Crest browser
Shares rank 45 of 53 web browsers by recommenders
Free, open-source Arc-inspired browser for Mac that brings back many of Arc's features and has been a solid experience for some users.
Free, open-source Arc-inspired browser for Mac that brings back many of Arc's features and has been a solid experience for some users.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Brings back many Arc features
“Finally. Most important features that kept me from switching to chrome, brave or any other browser was”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Crest – an Arc-inspired open-source browser for Mac” “aims to bring most of Arc's features back. It still feels a bit immature but it does a lot already.”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “A farewell to Arc browser” “still feels a bit immature but it already implements a lot of the functionality”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “A farewell to Arc browser”
Other web browsers people recommend
The four most recommended other web browsers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | 1,572 | 1,371 | 53% | 12 | 16 yrs125 owners | — |
| Google Chrome | 503 | 1,086 | 32% | 12 | 10 yrs11 owners | — |
| Brave | 397 | 248 | 62% | 12 | 4.9 yrs16 owners | — |
| Safari | 307 | 577 | 35% | 12 | 13 yrs27 owners | — |
| Crest browserThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Looks good. Will try it out later”
“this has been a solid experience”
“still feels a bit immature but it already implements a lot of the functionality”
“aims to bring most of Arc's features back. It still feels a bit immature but it does a lot already.”
“that also cool that you can set webkit as default”
“the crest and design things here seem nice”
“Finally. Most important features that kept me from switching to chrome, brave or any other browser was”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.