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🌀 Experience tranquillity while browsing the web without people tracking you!

Primary LanguageCSSMozilla Public License 2.0MPL-2.0

Zen Browser

Experience tranquillity while browsing the web without people tracking you!

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Compatibility

Zen is currently built using firefox version 130.0!

Performance

Zen is built with performance in mind, and we have optimized the browser to be as fast as possible!

Installation

MacOS

Homebrew (recommended)

You can install the Zen Browser using Homebrew:

brew tap zen-browser/browser https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop.git
brew install --cask zen-browser

To upgrade the browser to a newer version, you can either use the embedded update functionality in About Zen or use the following commands:

brew update
brew upgrade --greedy zen-browser

Manual installation

As there are issues with the signing process of the .app file, we recommend following this guide.

Core Components

Some components used by @zen-browser as an attempt to make firefox forks a better place. You can find them here.

🚀 Run Locally

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop.git --recurse-submodules
cd desktop

Install dependencies

npm i

Download and bootstrap the browser

npm run init

Start building the browser

npm run build

Finally, run the browser!

npm start

Special Thanks

  • IAmJafeth (For sponsoring the domain)
  • Donno 🐒 (For making the logo)
  • ptr1337 (AUR Packages and optimization flags)
  • nitro (For the amazing work on the browser)

Third Party Code

Zen couldn't be in its current state without the help of these amazing projects!

  • Zen's default preferences are based on BetterFox

License

MPL LICENSE

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