Ungoogled Chromium
Hacker ApprovedRanked 19 of 53 web browsers by recommenders
A Chromium build with Google's services removed, recommended for privacy and for keeping uBlock Origin working. Some call it only a temporary fix.
A Chromium build with Google's services removed, recommended for privacy and for keeping uBlock Origin working. Some call it only a temporary fix.
39 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 32
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 11 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 32 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 11 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Keeps uBlock Origin working
“The only way to more or less reliably use uBO is by installing Ungoogled Chromium”
Comment from 30 Nov 2025 in “Open source YouTube Content Blocker based on words” “Ungoogled chromium still supports MV2, and uBlock origin extension works fine.”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “/e/OS is a complete "deGoogled", mobile ecosystem” “works perfectly fine with "extensions that can do real ad blocking"”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo” - Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin”
- Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO”
- Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin”
Removes Google tracking and services
“Ungoogled Chromium doesn't include any tracking by Google”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers” “If you want a clean chrome, use ungoogled-chromium.”
Comment from 6 Feb 2026 in “LinkedIn Is Fingerprinting the Browser Extensions” “it's Chrome without the Google crap”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow” Clean, compatible browser with useful features
“just give you a clean and compatible browser without any frills”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Mozilla's New CEO Confirms Firefox Will Become an "AI Browser"” “a set of great (and per fork different yet handy) features”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features” Stable, with useful memory saver
“I was pleasantly surprised at the tab unloading settings under "memory saver" in ungoogled-chromium.”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “The great memory panic of 2026 – Asymco” “so far it’s been very stable”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Vivaldi 8.0: our biggest design overhaul”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Heavy memory use and crashes
“even on 32 GB of RAM, having another chromium process running meant that all my apps were getting killed left right and centre”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?” “I tried using Degoogled Chromium but it kept crashing.”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Hang on to Your Firefox” Some uBlock Origin versions unsupported
“that doesnt get your ublock orign after this”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers” “ungoogled-chromium simply doesn't support it”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO”
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 | — |
| Ungoogled ChromiumThis page | 32 | 7 | 82% | 11 | — | Approved |
What people said
40 of the 46 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The AppImage seems to run fine on Gentoo”
“Happy Ungoogled Chromium user though”
“they all give me endless captchas”
“ungoogled-chromium is where it's at”
“I tried using Degoogled Chromium but it kept crashing.”
“ungoogled-chromium simply doesn't support it”
“still supports MV3/uBO and is de-Googled”
“I literally had 0 issues with uBOL on Ungoogled Chromium.”
“supports Manifest V2 and UBO”
“I’m also a fan of ungoogled-chromium, those are my two daily browsers.”
“that doesnt get your ublock orign after this”
“it's Chrome without the Google crap”
“as there's already support and they will never remove it”
“B) use Ungoogled Chromium”
“There if I need it as a browser, but otherwise does absolutely nothing else.”
“so far it’s been very stable”
“I find that so distressing that I use ungoogled chromium instead”
“Ungoogled Chromium doesn't include any tracking by Google”
“you could perhaps use Ungoogled Chromium and manually install Ublock Origin”
“has a flag to store old history”
“I was pleasantly surprised at the tab unloading settings under "memory saver" in ungoogled-chromium.”
“Chromium and Firefox are both projects that are open source and readily available.”
“Ungoogled Chromium with UBO sideloaded”
“Ungoogled Chromium plus UBO and settings from git://bitreich.org/privacy-haters, a lot less but not being 100% libre”
“you should seriously consider replacing chrome with ungoogled chromium or other browsers”
“These decisions really are the ones that I'll never regret.”
“There are nice projects, like ungoogled chromium, tor, and many more”
“I had to allow keychain access everytime the browser got upgraded.”
“The only options I found to be reliable are source-level patches”
“in addition to using ungoogled chromium”
“Ungoogled chromium still supports MV2, and uBlock origin extension works fine.”
“which Helium or ungoogled-chromium doesn't have”
“If you want a clean chrome, use ungoogled-chromium.”
“Properly deshittifying browser takes effort, such as Ungoogled Chromium or Pale Moon.”
“a set of great (and per fork different yet handy) features”
“just give you a clean and compatible browser without any frills”
“even on 32 GB of RAM, having another chromium process running meant that all my apps were getting killed left right and centre”
“Ungoogled Chromium and Waterfox are at best a temporary measure”
“works perfectly fine with "extensions that can do real ad blocking"”
“The only way to more or less reliably use uBO is by installing Ungoogled Chromium”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.