[](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/actions/workflows/build_cromite.yaml) # Cromite (a Bromite fork) - Take back your browser
Cromite is a [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/Home) fork based on [Bromite](https://github.com/bromite/bromite) with built-in support for ad blocking and an eye for privacy. Cromite is available for Android arm64-v8a, arm32-v7a and x86_64, Nougat and above (Minimum v7.0, API level 24), Windows and Linux 64bit. # Goals Cromite's goal is to - limit the features built into the browser that can be used as a platform for tracking users' habits, and, if it is not technically possible, disable them and leave it up to the user to choose whether to re-enable them - limit the close integration between the browser and its manufacturer - not let the excellent research work done by csagan5 with Bromite be lost In addition, Cromite would like to promote greater integration with other non-profit, open source browsers, encouraging closer collaboration with others, and attempt to integrate them directly into Chromium once they have reached an appropriate level of maturity. # Privacy limitations Cromite's privacy features, including anti-fingerprinting mitigations (which are not comprehensive), **are not to be considered useful for journalists and people living in countries with freedom limitations**, please look at [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/download/) in such cases. Please note that this project is not free of bugs and that changing the behaviour of a browser can be risky and not without problems. # Docs - [Privacy Policy](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/blob/master/docs/PRIVACY_POLICY.md) - [Features](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/blob/master/docs/FEATURES.md) - [How to build](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/blob/master/docs/HOW_TO_BUILD.md) - [Patch list](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/blob/master/docs/PATCHES.md) # Releases All built versions are available as [releases](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases). Cromite is currently built for ARM64, x86 (Android SDK version 23+) and Windows x64. You will automatically receive notifications about new updates (and be able to install them) via the auto updater functionality (enabled by default), see [related wiki page](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/AutomaticUpdates). ### F-droid Official F-droid repo url: https://www.cromite.org/fdroid/repo/?fingerprint=49F37E74DEE483DCA2B991334FB5A0200787430D0B5F9A783DD5F13695E9517B ### Auto-update setup for windows 1. Download https://github.com/henrypp/chrlauncher/releases 2. Create a `chrlauncher.ini` ``` [chrlauncher] # Custom Chromium update URL (string): ChromiumUpdateUrl=https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases/latest/download/updateurl.txt # Command line for Chromium (string): # note --user-data-dir= works better if path is absolute # See here: http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ ChromiumCommandLine=--user-data-dir="C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Chromium\User Data" --no-default-browser-check # to enable full logging in c:\temp\log.txt (daily rotate, no automatic deletion) # ChromiumCommandLine=--enable-logging --v=0 --log-file=C:\temp\log.txt --user-data-dir=".\User Data" --no-default-browser-check # Chromium executable file name (string): ChromiumBinary=chrome.exe # Chromium binaries directory (string): # Relative (to chrlauncher directory) or full path (env. variables supported). ChromiumDirectory=.\bin ``` To prevent deletion by Microsoft Defender each time the browser is updated, check the `user-data-dir` folder by modifying it accordingly. ### Enable network process sandbox in windows I don't include any setups because I don't like the experience of not knowing what they do, so you must manually run this command on first installation: ``` cd icacls . /grant "*S-1-15-2-2:(OI)(CI)(RX)" ``` see https://github.com/uazo/bromite-buildtools/issues/51 ### Enable AppContainer for renderer process in windows you can activate the 'RendererAppContainer' flag from the command line with ``` --enable-features=RendererAppContainer ``` ### Auto-update setup for linux working in progress in https://github.com/uazo/cromite/issues/771 # Contributing Please submit issues following the issue template; beware that GitHub does not display the templates from mobile. Patches are welcome and accepted if they match the project goals. If you want to help me, [here](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/blob/master/docs/HELP_ME_PLEASE.md) is the list of things I would need. For any usage or development discussion please use GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/uazo/cromite/discussions # Credits * [Chromium project](https://www.chromium.org/Home) and developers * [Bromite](https://github.com/bromite/bromite) * [Iridium project](https://github.com/iridium-browser) for some patches * [ungoogled-chromium](https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium) for some patches * [ungoogled-chromium-android](https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-android) for some patches * [GrapheneOS](https://github.com/GrapheneOS) for some security patches * [Inox patchset](https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset) for some patches (via ungoogled-chromium) * [Brave Browser](https://github.com/brave/brave-core) for some patches # License Cromite is published under [GNU GPL v3](./LICENSE). The patches published as part of the Bromite project are released under GNU GPL v3 only. Cromite specific patches are under the GNU GPL-2+ licence. Each individual patch contains specific information on the licence used.