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What is Helium?

Helium is a privacy-focused Chromium-based web browser built with a simple philosophy: respect for users first. Based on the excellent ungoogled-chromium project, Helium strips away Google’s bloat and surveillance while delivering a fast, clean browsing experience.

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Core Features

Privacy by Default

No Google services, no tracking, no telemetry. Your browsing data stays yours.

Unbiased Ad-Blocking

Built-in uBlock Origin for powerful, configurable content blocking.

No Bloat

Clean, fast, and focused on what matters—browsing the web.

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Why Choose Helium?

Helium removes all Google services and tracking mechanisms from Chromium. No analytics, no crash reporting, no background connections to Google servers. Your privacy is protected by default, not as an opt-in feature.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, Helium leverages the ungoogled-chromium project to provide a solid, de-Googled foundation. This means you get all the performance and web compatibility of Chromium without the privacy concerns.
All Helium code is open source under GPL-3.0. You can inspect, modify, and contribute to the browser. Platform-specific packaging is also fully open source:
Helium doesn’t come with unnecessary features, bundled services, or promotional content. It’s a browser, not a platform. Clean, simple, and respectful of your system resources.

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Current Version

Helium is built on Chromium 145.0.7632.116, ensuring modern web standards support and security updates.
Helium is currently in beta. While we work hard to ensure stability, unexpected issues may occur. We are not responsible for any damage caused by usage of beta software.

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Get Involved

Helium is built by the community, for the community. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or enthusiastic user, there are many ways to contribute:
  • Report bugs and suggest features on GitHub Issues
  • Contribute code to the main repo or platform-specific repos
  • Help improve this documentation
  • Spread the word about privacy-respecting software

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