred workflow, which I find more handy since I used Alfred so much I could almost say it's a 50% replacement to the Finder :)
Thanks again for the hint.
Cheers.
YAZ
Mozilla added OpenH264 plugin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenH264) in Firefox 33 to support the H.264 videos in HTML5.
On Chromium, I did not find anything like that. :/
Actually, I do not know the way to play H.264 in HTML5... but you can use the #flash player.
For H.264 online testers, check the #html5-audio-video part.
--disk-cache-size didn't work properly.
Did you read this excellent ghacks' article?
http://www.ghacks.net/2010/10/19/how-to-change-google-chromes-cache-location-and-size/
For info, there is also --media-cache-size to force the maximum disk space to be used by the media cache, in bytes.
Moreover, you can use the --incognito mode to clean automatically the cache on closing Chromium. Few add-ons like Click&Clean do that too.
Old thread deleted by Google... but archived:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120215211642/www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=098d42a41aacdc6d&hl=en
Thanks, finally I can use Chromium browser. I used Comodo Dragon before.
Many thanks
Did you test to install a theme on a portable 64-bit version?
Yes (windows 7 64-bit). I always use only portable versions (SRWare Iron and Comodo Dragon's portable versions work fine with themes).
Thanks
> ...corresponds to releases from the Chrome stable channel?
Yes, it is possible. Check the #stable-chromium-version section. Also read my #comment-305 (because this is a recurring question ^^).
> ...treated as equally critical as a 0-day in a stable channel release?
Honestly, I do not know. Ask to François Beaufort at https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/
I see your issue is known:
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=432802 (Since Nov 2014)
• detail?id=450604 (Since Jan 2015)
• detail?id=451056 (Since Jan 2015)
1) Make sure your Flash plugin is enabled: chrome://plugins
2) If PPAPI, do not forget the command line flags ( --ppapi-flash-path)
3) If NPAPI, nothing to do! If it works in other web browsers, it will works in Chromium
To force Flash on YouTube, install "Disable Youtube™ HTML5 Player":
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-youtube-html5-pla/enmofgaijnbjpblfljopnpdogpldapoc
> extremely irritating having to switch between browsers
Yes I agree.
• On Windows, I recommend to have 2 web #browsers because actually there is no #stable-chromium-version. It is important for your data to use a STABLE browser like Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome... Also note that you can build your own stable version.
• On Mac, Linux and BSD distros, there is a stable version! ^^
The plugin is installed, BUT it doesn't show in the plugins pages on Chromium o_O
:(
Thx
Did Flash work before? Is this your first time using Chromium? Did you write a proper command line for Flash player? We need more info.
@Psygno: Finally, this is a not a bug but a new feature. NPAPI plugins are disabled by default.
Enable the option on chrome://flags/#enable-npapi
More about NPAPI plugins: https://www.chromium.org/developers/npapi-deprecation
Just one question: is there any way in Chromium to change the user agent from mobile to desktop? In Chrome it is possible by flagging one setting, but I don't know it does and how to apply it on Chromium too. Any suggestion will be appreciated ;)
1) with an add-on:
http://www.techgainer.com/change-android-chrome-user-agent-string-to-another-browser-or-os/ (Archive: https://archive.is/lFM8G)
2) with a flag:
• Check https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags
• Choose a flag: --user-agent or --use-mobile-user-agent
• Remember to quit the app completely and restart for flags to take effect.
Example: --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0"
I'm not so practical with adb commands ;)
In chrome://version I found --use-mobile-user-agent 3 times. How can I change/delete all of them?
I just have to type: adb shell 'echo "chrome < --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.4.4;) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/42.0.2289.0 Safari/537.36">" > /data/local/tmp/android-webview-command-line' ?
• Method 1 (with an add-on): "Chrome User Agent" or "Chrome User Agent Switcher" recognize just Chrome's installation, so their changes will not affect Chromium.
• Method 2 (with a flag): to try when I will be more confident with adb ;)
Thanks again Jerry!
Please see this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwgo1Naf0Zg and its relative topic https://archive.is/llFSU
For info, method 1 should work because Google Chrome and Chomium have the same user-agent and similar UI.
but unfortunately not for Chromium (ChromeShell):
@Djobi: It is boring! :/ Big thanks for your screenshots.
But I still think it is possible on Chromium. Rrrrr! You are near perfection! x_x
I'm experiencing scrollbars absence at 313437 (x64). They do present in chrome://settings, but are absent at any other pages, so I cannot understand how long the page is and where I am. Could anyone please check and/or share any workaround?
After a browser update, it should be ok!
I downloaded the Chromium 64-bit package for my Windows 7, unzipped it and it's working well but there are no java plugins. Any ideas how do I solve this?
Thank you in advance
1 - make sure you installed the 64-bit Java-Version, to be found somewhere on the java.com website.
2 - Chromium is gradually phasing-out support for NPAPI-Plugins. If you still want to use plugins based on NPAPI (such as Java), you need to enable it manually. Type in address bar chrome://flags, search for "enable NPAPI", enable it. Greetings
1) Download the good Java version on https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp (Prefer offline installer!)
2) By default, all NPAPI plugins are disabled. So enable the option on chrome://flags/#enable-npapi
Actually, there is no PPAPI version of Java plugin. In 2015, if Oracle does not release a PPAPI version, I recommend on Windows to install the "IE Tab" extension which works always with NPAPI plugins:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE_Tab
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd
... or use another browser supporting NPAPI plugins. For example, Firefox has not so far announced any plans to completely remove support for NPAPI plugins.
Because this is the end of NPAPI plugins:
• https://www.chromium.org/developers/npapi-deprecation
• https://www.firebreath.org/display/documentation/FireBreath+2.0:+Browser+Plugins+in+a+post-NPAPI+world
Just copying the new .dll works and enables me to decode mp3. But still on https://www.youtube.com/html5 it said that neither h.264 nor h.264+MSE would work.
Using the self-made extension atleast made a tick in the h.264 box whilst h.264+MSE didn't work, though MSE+VP9 does. Maybe that's because of DRM? There are also to other .dll's "missing": libpeerconnection (probably WebRTC, I guess) and widevinecdmadapter, which is a DRM module. Just copying it into the folder of Chromium didn't work, there's probably more work to do :/
Do you have any ideas?
This script use Woolyss API to find good Chromium build, Adobe servers to discover latest Flash version, Chrome Canary builds to obtain fresh PepperFlash and can update itself too.
Feel free to try it from https://github.com/JustOff/cpf-update-win
@JustOff: Waoooow! Give me few days to test your nice work! Thanks for sharing! ;)
@greg: Cheers!
What I additionally noticed is that when font hinting is disabled in the Windows performance options Chrome will still force hinting, while Chromium won't. I actually would like to have font-hinting application based, that is: On Chromium (almost) only. Do you know how that works?
• chrome://flags/#disable-direct-write
• #command-line-flags: --disable-direct-write --disable-directwrite-for-ui --enable-font-antialiasing
@Gerry: Please, show me a screenshot of your chrome://plugins page. Also see my #comment-371
In both systems some YouTube Videos just play in 360p others in 1080p. With Chrome its just fine. https://www.youtube.com/html5 makes a red cross at "MSE + H.264" all other crosses are green.
Someone got the same problem or an idea to fix this? Even some MP4/H.264 Videos on Websites don't work (example: http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html first video isn't working)
I'm on Windows 8.1 64-bit, however, the mini installer doesn't work (neither as admin nor normal)
No desktop icon, no process in the task manager.
Anyone uses Flickr? Flickr doesn't load properly with Chromium 42 on me, same report with some people using Chrome 40. Strangely, not all Chrome users got this problem. I don't know why. Flickr loads normally with Firefox/Waterfox.
Thanks
314621 doesn't work, everything keeps crashing, I can't even open chrome://crashes (irony)
Can I at least downgrade and have something to browse with?
Yes, 42.0.2296.0 (314621) is very buggy. I updated the site.
Tested: 32-bit Chromium on WinXP (32-bit) and Win7 (64-bit)
If you have installed this buggy version:
• Choose an #older-version from the Continuous repo.
• Choose a newer version from the Snapshots repo: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium (can be unstable!)
• Prefer ZIP package than installer.
• Choose temporarily another version/browser.
chrome://plugins NEVER displays the last Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.93 PPAPI however installed on the PC.
So, how to activate flashplayer? At the moment any internet video can be played!
With IE11 absolutely none problem!
I've made the screenshots from my workplace 5 minutes ago, both after browser cold start. The results speaks for themselves, isn't it? Also, try to Google Search for "chrome 64 bit plugin compatibility" and don't be surprised - even Google Voice and Google Earth besides many other plugins are not supported in 64-bit Chrome. Of course we can discuss the theoretical advantages of 64-bit for speed and security, but in real life you will hardly notice the difference.
I want to find a answer with MP3 issue.
If I install Flash without problem (#flash), MP3 doesn't work.
I copy ffmpegsumo.dll from Chrome Canary 42.0.2298 (64-bit) to Chromium 42.0.2295 (64-bit).
https://hpr.dogphilosophy.net/test/ says "Does Not Support" but it can play MP3 on this only website and doesn't work on https://podcloud.fr/ and others places .
Same issue with and without mp3 extension.
That aside, my computer is good enough to handle whatever 2~8GB RAM browsers are eating nowadays, so 64-bit awesomeness can come at me anytime, no matter the cost.
By the way, I've been using the "buggy" 42.0.2296.0 (314621) version and I still haven't seen it crash or steal my bike. That said, 42.0.2293.0 (314050) crashes right away when I try to access the History page.
And: Modern PCs can handle that amount of RAM being used. And afaik Chromium just takes much memory when there's much memory available, ie. when you're running short, Chromium will try not to allocate so much - but if you have plenty: Why don't use it? I even put my browser cache into the RAM... .
And yes, 64bit on browsers can make sense as Chromium isn't just used as a browser but also for games etc. Then 64bit can be really nice. Additionally:
There are still programs that wouldn't *need* 32bit, which would completely run on 16bit as well. But: This ain't supported anymore. What I mean is, you really might want to go 64bit know, when you have time to do so.
Flash seems to be working for everything now, except 'The Daily Mail' online!
When I try to view a video, I get a black-screen (Right-click reveals "Movie not loaded" message) (Flash version...16,0,0,305)
Have I missed something? Could the videos on their website be incompatible somehow?
Please forgive me, but the vids' work ok on Chrome....
Thanks in advance man!
Johnicus
Does any of you have a workaround to make Netflix working on Chromium (Win7 64bits, Chromium 42.0.2303 32bits)?
As of right now i've tried several workaround found on internet but none of them worked, and a lot of the remaining ones are for Linux..
Right now the only way i can watch netflix is by using either Firefox or Chrome.
I have tried to reinstall Java, Silverlight, import silverlight's DLL into Chromium (no success, maybe because of my way to do it).
If any of you have an ideas, that'd be great.
Thanks.
Java have been a source of issues for some people with the usage of silverlight from what i've found, and it cost nothing to try so i tried ^^
Hope that ppl will stop using crappy silverlight, even MS did so (and they invented it...).
Sorry for delay but after 2 days of development I present to you a new page to test #html5-audio-video elements.
https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/
Hope it will be helpful ^^
@Johnicus: > When I try to view a video, I get a black-screen
Me too. It does not work! :/
But the MP4 file works perfectly in HTML5 on 32-bit Chromium. (It works only if you have changed the ffmpegsumo.dll file):
https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/?u=video.dailymail.co.uk/video/1418450360/2015/02/1418450360_4056782948001_nerdist--1424015378606.mp4
@tournier, _M_, LeonardK, Rrrrrrr! Plugins!
Did you check my #comment-388?
@_M_ and LeonardK, Not yet but soon! ;)
https://www.chromium.org/developers/npapi-deprecation
> Not yet but soon! ;) v42.0.2286.0 Chromium no longer accepts NPAPI flash player. Only PPAPI plug-ins:
I discovered the main issue about HTML audio/video elements is bad MIME on websites.
@_M_, I disagree with you. ;) Tested: Chromium on 32-bit WinXP (in Oracle VirtualBox on Zorin OS):
NPAPI works! ^^
Do not forget to enable #npapi plugins.
Running the latest version of Chromium x64 version offered on this page at the time of writing. And naturally, got the .dll from x64 version of Chrome Canary.
Also, when I go to youtube.com/html5, I see red exclamation marks on H.264 and MSE + H.264.
When I use the unpacked extension method, only the H.264 has a blue check mark, but not MSE + H.264. Even when I have the example extension enabled, I get the same problem on the video test page.
When testing with Chrome Canary, everything works fine and the YT html5 page shows blue exclamation marks on every option.
Please advice.
The entire point of using Chromium is to avoid the Spyware browser Google Chrome.
What am I missing? Someone please enlighten me, I'm confused.
In any case, if you downloaded the archive from the Google repository it's perfectly safe.
I followed the instructions above regarding installing the PepperFlash plug-in to the letter, added the command line to the shortcut, and flash still won't work.
When I open chrome://flash in the browser, it sees the plug-in. When I go to chrome://plugins, the flash plug-in is now there, and it's enabled.
However, when I try to play any flash content, all I see is a puzzle piece, and a grey error message with a puzzle piece that says: "Couldn't load plug-in"
I simply cannot figure this out. No amount of re-installing, re-starting, or re-tooling has helped. Google seems to only offer solutions for ubuntu and linux...no windows solutions to be found.
I do not want to switch to Google Chrome. There has to be some solution out there for this...I'm not an expert, but I'm not a noob either. Self-taught. Any help is greatly appreciated.
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/317493/
This version with the suffix 11.0 had the same version number as the latest Chrome Canary build, so I attempted to switch out ffmpegsumo.dll from Chrome Canary, and guess what? IT DID NOT WORK. Would you please stop assuming that switching out the dlls work? Obviously Google doesn't want people to use Chromium, and would rather have them use chrome, so considering the reputation of the company, they're obviously smart enough to ensure that simply switching out dlls would not work, and guess what, it does not. The only way this situation will be fixed is if someone literally builds Chromium with H.264 support, etc. on windows.
I have another machine which has a different version of both Chromium and Flash working seamlessly. So, the only way I got it to work, was to install that combination on this machine, Chromium 41.0.2227.0 Dev build, and Flash 16.0.0.235.
This works without issue. Problem now is that firefox doesn't like that version of Flash, and keeps trying to update it. I use FF as well, but mainly for work stuff.
@Justoff: I'll give that a try, thank you. The flash was definitely the 64-bit version, although I tested the 32-bit as well just to see if I could make it work. But, of course, it didn't.
I love Chromium as a browser, and cringe at the thought of installing Google Chrome or any other bloated version just for the sake of continuity. Even if it means taking a few extra steps listed above.
But over the years I can't think of another program causing more issues or headaches for me than Flash.
I use Flash player beta http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html and it works flawlessly. Can you post your complete Chromium target shortcut command line? I have found that when I started using Chromium the Flash player problems were always linked to an incorrect command line.
Second you are using the Adobe Flash Player. Spyware #2.
If you want privacy, install Slackware or Gentoo with hardened Linux-Kernel (or even FreeBSD or similar...). Only communicate via PGP and use completely OpenSource products. No proprietary firmware or drivers.
This will do much more than just using Chromium instead of Chrome.
@mihau: Done! ^^
Your OS (Windows or Mac) and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) is dynamically highlighted if detected.
I also tested your Otter Updater. Nice shell scripts! ;)
@Nyx and Pörö:
Tested with Chromium 43.0.2320.0 (318624):
• WinXP (32-bit) + Chromium + PepperFlash + ffmpegsumo.dll
→ Flash and video H.264/MP4 work well if all is in 32-bit version.
• Win7 (64-bit) + Chromium + PepperFlash + ffmpegsumo.dll
→ Flash and video H.264/MP4 work well if all is in 64-bit version.
→ Flash and video H.264/MP4 work well if all is in 32-bit version on this 64-bit OS.
• WinVista and Win8 & 8.1
→ Sorry, I do not use these OS. Few testers tell me that it works like on Win7
If there is a video issue, disable hardware acceleration (Check #browser-crash)
I can fix the problem by deleting the registry value:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromiumHTM.<<A_LONG_STRING>>\shell\open\command\]
"DelegateExecute"="{<<ANOTHER_LONG_STRING>>}"
Why does this keep happening? And is there a more permanent fix?
@twiz: Thanks for your feedback but I do not see how to fix this :/
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=133688&q=TeamSpeak
@446: Did you check official packages? ^^
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=chromium-browser (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS...)
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=chromium-l10n (Debian, Linux Mint...)
@Nyx: I edited my previous post. All works perfectly with .exe and .zip Chromium versions. I extract libraries (ffmpegsumo.dll and PepperFlash) from Canary in general... but for PPAPI it also works with Adobe's Flash installers!
• If 32-bit Chromium used, get all libraries in 32-bit version, even If your OS is in 64-bit.
• If 64-bit Chromium used, get all libraries in 64-bit version.
Note 32-bit version of libraries is more stable than 64-bit.
Since yesterday Chromium (Profiles) are broken. The message "Chromium didn't shutdown correctly.." appears - even if I establish a new profile. What has happened?
@Uwe Mueller: What OS and version do you use?
Please read last posts on https://forums.techguy.org/threads/solved-google-chrome-didnt-shut-down-correctly-error-restore-session-bug-please-he.1118647/ and tell me if it works for you.
My OS is Windows 8.1 64-bit. The Chromium version is 43.0.2325.0 (64-bit). Chrome Canary (64-bit), which is also installed, does not cause any problems. Even if i delete the chromium profile, so Chromium is creating an new profile without any add-on, the message "Chromium didn't..." appears on every start of the program. Since Version 43.0.2324 this problem is there.
Tested with 43.0.2325.0 (32-bit). That's really good news !
Do you compile these builds yourself or just link them? why don't you make a version in which you compile with the ffmpeg flags turned on?
@Nyx:
> Do you compile these builds yourself or just link them?
These builds are not compiled by me. I explain that on my #notes. ;)
The secret of all is the official Chromium Buildbot! ^^
> ...with the ffmpeg flags turned on?
I use my own updater which download, extract and install Chromium + Flash + ffmpegsumo + write flags automatically.
So I need not to re-compile Chromium.
I am a simple user like you. This site is only to help us.
When I use the unpacked extension method, only the H.264 has a blue check mark, but not MSE + H.264.
So is there any way to fix the MSE + H.264? :(
Problems:
• 319 series no longer provides 'permissions' info (only cookies and site data) on left click on url icon in address bar.
• Plug-ins are no longer 'click to play' - they are now 'right click to play'. So, unless I choose to 'always run plugin', I am forced to now click my mouse buttons twice.
Anyone else?
By "write flags", I mean that when I used PepperFlash (get from Chrome), my app automatically wrote its required command line flags. Is it clearer?
Codecs work well if all is correctly installed: #comment-443
@_M_:
About Origin Info Bubble (OIB), it is not a bug.
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=444244
• https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/enamel/goals-for-the-origin-info-bubble
Yes, right-click-to-play is less simple than click-to-play :/
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=91182#c15
Both of these are VERY BAD implementations and to me are totally unacceptable. What are these people thinking? *SIGH* Ridiculous.
https://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html
First video for example won't play and alot of YouTube videos that are in x264 will just show 360p or 720p whereas it should show 1080@60fps
@Art: Agree, if you could do that it would be great.
@Art: > if you just uploaded the proper extracted ffmpegsumo.dll from the proper Chrome version
Sorry, I cannot because this file is licenced under Google terms. It is not free.
But sure you can use the stable version! ;)
And target string to fix it does not work either...
Version 43.0.2346.0 (32-bit) on Win8.1 fully functional. Didn't test the 64-bit Chromium version
star bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=471569
is there a way to extract ffmpegsumo.dll from googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi without having to install it?
@Jerry: You mentioned you have a script that does that, is there a chance you could publish it?
@Jerry: Thanks, it's not quite as sophisticated as Muhammer Ayes/Zychopat's updater or as informative as your site, but it does the trick
Actually, my script works only with 32-bit Chromium. Because there are more issues on 64-bit Chromium, I do not use the 64-bit version. My script get version of PPAPI Flash and ffmpegsumo.dll from stable Google Chrome or Canary (without install it ^^). Yes, it is possible to publish it. I prepare a nice GUI to launch/manage Chromium on Windows. So one day, under a free and open-source licence... ;)
Do you use a 64-bit version of Chromium?
Images loaded in the browser look even smaller than this.
thank you :-)
It seems version 44.0.2370.0 has some issues with some sites. That's why you should keep the last working version (zipped installer) in a backup folder before updating.
I'm almost positive it didn't do this on Chromium 44.x, but I had to revert because some playback was choppy.
Yes, use --allow-outdated-plugins in this case.
My advice: I see most of issues are on 64-bit Chromium. If you need more than 4GB of RAM for Chromium, use the 64-bit version. Else prefer the much more stable 32-bit version.
I have noticed that the recent versions of Chromium takes quite a long time to clear history when you select the "beginning of time" option.
In the previous versions, this only took seconds despite the cache size.
Kindly submit to you information.
"There are a few GYP flags which can alter the behaviour of Chromium's HTML5 audio/video implementation.
ffmpeg_branding
Overrides which version of FFmpeg to use
Default: $(branding)
Values:
Chrome - includes additional proprietary codecs (MP3, etc..) for use with Google Chrome
Chromium - builds default set of codecs
proprietary_codecs
Alters the list of codecs Chromium claims to support, which affects <source> and canPlayType() behaviour
Default: 0
Values:
0 - <source> and canPlayType() assume the default set of codecs
1 - <source> and canPlayType() assume they support additional proprietary codecs
use_system_ffmpeg
Will build Chromium using the host system's version of FFmpeg
Default: 0
Values:
0 - Build Chromium using the copy of FFmpeg included with Chromium
1 - Build Chromium using the host system's version of FFmpeg"
Thanks.
@494: Older builds for 64-bit Windows from at least a week ago:
• #510: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/328288/
• #500: prefix=Win_x64/328120
• #490: prefix=Win_x64/328078
• #480: prefix=Win_x64/328063
Hope it is ok for you! ;)
About the text highlighting error, the Chromium team knows this issue:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=491531
Examples about the 64-bit version:
45.0.2409.0: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/330998/ or prefix=Win_x64/331027/
45.0.2410.0: prefix=Win_x64/331101/ or prefix=Win_x64/331218/
Just install the ChromePublic.apk and be happy :D
This what it does then I have to x out and F8 debugging mode. Then it will work for a while then the same thing.
Highlight your text. Then try:
• Shortcuts (CTRL+P) → The print page is now opened → [More settings] → Options → Selection only
• "Print Selection" add-on https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/print-selection/gbkdpdnociibpkkpjgmcmdlnjlebpajk
But I also use 32-bit Chromium on 64-bit Win7. I see no print issue on 32-bit Chromium (332091) in the ZIP version. I never use EXE version.
Doesn't seem to be exactly what you're describing, but it might work.
[EDIT: 4 Jun 2015 by Jerry]
Warez site + closed-source and packed installer.
https://www.virustotal.com/fr/file/a4a4c39c9eb6b4edb5c7a296f67b170fd3e715ef69fb9355604c9d1d559e703a/analysis/1433354787/
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/41c1b31dc7983a1dca627f9e00ee3977b75e5b6f
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/0ef24d4197503e228606a4523022d9e9f918202f
LoL, as if that would be so much when we are talking about chrome ...
> Eliminates a large number of windows crashes hit while loading the DLL (see bugs)
Windows...
> Simplifying media library initialization (Remove bool-ness, it just works)
Ok, that might be a reason.
But I hate statically linking the whole world like the Chromium devs currently do it. I hope this won't kill Chromium on Linux, too. I really need to look out for alternatives soon.
They actually reverted all this here:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/a31b9ad7e78a1e6174fd218a78b0909079e0afd5
but seems to be only temporary.
目前最后一个支持上述方法的 Chromium 版本为 45.0.2423.0 (开发者内部版本) （32 位）Revision:332890。
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html?prefix=Win/332890/
@mihau, Please, check the #npapi news.
NPAPI plug-in support will still work with the latest version of Chrome (as I post this) so long as Chrome.exe is launched with the " --enable-npapi-for-testing" switch. However, the switch and underlying NPAPI functionality are still supposed to be removed in the future. So, in case I miss when Google completely removes NPAPI support from Chromium, please keep an eye out for that change.
My main use of NPAPI support is for the Unity game engine plug-in. The Unity web plug-in is still quite popular on many websites with online games.
Also, how we determine whether or not we have digital signature?
I mean, is exist the build 43.0.2357.125 in google storage there https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html ?
Don't replace that file. First, because it won't work since the continuous builds are newer than the Canary builds. You can't mix versions or the DLL will crash. Second, even if it did work, you don't work to use the DLL from Chrome because it IS Chrome not Chromium. That DLL is more than just the missing multimedia library.
The only way to get around this problem is to compile Chromium from source code using the add_flag_chrome directives. Google is not going to do that for us.
@vadik, Please check my #comment-35, I have already given the answer! ;)
@JD, I completely agree with you. After tests, I updated the #html5-audio-video part. Yes @549 and @Neh, that sucks! :/
I have few questions:
1 - Those 124 patches made only by Google, yes?
2 - Which Chromium build Google took for Chrome? 43.0.2357.0 (#323865 in google storage)?
3 - The latest "osxportableapps" version has same name "43.0.2357.124" - why? And this 124 patches made only by Chromium builders, yes? But why Chrome and Chromium always have same number?
Sorry for the very detail, i just hope one can understand better what my indirect question is targeting.
Thanks for your interest.
P.s.: A main reason for asking is the cross-platform availability, so if my question can not be answered an alternative would be for example a version tracker (e.g.: RSS / ATOM) that only shows the versions that are identical and available and considered very stable for the Windows and Linux and Android Platform.
http://thewilderness.bplaced.net/chromium_installation.bat (Direct download)
@558, Thanks for your Chromium updater. ;)
@Pai, The last version is 333350. Next version (333471) has not ffmpegsumo.dll.
Matt Giuca (mgiuca@chromium.org) is the official developer.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=500922#c31
Even after enabling the command-line flags as per #flash, and making sure to update the last flag.
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?fpchrome
I finally found a solution (https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1819231) which basically requires you to close Chromium, edit the manifest.json (/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/PepperFlashPlayer) by changing "x-ppapi-arch" "mac" to "x-ppapi-arch": "x64", save file, restart Chromium.
After doing this, chrome://flash/ finally showed "Flash plugin: 18.0.0.194 /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/PepperFlashPlayer/PepperFlashPlayer.plugin" (instead of "Not Installed") and chrome://plugins/ also showed "Adobe Flash Player - Version: 18.0.0.194" as enabled (instead of not showing up at all).
I hope this helps some folks if they are having the same issue.
Cheers,
It might be a bad virus definition update from Avast because I was using it for awhile, left it open and when I came back home, my shortcut wasn't working anymore. Avast deleted the chrome.exe. And when I tried to unzip it, Avast would delete it.
It also detected something in a .xul file (in AppData - forgot to note it)
Although I could have put an exclusion, I went back to 44.0.2383.0 to see if more info gets out about it.
I just tried to unzip it again and Avast didn't say anything. I'm writing this with 45.0.2442.0
So like I said, it is probably a bad virus definition update and it got fixed afterward.
Cheers!
@public.user: Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. I will update this site in few days.
@568: Check the #malware part. This is certainly a false positive.
I use this uber-simple bookmarklet to download the videos instead (in fact it's mp4 files)
javascript:location.href=document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].src
Your issue is actually our current problem with h.264 on Chromium opensource, as Firefox has no built flash yet.
I'm actually living from a google chrome dev portable build (no installation, no update), fear the closedsource part..
People, Chromium build 46 as well as Chrome Dev, both on Android, blinks a red border everytime you press something on the interface. Wish they don't deploy this current build from dev channel to the Beta one.
> Ublock Origin has that setting, it doesn't actually work
Yes it works.
The purpose of the setting is not to hide your ISP address, it is to prevent your ISP address from being visible *when behind a VPN*.
Your ISP address will always be visible, WebRTC or not. A remote server does not need WebRTC to find out your ISP address if you are not behind a VPN, it can be seen immediately upon you connecting to the site. The proper thing to test is whether your ISP address can be seen when behind a VPN. With uBlock Origin setting checked, it can't.
So for right now just leave that at DEFAULT setting until this is fixed.
I have the last version of chromium for mac (43.0.2357.130) but the embedded pepper flash plugin is now obsolete and blocked by chromium (high security issue). I tried to download and set up the last version of Pepper Flash plugin but Chromium doesn't detect it. Has anyone got a solution please?
Thanks
Max
@JD: Your project is interesting! Good work.
@gorhill & @JC Denton: Thank you very much for your feedback about WebRTC and bug (graphical glitches on websites).
@Max: Have you seen #comment-566?
@Andre & @Radu Tanasescu: Sorry, I do not send email about new releases. You can use my RSS feeds, #api or a Chromium #updater
> While Ublock Origin has that setting, it doesn't actually work because Ublock Origin is just an extension
Additionally to block worked fully, need block port 3478 for outgoing.
Chromium only detect embedded pepper flash but not the system one (fresh install)
So until the next freesmug build with embedded pepperflash updated, as a workaround i enabled npapi flash version through the flag settings.
I installed flash for safari (which is a npapi version) and disabled the ppapi one through chrome://plugins
I've looked though the 'old versions' link but it is difficult to know what version is what. It is so confusing :(
If nothing else, it would also be nice to make a note on the page saying that v46 has the GPU Rasterization bug and to stick with v45 until the issue is fixed.
• 32-bit: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/338390/
• 64-bit: prefix=Win_x64/338390/
Details:
338432 → 46.0.2455.0
338390 → 45.0.2454.0 (Last version 45)
338361 → 45.0.2454.0
...
334220 → 45.0.2431.0
330269 → 44.0.2403.0
I'm thinking of going back to Comodo Dragon, but that's based on Chromium too, so I have no clue what will happen down the road.
Also, it seems I have to post things twice for them to show up...
https://blog.chromium.org/2015/07/chrome-45-beta-new-es2015-features.html
Why do I use Chromium?
It is fast! Even than Chrome. Why is it faster? Because Chromium has raw power! I don't understand Google how to -and why- make it slower.
Don't angry with me but Microsoft Edge browser faster than Chrome.
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-edge-windows-10-faster-than-google-chrome-2015-7
and It will support Chrome extensions.
If Google enforce us to leave Chromium, we can move to Edge. (as Windows users)
2) FFMpegSumo was likely removed due to licensing issues. That sucks but it is better for everyone if we don't use patent-encumbered codecs.
3) If you honestly think a closed-source web browser is suitable for your needs, you are more than welcome to do so. When the browser it tightly-integrated into the OS, there is no proper sandboxing and anything that corrupts the browser is easily able to escape and mess up your OS. I would rather use Chromium because of the built-in sandboxing that protects me from this crap.
4) I need to know exactly what the 'mini installer' does. I have two new mysterious 'Google Update' services in my 'services.msc' on Win7 SP1 x64 system. I don't have built-in update on Chromium so why were they installed? I may have to end up just doing portable/manual installs from now on if the mini installer cannot be trusted.
Chromium version used by this browser: 42.0.2311.135 (64-bit)
Does that mean it is that actually Chromium based? Or is it a misidentification?
@600: Use the browser you like. I do not promote Chromium at all. My site has only one intention: give us an easy way to download this browser!
@JC Denton, Thanks
RE: 1) Agree with you. On Windows, Chromium is NOT stable... except if you build it yourself.
RE: 4) 'mini_installer.exe' is a 7-zip self-extracting executable. I do not know why you have 'Google Update' services launched. Maybe you use another Chromium application (like a browser, Chromium Embedded Framework...) or Google product. I do not know.
For info, Google Update is based on Omaha, an open-source software.
https://github.com/google/omaha
@604: I updated the site. This issue is not really an issue because Microsoft's Edge (Spartan) browser uses the Chrome/ium UA string (but it is absolutely not Chromium-based).
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh869301(v=vs.85).aspx
I think it is intentional because according to The Verge, Edge will have support for extensions that can also be used on Chrome (and Firefox).
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8515771/microsofts-edge-browser-supports-chrome-and-firefox-extensions
On Windows, my favorite browser is Firefox because it is open-source, stable, really powerful to configure (about:config) and personalize, and now in 64-bit version. But Google's decisions already decide Firefox's direction anyway. I dislike the UI and features by default on Firefox. I often disagree with Mozilla choices... like Google choices about Chromium. Rrrrrrr! Like you "I just very upset about Google", Apple, Microsoft, Opera, Mozilla... ;)
Example: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1174462 (Read comments. This is edifying!)
" --enable-npapi-for-testing also has been removed after 46.0.2459.0 (339215) build."
Thanks for the notice, QQ. The latest dev build of Chrome (46.0.2467.2) which I just installed also has removed that command-line switch. At least the latest SlimJet browser still supports NPAPI.
Why current LKGR build is 341287: https://chromium-status.appspot.com/revisions
While current continuous build is 340078?
• https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/one_line_per_build
• https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/console
I did not find any report in the issue tracker.
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=label:Infra
And via your link, there is no way to download the release 341287. Also check the LAST_CHANGE file in this repository.
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html
So where are the new LKGR binaries?
If you absolutely need a new Chromium version, use the Snapshots repository. Be careful! These builds are not tested by the buildbot and can be very unstable.
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html
• https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium
• https://chromium-build.appspot.com/p/chromium/console
• https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium/one_line_per_build
@615: I tested Iridium browser in its last version (v43.8). There is no support of proprietary codecs in HTML5 tags :/
I need older version of Chromium for testing Chrome extension.
How can I determine which builds in Continuous directories is used for official Chrome releases. There are so much builds in there.
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/
Thank you very much.
Thanks.
https://support.1password.com/code-signature/
@620: There is absolutely no Avira extension pre-installed in Chromium build. In short, the Avira's extension "SafeSearch Plus" (replacing "Browser Safety") is already included when you install Avira Free Antivirus, NOT Chromium.
During the Avira Free Antivirus setup phase you were asked to install SafeSearch Plus. This is Avira’s browser extension designed to block access to malicious web sites. If you have not declined the offer, Avira automatically added this extension to your Chrome/ium user data folder.
https://www.avira.com/en/avira-safesearch-plus
https://support.1password.com/code-signature/
This was done a long time ago. On 44.0.2462.0 works. And since 44.0.2472.0 not working.
can some one pls let me know which version was the LAST UPDATE THAT CAN USE JAVA
or enable user to MANUALLY activate Enable NPAPI
if someone can provide link to download would be greatly appreciated
or if anyone can advise how to use Java with the latest update?
unfortunately I still have a website that use Java and I don't really want to switch to other browser
Thanks many in advance and thanks for the great and generous work Jerry!
Java does not have a PPAPI plugin available. Only the NPAPI plugin exists.
Chromium version 45 and higher do not have a NPAPI plugin support.
I know 2 solutions:
1) Using an old Chromium version
Please check the #npapi part for download an old Chromium version. By default the NPAPI plugin support is disabled. So enable the option on chrome://flags/#enable-npapi then click the "Relaunch" button that now appears at the page bottom.
2) Using a new Chromium version
Install Java plugin for IE then use the "IE Tab" Chrome extension. You can set up Auto URLs to automatically open certain urls using "IE Tab", providing a seamless experience, as if Java support never went away.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd
For info, Oracle’s official documentation recommends Firefox or Internet Explorer if you need the Java plugin.
https://java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xml
Since you are admin,
kindly please advice is version 44.0.2403.130 build (330231) is the last copy of version 44? or is there a later copy?
I tired install and uninstall a few and is quite a bit of guess work
since the files in depository does not tell which version it is just by the build no.
Can you help? I don't want to waste your time
but if you can easily let me know which one is the last update for version 44 I would be grateful.
I like to update to the closest copy possible
with most possible bug fix in the last version 44 copy as possible.
And thanks for the solution will try them later.
> with most possible bug fix in the last version 44 copy as possible.
On Windows, you cannot find a Chromium binary equivalent to Google Chrome because no developer or team share it. Please read my #comment-35
> 44.0.2403.130 build (330231)
So you talk about the #stable-chromium-version (because this build has 130 patches). If you really need it, you must to re-build it. Otherwise use Google Chrome:
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/08/stable-channel-update.html (44.0.2403.130)
For info, the last Chromium build with NPAPI support is:
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/331982/ (45.0.2416.0)
Sorry for all to read such novice post of a regular simple user.
I decided to follow your solution one using older version
but wanted to get as "updated" as possible to a version that still enable me to use NPAPI.
At the moment I like to stick around with you wonderful people or peeps than switch to Firefox or others.
Great work again and heartfelt thank you for all the unseen effort you and all the developers pour into benefiting the internet community as a whole worldwide.
This is indeed great work for simple user like me at a time of increasing challenges from all the unfriendly parties.
I put my trust in you and chromium here.
There you can see the different channels of Chrome and the branch_base_position of each version. These can be used to download a Chromium-Version from here: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/
But be aware as Jerry had pointed out several times, the Google Chrome Version is only based on Chromium, but then patched by them. For example, the current Google Chrome Version in the Beta-Channel is 45.0.2454.26 and based on branch position 338390. That equals Chromium 45.0.2454.0, but Google patched that version with 26 patches that are not in chromium at that branch position. I don't really know, but feature-wise i never noticed a difference. But these patches can be simple bugfixes or security patches. And these security patches are not in that chromium version, but most likely in a later branch position.
"Chromium 45" can also use NPAPI-Plugins up to the latest version (Branch Position 338390/Chromium 45.0.2454.0), but ONLY if you append " --enable-npapi-for-testing" at each start of Chromium!
About the " --enable-npapi-for-testing" flag, check #comment-596 ^^
Previously, I used to be able to copy entire Chrome User Profile\Default from OS to OS and PC to PC.
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
It appears chrome has started locking/ securing things down in some way? So I may considering migrating all of those to CHROMIUM.
A) This the current Chrome Version 44.0.2403.155 m I am running.
- What version/ release of Chromium would match/ map it the most? (Best migration compatible)
- Where/ how can I download it?
B) If you could point to a place where I can understand the pieces (files) better so that I can migrate some of them.
https://superuser.com/questions/951095/
Your folder should be correct... The Mini Installer uses this folder: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Chromium
I don't see why copying the User Data folder between Chrome/Chromium, I think I've done that before. I did run into issues changing from newer profiles to older ones, however I did just "downgrade" from Chromium 46 to 45 (for ffmpegsumo support).
Let's see how my migration of User Profile data goes. Its been a pain as I outlined on the Super User posted Question.
If that doesnt work out, what would be the next stable Chromium release after: Version 44.0.2403.0 ?Please do point me to that as well if you can.
PPS: Do you know any way I can circumvent this issue I am facing with Chrome User Profile migration?
Is there some document that details out the "File + Folder" Structure for User Profile data?
I believe for the most part, the latest builds linked here are as stable as Chromium can be. I did have some issues around the time of 44/45 and a casting site, but its been resolved in 45, and there is the issue of dropped ffmpegsumo (html5/h264 video) DLL support towards the end of 45 and no solution/workaround for playing those videos yet (if ever) in 46.
@Dave: Yes, it should be 64bit even if it says 32.
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/343233/
Here's the bug tracker: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=521242
Not loading properly: CMD boxes open. Cannot use the browser unless the flag ' --no-sandbox' is added to shortcut.
First look on the CMD application then opens and gives you the option to wait or kill the browser after a few minutes
A bug report has already been filed at https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=521148
We don't need warnings.. we can figure it out if Chromium is working.
And when it's not.. we know how to file a proper bug report..
First of all, what kind of trolling that would be? Making people skip a few builds of Chromium that might be glitchy? Wow, what an epic troll!
Secondly, who are "we" in your statements? Are you a representative for a major part of this page users?
My posts were directed at people who do not want to spend their time reinstalling Chromium. That's all. That being said latest builds (2487 and 2488) work for me now.
Confirmed working on Windows 7 x64 perfectly fine!
As a bonus, they fixed GPU Rasterization bugs :)
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html
@mihau: Thank for links.
@eliotime3000: I sent to you an email.
@Xis: Here, you download from Google servers (storage.googleapis.com). Ask Google to improve its bandwidth! :)
HTML5 video should work on that build. I usually don't change builds unless I see some good comments about it.
or, to be a little more serious: did they remove WinXP support as of v 47?
I did search the web but couldn't find a word about this, yet none of 47.x builds seem to work on XP, i.e. Chromium starts but does nothing and even loads its own special pages such as chrome://downloads indefinitely
@mihau: Same issue for me.
Info about WinXP issue/support:
• https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/3hy025/help_chromium_does_not_load_any_page_on_windows/
• https://chrome.googleblog.com/2015/04/providing-updates-for-chrome-for-xp.html (Google Chrome)
After tests on WinXP SP3, I updated the #windows part.
Issue 521294:Chromium is hanging on Windows XP (SP3)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=521294
Please, vote for this bug! :)
cassiopesa
cassiopesa is a chrome variant that is designed to display ads and potentially compromiseserdate. it is bundled with other software.
HKCU\Softwre|Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Chromium
What's up with this?
Thank you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_hijacking
Remove Cassiopesa:
• https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-cassiopesa-com/
I think you downloaded an executable from an Internet download directory website. For example, CNET Download.com install malware:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download.com#Criticism
• https://www.howtogeek.com/198622/heres-what-happens-when-you-install-the-top-10-download.com-apps/
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html
https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/builders → Continuous repository.
This is why I display all official links on each release. Nothing is obscure on this site! ;)
#3 thestig@chromium.org
If you look on the bottom of that webpage, it says "Unaffiliated with The Chromium Authors" - we do not distribute the binaries on that page. Not sure what we can do if they are distributing some kind of malware. Someone else reading this bug may chime in with a better answer.
Cassiopesa is NOT a Chrome variant, it is a browser hijacker!
I've installed the Adobe PPAPI player, but Chromium doesn't recognize it.
According to the flash section on this site the name of the pepperflash dll is pepflashplayer64_[version].dll or pepflashplayer32_[version].dll.
But the Adobe player uses NPSWF64_[version].dll and NPSWF32_[version].dll.
Is that why it's not working?
@Josh S
> Is there a way to find specific older versions of Chromium?
No. There is only the repository. I made my own tool and prepare a new page for that. ;)
First v34: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/242666/ (34.0.1765.0)
Last v34: prefix=Win/252017/ (34.0.1848.0)
So the v34 is beetween 242666 and 252017 in this repository.
NPSWF***.dll is still the #npapi plugin. It doesn't work with Chromium... but works with Firefox.
For Chromium, choose the PPAPI version!
I had to revert to build: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/351025/
Bug Report has been filed: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=537508
Also using allow-outdated... doesnt help. It shows "Plug-in konnte nicht geladen werden". I also tried adding all rights for my current user for the directory and file (and also the default directory in windows/system32)
I'm using Windows Vista. I think i had no trouble before upgrading from 18.0.0.209 (or some newer 19.0... version), but i thought updating would solve the (well-known) duolingo audio output problem. Now no flash works anymore.
I'd rather put it in manually.
It's used for deployment and seems that chromium ignores master_preferences at all
master_preferences seems to not be used because it's a First Run action (disabled by default).
@mihau: I didn't have the same experience as you (or it wouldn't have been released). More details would be nice, though I'm not sure how useful it'd be at this point.
It is reproducable with the mentioned setup file on WinXP SP3, installation directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\ChromiumP" in my case - all contents of "App\Chromium\32\Data\Profiles" is being wiped upon installation.
The next v48 (NOT v47 which I have already built) release will include code to preserve data even in the App directory, though.
anyway i was using Version 48.0.2533.0 (64-bit) on win7 for all these while
and suddenly yesterday when I boot everything up and open a blank page
chrome advice me it disconnect extension was installed on it...
of which I did not do it or rather I tried and install and then uninstall it 10 in after and it was not there for months...
and then seemingly it install it self yesterday... I remove it... security breach?
also I notice the presentation of the page like tab seems abit wider
and the history tab has a different icon all without me changing a thing, no up grade no update...
something I should be concern?
or something is suppose to tweak in the background?
any ideas? explanation?
Thanks all and much appreciated
Thanks Jerry for keeping this site in immaculate & help
> The next v48 (NOT v47 which I have already built) release will include code to preserve data even in the App directory, though.
Good news. Thanks a lot for your great work!
@719: Sure you can build codecs with ffmpeg yourself. https://www.chromium.org/developers is for you! ;)
@Java Help: I am sorry. I have no explanation. Did you search info in the issue tracker too?
@721 & @723: Very helpful info. Thanks
@nimitz: As far as I know, if you talk about sum checker, there is a MD5 response from Ajax request, on Continuous repo.
Sorry to trouble you all here...
No unfortunately im not that tech savvy but suspect it may have to do w MS pusing w10
and i manually aggressively remove all the updates re w10 push upgrade via regedit.
i may have overdone it and w7 maybe automatically 'restore' something and it pull an image/backup from somewhere...
windows have self healing power right?! (aka eyes on everything?!) HA :D I used to admire its magical power once b4....
anyway seriously plotting to move to linux or os but 1)im feel quite inexperience (even after wks of research) 2)old computer prevent from dual-boot
anyhow... not sure what the issue re. tracker but ms has lost the plot it seems when serving paying customers (now its like its harvesting for profit and doing it blatantly unashamedly legalized-'criminal'? some say)
Sad :( but as such humanity move on (if they are not render extinct or self-annihilation by miracles)
hv a Gday to you Jerry and all
Peace,
Ideally for this to work I imagine I need to use the same version # ffmpegsumo.dll.. But chrome 45.x does not have that file. Did some research and it appears it was deleted in v44. Not sure what .dll handles the h264 now.
Anyways I tried the one from 43.0.2357.132 as I believe thats the final stable chrome version that has it, plus other good stuff like npapi support (google is being such garbage removing very useful features lately)..
But yea it doesn't work. It does enable mp3 support, and most other audio codecs, but h264 video still refuses to play. Also installed your extension too, it has no chance on your test page.
Really bad thing is youtube. Some/A lot of older version are ONLY available in h264 in hd. With your extension, the audio plays and the video remains blank. Without your extension, they play in horrible 360p and act like there is hd version available, also quite bad. I can fix it by forcing the flash player, but these days the html5 player is actually a little faster and smoother.
Main reason im trying to use chromium is yet another chrome bug, that luckily doesnt exist in chromium:
Chrome CONSTANTLY nags me to update, even thought I have forcibly and properly disabled updates via gpedit.msc. It also auto updates without permission with auto update disabled, frequently. I disabled it by denying access to google update, which comes with its own issues, but ultimately it still nags me to update.
I much prefer manual updates like chromium allows. So would be nice to use it, and have it fully function on youtube.
(Pretty dumb youtube wont work correctly on googles own browser when they own youtube itself.. And I know, they don't have rights to h264 so they are updating youtube to vp8/9, but they still have clearly not finished that, so removing support so early was a very bad call)
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/333350/ or prefix=Win_x64/333350/
https://github.com/xinhugo/Chromium-Download-Manager
At first it was crashing my browser tab. Figured out the dll available there is only the 32-bit version. So I downloaded the specific revision you linked - 333350, win32. (ps kinda dumb how all releases are labled win32, even the win64 ones)
And used that dll.
Result is the same as when I used unmatching version numbers:
mp3 support becomes available.
h264 continues to not work. Tested 2 sites:
Woolyss tester
Youtube.com HD (This link has tons of videos only available in h264 for hd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG3C3KU82VE&list=PLB8fVKhVbgxcXYyouvQz4de4_BH5qIswq
Sadly had to resot back to chrome. Updated and went through more rigirous changes to disable auto updates since they are way too frequent and annoying. Sure enough one came the next day, but luckily this time around the build I managed to snag doesn't seem to ignore my group policy settings. It changes the color of my menu button and notes an update, but doesn't nag me. (yet, hopefully its not a timed thing)
It seems Firefox has/had a similar issue that could be solved by adding "media.mediasource.ignore_codecs" and setting it to true.
http://www.ghacks.net/2014/07/25/enable-mse-h2-64-support-youtube-firefox-right-now/
The closest I could find for Chromium is the "-Dproprietary_codecs=1" option while building, which doesn't really help. A related build option is "-Dffmpeg_branding=Chrome".
I played around with some of the options in the Flags page, namely chrome://flags/#disable-media-source , but it has not helped any.
Now, for something actually useful... You could always try the Disable Youtube HTML5 Player extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-youtube-html5-pla/enmofgaijnbjpblfljopnpdogpldapoc
Using that I was able to watch the videos in the link you provided, in 720p HD, using the Flash version of Youtube.
Using youtube center developer build + tampermonkey is actually a more reliable way of making that work. As it can force the flash player everywhere including embedded sites. The disable html5 extension isn't quite as reliable, as on some newer videos where youtube doesn't really expect the flash player to work, it just breaks or sometimes manages to load both, resulting in audio echo.
Though I actually used to do that for a year+ early on when the html5 youtube player was pretty crap. They did a lot of work on it and nowadays it's actually faster and more reliable than the flash player, on high end systems. Still uses more resources, but eh my systems fast so ill use it.
Namely SPF only works reliable with html5. It's a cool tech that makes youtube ultra fast when switching videos, as it only loads what changed, rather than the whole page.
For now ill have to use chrome on windows and probably use chromium on linux if the codecs keep working.
Will it ever be included again?
Are there any compiled builds available with HTML5? I don't want to use Chrome because I don't feel I should be shoehorned into using something (not to mention being forced to compile Chromium in Windows). It's absurd that open-source software should be so dysfunctional in 2015, when HTML5 video is available in every other browser.
http://www.thumbapps.org/2015/06/Chromium-browser-portable-32-64-bit.html
They mention that Chromium is not intended for daily use, and this is a good example of why.
No... and no, on Windows.
@Lion, Yes, I think it could be possible to add OpenH264 to Chromium.
@736: I agree with you but it concerns only Windows. Developers compile stable Chomium versions on Mac, Linux and BSD. Proprietary codecs are also available.
@Andrew Sung, Check Google groups in my #comment-1 They can help you.
@738: If you build Chromium yourself, compile the #stable-chromium-version and re-build it when there is a new stable release. Follow Google Chrome releases on https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar to know stable Chromium versions.
You would need to update your source repos, rebuild, and then "reinstall" -- either running the mini installer -IF- it works, or copying the files over.
Can this be confirmed by other users please?
- Web site: http://www.henrypp.org/product/chrlauncher
- GiHub page: https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher
License GPLv2 - use it in a specific folder for obtain updates: recognizes 64 bit automatically.
Now you can set the download directory that contains the update for each type of Chromium Portable.
Simply fill in the file 'chrlauncher.ini' the heading 'Chromium binaries directory' the entry 'ChromiumDirectory=\ Bin\Chrome' (if you use winPenPack). Of course you have to take away from 'ChromiumDirectory' the hash character (pound) otherwise it does not work.
@rbon: Big thanks for this news. Great updater!
@tam: I do not see bug like that on 32/64-bit Chromium on 64-bit Win7.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=564364
@tam: You should! ;)
@V: I think you can... but sorry, in command-line, I use only #windows-64-bit-chocolatey and other shell scripts. So I cannot help you. :/
Ex: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17536405/cant-set-chrome-as-default-browser-from-powershell
I know I need to manually enable some settings but which was the last version if anyone know or can help find out easily.
Running on Windows MS. Need to access some asian website who are still running the old technology.
Is silverlight generally safe to use? why does many major browser ditch it? If you have some more time to explain a little. Just curious for a non-tech person.
Many Thanks in advance :)
This plugin needs #npapi support. Check in this part to download an old Chromium version. Check info on site archives too.
You must be very proud of your work here
I notice the new download site too AWESOME MAN! Very nice clean look and easy to download.
I have nothing to offer you back for your kindess and great service here but to wish you sincerely all the best!
Hope you and your loved ones have a good Xmas and blessed NY ahead :)
Peace to all your users here too :)
p/s yes jerry nothing is safe with the current world gov trending policy
unless we go back to stoneage or move forward to use telepathy :D Ha
the problem has never been technology but the hearts of man.
So its very very good to see someone like yourself Jerry be a testament of good selfless service
and the universal work towards a more integral free world is still strong and alive. Thanks again.
I am presuming both are portable and upgradeable.
https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3
This site is not affiliated with The Chromium Project, so posting it here isn't going to do a whole lot of good since the devs won't read it.
https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6417796455989248
Longtime leecher here Jerry, big thanks for your work!
What is going on?
Does someone know?
Is there a portable version that allows me to submit command line parameters and change the temp directory?
@780: No, the 64-bit version is not dead. This is only a buildbot issue. However, the other builds are ok.
@Jake: Try http://www.henrypp.org/product/chrlauncher. You can write parameters in the INI file.
This is, however, not related to a bug in the chromium source code. Who are we supposed to tell about this to get it fixed?
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=576253
• Incognito mode (#command-line-flags)
• or chrome://settings/content → Cookies → "Keep local data only until you quit your browser"
@Ernie: Thank you for your help! After checks, I updated the #privacy part.
So the problem is not the source itself, it is something with the automated testing/building/release infrastructure at Google.
I don't know why they do not fix it... But they seem to prefer the 32 bit version for Windows..
Your build: rghost.net/8BjnRLZYz (mini_installer.exe • 64-bit • 50.0.2624.0)
Antivirus results:
• https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/filescanjob/7riadl2du1
• https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/c68c9e514881571275ab885a779fc2f5bb560632e3a3b7efb2b71c2c308f4e43/analysis/1453137495/
They marked the bug as "wontFix" because it's already been fixed apparently. But if so, why is the compiler still failing?
I don't get it anymore.
@805: here is my batch file, maybe it'll help you https://pastebin.com/63hciMSh
1. download, install and first run Chromium Portable:
- web site: http://crportable.sourceforge.net/
- direct download latest (49.0.2618.8): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/crportable/ChromiumPortable_49.0.2618.8.paf.exe
2. create two subfolders inside '\ChromiumPortable\Data':
-> \App\PepperFlash\32 and \App\PepperFlash\64
3. download from PCR's notepad https://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/category/software/flash/ the latest archive with 'Flash 20.0.0.267 for portable Firefox/Chrome'.
4. extract from this archive all files contained in the subfolder 'Pepper64': manifest.json, pepper.vch and pepflashplayer64_20_0_0_267.dll and rename this last to pepflashplayer.dll; finally copy these three files inside:
-> \ChomiumPortable\Data\App\PepperFlash\64
5. create a text file with name 'mms.cfg' with one row with DisableSockets=1 and copy these mms.cfg in the same subfolder as above
6. If You use X-Chromium by winPenPack:
-> update with 64 bit version of Chromium with chrlauncher http://www.henrypp.org/product/chrlauncher and then copy the four files as above inside the subfolder \Bin\Chrome\plugins
Does it mean that the x64 project has been abandoned, just now that more and more x64 machines are sold?
Regards.
mini_installer - rghost.net/8M5WW6XXM
only archive - rghost.net/7rKYpdpHb
Compiled with parameters:
target_arch=x64
libyuv_enable_svn=1
proprietary_codecs=1
fastbuild=2
syzygy_optimize=1
remove_webcore_debug_symbols=1
ffmpeg_branding=Chrome
google_api_key='no'
google_default_client_id='no'
google_default_client_secret='no'
Please can you contact me? I would like to give you a suggestion.
@John, jason: No, the x64 project is not abandoned but devs want to clean non-sanitizer configs on this bot.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=578819
First, thanks for your work !
I'm a windows user, I don't understand the thing about version 50 and x64, it is not official ?
I downloaded v50 x64, but sync doesn't work and I don't what is this api problem mentionned earlier !
Should I stick to v50 x32, or even v49 x64 ? (sync worked then)
Cheers!
mini_installer - rghost.net/8RJGkVjPt
archive - rghost.net/6kfWv5n5y
I've managed to complie (and run) Chromium x64 50.0.2631.2 with the following parameters:
python build\gyp_chromium -Dtarget_arch=x64 -Dbuildtype=Offical -Dbranding=Chromium -Dlibyuv_enable_svn=1 -Dproprietary_codecs=1 -Dfastbuild=2 -Dsyzygy_optimize=1 -Dremove_webcore_debug_symbols=1 -Dffmpeg_branding=Chromium -Dgoogle_api_key='xxx' -Dgoogle_default_client_id='xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com' -Dgoogle_default_client_secret='xxxGBZyOj8sv2CNe_yhBzMa'
For some reason my git build system won't update to v50.0.2632; perhaps because i've patched 'battor_connection_impl.cc': and cannot rebase - I have unstaged changes. Now, I understand why in your batch file you wrote "cd /D J:\tmp\depot_tools\src"
Would you consider writing a tutorial?
For any one thinking of building Chromium x64 from source you need approximately 30GB (not including winsdk and VS2015). The build process takes approximately 5 hours (i7 VM 4GB RAM - 4 virtual CPUs. The build process would take considerably less using a physical machine: with the approriate firewall settings - which I'm still in the process of assessing.)
Personally, I think the BuildBot failing on Windows x64 build is a blessing in disguise.
i'll try to post updated batch with comments
i. git checkout master
ii. git checkout -- e:\depot_tools\src\tools\battor_agent\battor_connection_impl.cc
iii. git rebase-update
iv. gclient sync --jobs=16
I don't think step iv is strictly necessary. For some reason I had to create a .gclient in 'depot_tools\src' before 'gclient sync' would work, which results in gigabytes of data being downloaded.
At the moment I'm experimenting with the build process and trying to establish best practice.
(maybe someone else will find it useful)
@nik Your builds are better compared with vanilla Chromium builds, since you've got full Google API (Sync, etc.) support, along with all media codecs (H.264, MP3, etc.). There definitely seems to be demand for your builds even despite these x64 buildbot failures. I would think that some users may even be willing to make donations to you to thank you for your time and for sharing with the community. Thank you, sir.
@WildByDesign: you're welcome.
here is new build 50.0.2634 with sync and codecs:
mini_installer - rghost.net/6TNrdDB9w
archive - rghost.net/7pwZGq2sJ
I know that on the #npapi section it says about 45.0.2416.0 (331982) being the latest one, but i have found through extensive testing, that this version has memory leaks/problems.
So if someone has an older chromium build (with NPAPI), thoroughly tested, please post any info.
Thank you!
Keep up the good work, You've demystified a poorly documented build process. Is there a reason why the standard chromium build does not include the AV CODECS?
Build 50.0.2634 available in x64 right now.
@848: Yes, all works perfectly!
@IamNoone: Go to https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/ or prefix=Win/ and get revision (= commit position) before 331982. The NPAPI plugin is enabled.
Thanks anyway!
I have small issue with this latest build.Somehow button X close is duplicate it self in the middle of the tab.
Teknik is established. It's open source, with a major update coming soon. Oh, and it's completely free. Anyone doesn't require an account to use the upload service.
@JohnFlower: i tried teknik.io and i couldn't upload, half *.js and *.css return 404, API doesn't work. message was "resource unavailable"
Then I let the file check by virustotal.com. 2/54 discovered malware:
Bkav HW64.packed.B4BF
Rising PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F]
What is going on here?
> Firefox blocked my download
Because "Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web forgeries" are enabled in your Firefox (as Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi) security parameters.
These options use Google Safe Browsing.
> virustotal.com: 2/54 discovered malware
False positive. Please check #malware section.
sometimes i'll be publish updates..
Chromium Portable 49.0.2623.23 is the last build compatible with XP:
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/crportable/ChromiumPortable_49.0.2623.23.paf.exe
Chromium developers what are you doing? :(
@nik, you need to recompile or last build 2642 now, or wait for 2643 tomorrow. ;)
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/72fc4b00f6429a70e1c841a9678af04580ce1efd
@nik: You're the man. I've been wanting builds with codecs enabled for ages now.
@Jerry: Are you planning to keep separate sections for nik's stable and latest builds permanently? Because it sounds too good to be true.
@889: > keep separate sections for nik's stable and latest builds permanently?
Yes, we continue together. Nik does really great work! Note there will be no stable 32-bit version on Windows.
About chromium_x64_50.0.2644.0(r374049)_sync_codecs_portable:
Languages files (*.pak) be located in \bin folder, not \bin\Locales. Therefore, chromium can't run. Of course, the solution is simple. All languages .pak files must \bin\Locales. So, chromium portable is working.
Another matter/request:
I'm used to Chrome icon, not blue Chromium. Therefore I always "Icon Group" change with ResHacker.
Standart Chrome icon: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Chrome_icon_(September_2014).svg
I use "List" as view in File Explorer . (CTRL+SHIFT+5). I changed the icons "chrlauncher.exe" and "\bin\chrome.exe" with ResHacker. Notwithstanding, both files still display blue chromium icon, not chrome icon. (Only "List view" in File Explorer). How can I fix its? Is it possible?
Thank you so much ;)
Visually, the 50 builds seem to be testing the Smooth Scrolling feature to various degrees of success. There are likely many other changes, but that is all that I can think of at the moment. It all depends if you want to stay with Stable channel releases that follow Google Chrome stable builds or follow the bleeding edge changes in the browser with faster development. Another visual change between 50 and 48 right now is that 50 contains some more Material theme effects, while 48 has some basic stuff for Material.
chromium_x64_50.0.2645.0(r374091)_nosync_codecs_installer.zip
rghost.net/8Qx8rV9cP → it is malicious, and Chromium has blocked it.
Does anyone else got blocked?
or is the download not safe?
or it is a false positive from Chrome?
Thanks
@pureocean: I ask nik.
@896: Please see my #comment-867
Who cares about Google Chrome? First, this site is about Chromium, Google Chrome's mother. Second, anyone foolish (and I'm using a polite term) enough to install a spyware browser....is the same person who installed Windows10.
"...I would still highly recommend switching to [ ], Opera,..."
First of all, Opera (another spyware browser) uses Google Chromium as its foundation, thus, since Chromium support for XP & Vista are/have ceased, you can't possible use this browser (and why the h*ll would you).
But why is the MD5 checksum does not match? for both 48 and 50 mini-installer?
Is this to do w my connection or theres some misunderstanding?
Still keen to try nik's
@Jerry: Thank you, sir, for providing this wonderful platform and wealth of information. I am relatively new to following your site and also following Chromium development in general. Also, thank you for allowing @nik's fabulous builds onto your site. I think that you have done a fantastic job with the way in which you've organized his builds at the top of your site; tidy, clean and professional. Clearly, Stable channel Chromium builds including Codecs is something that Windows users have wished for a skilled compiler to come along and build for quite some time. This is like a dream come true. Cheers!
or you have other goodies build in?
hv finally install v50 after temp shut down AV (which I didnt have to w normal chromium)
MD5 checksum is good but VirusTotal does bring up one suspiscion
some webpage w charts function dont load that well... and some other cosmetic changes
prob due to different ver - was using early 48 chromium
also notice the good increase of speed (loading and downloading)
dont really use any codec related that much but want to try your build
like the no sync fucntion for increase privacy
anyhow good effort much appreciated
thank you
@Jerry: Have you thought about separating the comments section into a separate page? Thank you for facilitating all this information in a nice, easy to understand format.
Adjusts scroll position to prevent visible jumps when offscreen content changes."
I'm over the moon right now.
Chromium has REMOVED the cipher information on HTTPS websites meaning you can't tell anything about it by clicking on it like before. No TLS version, no cipher information, nothing.
If you haven't explicitly disabled all RC4-specific ciphers then please do it NOW!
Here are the command line options I use on Win7 x64; just copy and paste it and remove extra spaces/line breaks and comments in ():
Target: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe
-cipher-suite-blacklist=0xc007,0xc011,0x0066,0xc00c,0xc002,0x0005,0x0004,0x000a (these remove all RC4-specific ciphers)
-ssl-version-min=tls1 (forces TLSv1 and higher to prevent downgrade attacks on insecure/poorly-configured servers)
-incognito (private browsing mode)
-disable-sync-preferences (allows different preferences depending on the target OS/system)
-disable-print-preview (lets me do 'printable view' easier)
"WARNING to potential Chromium v50+ users!
Chromium has REMOVED the cipher information on HTTPS websites meaning you can't tell anything about it by clicking on it like before. No TLS version, no cipher information, nothing"
Sorry to inform you but I'm using Chromium v50 and the https connection information is exactly as it's always been.
ERR_SSL_FALLBACK_BEYOND_MINIMUM_VERSION
Anyone can test it at https://www.howsmyssl.com or https://badssl.com
but it must support:
1) cURL upload or api
2) direct link to dir with files
3) auth for deleting old files
4) fast upload.
1. click the padlock
2. click "Details"
3. reload the page (??!)
4. select the main origin
I just write a script that is checking git updates, pull, compile and upload to filehost.
After that i don't do anything myself with this process :)
All I know is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_Intelligent_Transfer_Service
https://codereview.chromium.org/105853002
> Implement a background downloader using BITS in Windows Chrome. (Closed)
So the Chromium devs have chosen BITS component of a system services as a background downloader, but for what?
How to find out what exactly Chromium is downloading using BITS? and why the hell he don't clean up these folders after himself
I am a bit paranoid.
Using BITSAdmin Tool from Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362813.aspx
bitsadmin.exe /list
I found list of these BITS-jobs by Chromium, and all of them contain "Chrome Component Updater".
Further we can find this:
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/3204698?hl=en
> Chrome Component Updater allows the Chrome engineering team to release small updates to parts of Chrome on a very rapid schedule. The Chrome component updater behaves as follows:
- Runs only when Chrome is running, and uses a small amount of bandwidth
- Doesn’t update the Chrome browser's core application (chrome.dll)
- Only updates components that the Chrome core already knows about
- Is used for some core plugins and components that are intended to be downloaded after the initial Chrome installation (such as SwiftShader and Pepper Flash)
Interesting. Now we can find more info about such components, like:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6072728?hl=en
https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts/51erocHcazG
And here is list of all your Chrome components:
chrome://components
(Pepper Flash may be not included if you're using global installation into system)
Finally, if you need it for some reason, you can disable Component Updater using --disable-component-update
And all of this chrome_BITS_* folders will no longer created, but you will lose some (important) updates, see above.
If you go then on chrome://components you will see "No components are installed", but it's not true, e.g. you can check how pnacl is still working here:
https://gonativeclient.appspot.com/demo
Also the BITS-jobs itself will not be closed until your Windows rebooted (I guess), but they will be suspended.
Well ok then! But I still wanna cleaning up these folders with keeping updates on :D Anyway.
But of course, we can't be sure these BITS-jobs are used only for updating components and not for compromising some info about your computer/browser to google services... Without reading source codes or check it with something like Wireshark.
https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/update_client/background_downloader_win.cc
You can download: https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/releases/
1. full version with portable PPAPI
2. version without portable PPAPI
Inside both versions there are folders '\32' and '64' that contains the file 'SetDefaultBrowser.bat': this script is for chrlauncher, but you can easily modify it for use with your Chromium Portable.
Where is exactly?
Also I've checked the HTML5 audio/video tester and found out that sample_100kbit.mp4 with MPEG4 video does not show that video for me, though audio is fine. Is that expected?..
Btw my bookmarks, passwords and the rest seems to be syncing on Windows anyway.
Is it only a my problem?
Thanks
https://github.com/megous/megatools
https://github.com/t3rm1n4l/megacmd
https://github.com/Akujin/chromium-disable-profile-button-patch
Personally not really looking forward to maintaining OS X and Windows build environments just so I can have a browser configured to my preferences. Any chance you might wanna have a specialized build released?
@956: chrlauncher is not my project, but try to look into the "chrlauncher.ini", there must be an option somewhere
If I add PepperFlash these builds simply are not performed: why?
Codecs contain PepperFlash?
choco install flashplayerppapi
1. command line switch (and)
2. the files for run Pepper Flash portable (pepflashplayer.dll, pepper.vch, manifest.json and mms.cfg)
The only Chromium portable that allows to run both: builds with codecs+sync and Pepper Flash portable is X-Chromium by winPenPack: the only tip is to update the Pepper Flash version number in the file 'X-Chromium.ini', [FileToRun], row 'Parameters'.
Others portable Chromium (by PortableWares or by Aluisio Augusto Silva Gonçalves) can only run Pepper Flash portable or builds with codecs+sync.
b.t.w. for non english users the 'sync' feature allows to use Google Translate.
@nik: Your builds are solid rock.
I think h265_10bit also must work
ps. h263, ac3, mpeg1/2 doesn't work and i don't now how to enable it (maybe it's for the best)
@969: Please read my #comment-238
@965: There is already a Chromium version and it is official.
"I made patch to get rid of the profile selection button in the title bar..."
On 25 Feb 2016, 20:32 nik said:
"I'll try to add this to the nosync build..."
That would be so awesome! Nobody likes that button there. Even people who actually use it think it should be in the hamburger menu rather than taking up valuable real estate on the tab bar.
Please, please do this... That useless button is the bane of my existence
And thanks (sincerely from the bottom of my heart) for all the work you do. Legendary!
Idem about \angle_deqp_libgles3.dll and \angle_deqp_libegl.dll
Nice and clean now (just like it used to be before someone got a stupid idea)...
I don't know what would make them think they should add something like that there without any option to hide it. It's our browser... we should be able to have it look and work the way we want.
I was almost ready to jump ship. Now I don't have to.
May I ask: Is it possible for someone like me to change the bookmark star graphic found in the address bar? Or how about the corners of the tabs... Can I square them off?
Thanks again sir
here is source and build.gn script https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/ash/resources/
maybe if you understand how it packed, you can create your own *.pak file
@Jerry: Thank you for this site
Greetings from Germany
BTW, this is the 32-bit Chromium Continuous build that I've installed in Windows Vista 32 bits, directly from the buildbot sources
Disable (default=Enable or Disable?)
Enable this flag "chrome://flags/#disable-direct-write" to Disable?
@eliotime3000: Check your mailbox ^^
@Illite Racy: By default, DirectWrite is enabled.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25541#c146
ps. chromium 49 build doesn't support h264-10bit and h265 at all because of ffmpeg version
@Jerry: If you don't mind me asking, I am very curious as to whether or not the Chromium builds with Codecs from @nik have created an increase in traffic to your site. The download numbers, at least according to the previous RGhost, were interesting to follow to see which builds users preferred (with / without codecs, with / without Google API, Portable, etc.). Some of those generated pretty decent download numbers. Statistics, I find, are quite interesting and fun. Cheers, and best of luck! Thank you for providing the wonderful platform here.
Also I'm often getting ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR even on internal VPN resources, now trying the solutions from www.techfor.us/2015/10/err_ssl_protocol_error/ - did not get one since applied everything except 1st advice.
@gwindlord: Thanks for your feedback but I do not know how to resolve your SSL issue.
@Empol: Follow the nik tutorial at #source-code
In Webupd8 shows a tutorial of how to set-up the repo for those that use the 64-bit version of Chrome
http://www.webupd8.org/2016/03/fix-failed-to-fetch-google-chrome_3.html
Does these stable version communicate with Google backdoor servers?
I know there's also a guide made by him on how to make our own builds but due to lower HDD space and slow internet that is a no go for me.
@1003, @John: Use an online service like Jotti or VirusTotal. I put links in the #malware section.
Another question: nik's builds are different from the ones @rbon posted or they're the same? I assume they're the same, only difference is that the updater now has the option to download the unofficial builds, right?
Is it Archive version actually portable ?
Now that is some great teamwork, guys!
Over the past 6 months or so since using the wonderful information resources here at Jerry's site, I have also come to enjoy and appreciate Henrypp's chrlauncher because it is open source and does a great job of finding/downloading Chromium builds and also making it all portable. Then comes along nik's fabulous Chromium builds (Stable and Dev) with codecs and prove to be great compilations. Combine all of those resources together, and being able to use chrlauncher to download/update nik's builds, with downloads coming from Github now, and ability to make things portable if need be, that is truly wonderful reality of great things coming together to become greater.
Question: I know that Henry++ is trying to collect donations to digitally sign his software which would be great. But what I'm wondering is, if he receives enough donations, if in collaboration with nik, if it would be a future possibility to some day have Chromium builds also digitally signed?
Thank you all for the great collaborative effort and time.
Saturday, 19 Mar 2016; 51.0.2685.0 (382185)
checked correct SHA1
Run, but the pages load in a permanent, independently, page setup program or web page.
In debug.log:
[0321/030227: ERROR: main_dll_loader_win.cc (123)] Failed to load Chrome DLL from C: \ Users \ 1 \ Desktop \ chrlauncher \ bin \ chrome_child.dll: A problem has occurred in the program initialization, dynamic-link library (DLL). (0x45A)
Out of your builds only worked 49.0.2623.75 (x64, nik with all codecs), regardless of whether anti-virus enabled or anti-virus off.
The rest of your build (nik with all codecs, x64, sync/nosync) not work independently of antivirus.
translation google.translate xD
https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=407399
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-dev/lKLCCjKjvJc
> http://chromium.woolyss.com/download/ are still from 18th...
These builds are official but the builders are dead. So there is actually no update. See my #comment-1019 for the official explanation.
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html is also not updated.
• https://download-chromium.appspot.com/?platform=Win&type=continuous is also not updated.
> ...but the ones with codecs are more recent
These builds are compiled by nik, our devoted developer. They are not official.
Note you can compile your own Chromium version yourself if you prefer. Follow the nik tutorial on #source-code
I think I may have found an active source of Windows x86 builds for now:
https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html?prefix=Win/
(there don't seem to be any Windows x64 builds, unfortunately)
Buildbot status URLs:
https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.win/builders/Win+Builder
https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.win/builders/Win+x64+Builder
URL traceback for reference:
https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.win/console (scroll down and look for green boxes, hover over each box to see what it corresponds to, and click to show a popup. The last entry in the popup redirects to one of the above URLs)
https://chromium-build.appspot.com/p/chromium/console ('Chromium' line -> 'Win' link in table 'Tree closers')
I'm not sure if you are already aware of this, but I'm posting it just in case.
Thanks again. :)
@1024: Sure I know these builders. They compile automatically Chromium and put binaries in "Snapshots" repository. But here, we talk about "Continuous" repository and its relative builders. Please, read the #development process to understand the difference between "Snapshots" and "Continuous" repositories. Note "Snapshots" builds are very unstable.
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/build.git/+/ffe53a8970e65115b9d1721b46930f157302f0ee
So, according the posting, the continuous builds (LKGR) are no longer being created?
Wow. If this is the case we are stuck with the snapshot builds :(
LKGR builders: https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/one_line_per_build
Latest LKGR commit: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr
So FreeSMUG (Mac) and nik (Windows) continue to compile and share their own binaries ^^
For the rest, wait 'n' see! ;)
I have just downloaded the snapshot build 383400 and it is functioning perfectly, no bugs (for me, anyhow).
One thing I have noticed though is that many months ago the site-permissions-details tab info was removed from the address bar right click menu on the continuous builds, but in the snapshot build it is present:
• only these builders are removed. They also compiled Chromium (executable + archive) → Continuous repo.
• but other LKGR builders work normally. Check my #comment-1030 to see the list of active LKGR builders and latest LKGR commit. These builders do not compile Chromium.
Finally, developers can always compile Chromium. That is why there are STABLE and DEV Chromium versions updated on this site ^^
Sorry, I cannot help you on Snapshots builds. There are too unstable.
I'm just a normal user who is grateful for your work, thank you!
I was wondering if you can make a simple installer for Chromium so that we can choose to install Chromium for all users.
I could barely found this website where's a good explanation how you can do that martin.rotterovi.eu/2014/06/chromium-windows-all-users/
Using the command line to choose an option in a graphical program can be done but is not an easy thing for most users and I'm pretty sure Google devs will never add this since they care only about Chrome and like to treat the user as a stupid person who doesn't need to know these things and should not be allowed to choose for himself if he wants to install for the current user only or for all users.
I think they believe that adding this feature to chromium will threat their Chrome market share since more users will easily jump ship to escape the crap Google puts in Chrome.
It's clear that they understand very well that there's no point to install a browser on a multi user OS and keep it for the current user only and they "fixed" this behaviour only in Chrome to keep it as advantage compared to the free version.
If you can and decide to do this, maybe you can add a field where you can choose the location too.
I normally install it in the default location and don't need this, but it's always good to have a choice.
@Daniel: I understand your suggestion but we will not add this feature because it already exists in command line. Sorry.
@Peach: I checked each "Archive" link. All works perfectly. Do you use a proxy/VPN with a limited bandwidth?
All info are fake and there are ads.
Today, I made site-archives of this page to prove my point of view:
- https://archive.is/EL1OD
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160330222545/http://telechargerchromium.com/
Example with the 32-bit Chromium version:
On the crappy site, you see:
Windows (ZIP) - Version 51.0.2694.1 du 30/03/2016 → storage.googleapis.com[...]chrome-win32.zip
Download is good but the rest is not correct at all!
Official info:
Revision: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/382014/
Date: Friday, 18 Mar 2016
Version: 51.0.2684.0
Commit: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/8f5eb4c1ae4cfea73a9886f6e4cc361e5373a5ab or http://crrev.com/382014
Download on official site: https://download-chromium.appspot.com/?platform=Win&type=continuous → Revision 382014
Search the LAST_CHANGE file in https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/ → Revision 382014
Thank you
@1043: Most computers come with a 64-bit processor for few years. Nik does not compile 32-bit Chromium version. But if you want to share your own 32-bit builds, you are welcome! ;)
@Jerry: yes, but lot of users have only 32-bit like me. If I have good English and a 64-bit OS, I will do with pleasure ;-)
On all other builds I've used it functioned as usual
- nosync build doesn't have a Google api => no translate function.
- in sync build, all works
I already set "Automatic tab discarding" to Disabled in chrome://flags
but, no problem with "Automatic tab discarding" on nik dev no-sync build.
Hotword (incl. Shared Module)
Google Now
Google Feedback
Cloud Print
Google Webstore
Network Speech synthesis
Google Hangout
@1052: I don't know how :)
@Ayup: It's quite a lot of work, I'm not ready for this. But hotword and Google now disabled in nosync, hangout doesn't work also because Google api keys is undefined.
Under the section "Get PepperFlash (PPAPI)", could we add an option to install via chocolatey:
cinst flashplayerppapi
I just want to inform you of something, not sure if it's helpful, but I'll post it anyway...
I've just reinstalled Windows 7 x64 and installed Firefox and Chromium version 49.0.2623 of nik all codecs with no sync, no WebRTC
I learn some foreign languages on Duolingo.com
I tried Firefox first but it didn't work since Duolingo still requires flash for mike input, I don't want to install flash on my computer and I gave up on Firefox.
Then I tried Chromium and on mike input page, Duolingo failed without any error message.
I gave it before access to mike so it's not this (Duolingo complains anyway when doesn't have access to mike).
I took a look at html5test.com to check if the WebRTC missing is the problem and it showed Peer to peer section 10/20 (yellow color)
Then I uninstalled it installed the other version that doesn't show with no sync and noWebRTC and Duolingo worked fine.
I took a look again at html5test and the Peer to peer section now showed 15/20 and the only difference was that "Data channel" changed from "No" to "Prefixed"
That's all, I just wanted to tell you what for stubborn enough people not to use flash like me, there's a problem with the NoWebRTC version on this particular website.
Have a nice day.
@1061: Read at the top of page about "LKGR builders" :)
I have downloaded latest DEV version 'No WebRTC • 52.0.2705.0 (386294)' then I have browse to the site https://www.browserleaks.com/webrtc
This is the site answer:
WebGL Support Detection
Is WebRTC Enabled ! True
Where am I wrong ?
So I have tried Firefox Portable (PortableApps) and go about:config then ' media.peerconnection.enabled' and changed from true to false.
I have load again https://www.browserleaks.com/webrtc with Firefox and this is answer:
WebGL Support Detection
Is WebRTC Enabled × False
Any idea ?
There is the 'Peter Beverloo' site with all command-line switch for Chromium at https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
In effect there are many command-line for WebRTC.
It's snapshot ?
• "Last Known Good Revision" (LKGR) → Continuous
• "Latest" → Snapshots
@1068: The problem IS NOT about commit/revision number. Like you, we know how to get it. For example, Nik compiles the latest LKGR build (#windows-64-bit-dev-nik) and other developers do the same thing on Linux.
The problem is about TESTED builds and auto-compiling of binaries (.exe or .zip). Since 18 March 2016, these binaries do not exist. The repository (Continuous by default) is not updated... but LKGR builders work prefectly: https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.lkgr/builders
Do not use Snapshot builds for web browsing. They can be very unstable, They only exist for testing, for developers. More on #development
I have been using snapshot build 383400 (win x86) for 15 days. Functioning perfectly with no problems whatsoever.
@_M_: I agree with the mention "It may be tremendously buggy" at the official site https://download-chromium.appspot.com/ So use Snapshot builds at your own risk ;) I encourage you to check buildbot result at https://build.chromium.org/p/chromium/builders/Win and copy your user data before to install a new one.
I thought Nik's is refinement (no No sync • No WebRTC) of the latest chromium released.
Nik DEV is on 52.0.2705.0 (386294) - Should be tested and safe right? Just curious :)
Anyhow thanks Nik... all good so far for a light user who appreciate the 'extra security feature'
Thank Jerry for your awesome work here as always.
About safety: yes, Nik builds are safe. Note Nik shares his guide to compile 64-bit Chromium yourself (see #source-code). You can also use online services to detect #malware and reliable sites to do privacy #tests
The direct link to the build is https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win_x64/350186/
Thank you.
@1083: Sorry, Nik does not compile an outaded version. So if you want to build your own version, compile it yourself. Follow the Nik's guide at #source-code part.
• with VS 2013 (before 11 March 2016):
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/c80526b8ba29a72abe4bee22d1351a1798dd87e0/docs/windows_build_instructions.md
• with VS 2015 (current):
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/windows_build_instructions.md
I found the information at https://github.com/Akujin/chromium-disable-profile-button-patch but I am not able to do it.
- for stable build, it is here.
- for nightly build go to https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium
As it turns out, the issue also affects openload as well. I don't think it's Flash.
@1qqu: i check it, and with they js script it's broken for me too, but if you open the video stream directly you can use seek. After investigation i notice that the video size detected as -1, so that's the problem
Is it possible for you to also provide download link to the same build of x86 mini_installer/Chromium Authors?
For eg. I can't find--even using Google Omaha Proxy--the 50.0.2661.94 (378081) build for x86.
Or maybe you can ask nik to just provide the download link--not the x86 build?
Regards,
Thanks so much! Love using this site! :)
This is the target line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\chrome-win32\chrome.exe" --disable-reading-from-canvas. To verify if canvas reading is disabled check via https://www.browserleaks.com/canvas
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=584575
It suggests Chromium binaries can be compiled with Visual Studio 2015 using the additional "/guard:cf" flag.
Anyway, this would be another positive feature for your builds as long as compilation is successful and functionality is stable with minimal performance overhead.
Keep up the great work as always. Thank you for your time.
However I did install the CanvasFingerprintBlock extension and that seems to be a good workaround.
Two more questions:
- Why is there a still an "Update Extensions now" button under the Extensions menu when we still have to update Chromium extensions manually? Or was I misinformed?
- Will there ever be an updater for the Chromium browser as a whole for Windows? Both portable and native? My understanding is the Apple version already has this.
Thanks
@WildByDesign: i didn't find any option about guard flag, only CFI but it's for clang compiler, so we must wait when Google add CFG to chromium
you need latest visual studio + 64bit windows + some knowledge in c++ (if you get some errors)
Can anyone confirm?
It's such a universal command, why change it now?
For more: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=608016
Very good builds.But I can no longer sync my google content although right email and password provided.
Please help me.
thanks.
Can't access "About Chromium" in the new build (sync) and get the above message.
@WildByDesign: Thank you very much. We are honored ! Have a nice WE too!
I see you support us at https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/your-web-broswer-chromium-choice.382947/page-2#post-2557411 ;)
But you can:
- use an extension for translation.
- or use the Chromium build with "Sync"
- or compile your own Chromium version.
Finally figured it out- problem with my Google API key. Set it up properly and all translation issues are resolved.
Yes indeed, the translation works in this build. Thank you for helping to understand what was happening. Now everything is clear. Good luck.
How can you fix it?
- You can re-download the DEV version.
- or if you use chrlauncher, delete the "bin" folder and relaunch it. It will download the DEV version.
btw in my win7 i didn't see this black screen. what if you try a clean profile?
setx GOOGLE_API_KEY "no"
setx GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID "no"
setx GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET "no"
Alternatively, you can set the variables through System Properties. Under the Advanced tab, there is a feature to edit environment variables. I suggest setting them as user variables for your active user account, though I suppose you can set them as system variables for a multi-user system if desired.
- the developers have solved (I think) the conflicts with DNS: browser start very fast and surfing is very fluid
- the service Translate is disabled (again) and if You use 'Google Translate' from Chrome Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-translate/aapbdbdomjkkjkaonfhkkikfgjllcleb it does not work well. You must manual select the language for translated page.
I will wait for the next build.
Thanks for your precious work.
- A bash script: https://github.com/mloporchio/chromium-downloader-script
- A C program, based on libcurl: https://github.com/mloporchio/chromium-downloader
Thanks for your great website.
@srgrass: Chromium is a fully open-source project.
• The Google-authored portion of Chromium is released under the BSD license:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE
This is a standard licence. For more, read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
• The other parts are subject to a variety of different open-source licenses:
- in your browser: chrome://credits
- online: https://cs.chromium.org/search/?q=licence&m=100&sq=package:chromium
Detection:TR/Egguard.Gen (Cloud)
Source:\chrome-win32\chrome_elf.dll
I'm using (thanks!) Nik's 52.0.2743.82 (394939) stable build (No sync, No WebRTC, No Widevine) and some chrome's internal pages (chrome://memory-redirect, chrome://memory, etc) don't work anymore: Is it only my problem? Thanksssssssss!
Anyway, thanks nik
There are most Dev versions and all are 'No sync, No WebRTC, No Widevine' except '..dev_nik_sync'.
Good luck.
1. CentBrowser code and privacy policy
Closed-source. No privacy policy about their OWN browser. No wikipedia page.
So, who do this browser? and which privacy policy? The Google Chrome privacy policy - https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/ - focuses ONLY on Google Chrome, not CentBrowser or other Chromium-like browsers. CentBrowser is being closed-source, I do not trust in their privacy policy. And browser user agent is the same as Google Chrome.
2. CentBrowser update
Browser is up-to-date today. Good point... but until when?
https://www.centbrowser.com/history.html
3. CentBrowser settings
Sure, its settings are very interesting. Mouse gesture, Tab options, Privacy....
4. CentBrowser official website
- I see it is an amateur site.
- Site should be nicer → A web browser is in the technology domain ;)
- Site stores Chrome third-party addons → Not legal and secure!
- Official contact is a simple Gmail mailbox → Not really serious!
- The chrome://contributors/ page displays more media reviews than contributors.
Use it at your own risk! ;)
My site archives ^^
- https://archive.is/www.centbrowser.com
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.centbrowser.com
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160810112532/https://www.centbrowser.com/appcenter.html
Wasn't able to find a Super Drag extension that does the same thing a centbrowser/CoolNovo was capable of...
I got a old win32 version of chrome in c:\program files(x86)\win32-chrome\chrome.exe
for which I got a shortcut on taskbar with some convenient commandline parameter.
I tried all the versions provided : chrlauncher (you really should explain what is it and where it is supposed to be installed) no luck,
installer : no result (no message when launched on commandline).
Eventually copying the archive in the existing directory seemed to do the trick.
But when I launch it, the url bar produce no result (stalled).
I killed the process and relaunched it and now and now it (kinda) work.
Even if now I got 2 chromium instances listed when I need to choose a default program for opening *.html
So I appreciate your effort but I think the chromium installation process is still a terrible mess and definitely not for newbie
and it's a pity
only 52.0.2743.116 by NIK work fine
can i use pepperflash plugin without chrome command line and adobe installer, somethings in flags maybe can help?
@Andy: i check it, and for me even official chrome canary has this problem. But if you open embeded video, it work. Something in parsing component with chunked video