Ungoogled Chromium for Android

[HarborFront]

A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency

Note: this is an Android build. It is currently experimental.

ungoogled-chromium is Google Chromium, sans dependency on Google web services. It also features some tweaks to enhance privacy, control, and transparency (almost all of which require manual activation or enabling).

ungoogled-chromium retains the default Chromium experience as closely as possible. Unlike other Chromium forks that have their own visions of a web browser, ungoogled-chromium is essentially a drop-in replacement for Chromium.

Download from below

GitHub - wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android: Android build for ungoogled-chromium

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. Contribute to wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Note :- No support for extensions yet

 

[upnorth]

Bookmarked. Thanks @HarborFront

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Paradoxal...

As if you remove all tracking devices on you while a spying satellite is following you...

 

[Gangelo]

So... on a phone that everything sends telemetry for location and advertising profiling, people spend so much time to un-google the chrome browser..
First of all, it is a waste of coding, most other apps, especially the google ones continue to send telemetry.
Instead of de-googling chrome, one can simply disable the app and use another browser of their choice on their android phones.

 

[HarborFront]

So... on a phone that everything sends telemetry for location and advertising profiling, people spend so much time to un-google the chrome browser..
First of all, it is a waste of coding, most other apps, especially the google ones continue to send telemetry.
Instead of de-googling chrome, one can simply disable the app and use another browser of their choice on their android phones.

If you use

iOS will connect to Apple
Firefox will connect to Mozilla
Opera likely will connect to the Chinese
Yandex browser is Russian
Linux browsers are good but apps are very less
Bromite, Kiwi and other chromium-based browsers are not ungoogled

So which browser do you want?

 

[jetman]

Would the Brave browser also provide an un-googled version of Chromium ?
I know its available on iOS, I haven't checked for Android.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

Paradoxal...

As if you remove all tracking devices on you while a spying satellite is following you...

This is why I prefer to dig up my own silicon for my own hardware for maximum privacy.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

So which browser do you want?

Total blackout causing solar flare

 

[Gangelo]

If you use

iOS will connect to Apple
Firefox will connect to Mozilla
Opera likely will connect to the Chinese
Yandex browser is Russian
Linux browsers are good but apps are very less
Bromite, Kiwi and other chromium-based browsers are not ungoogled

So which browser do you want?

My point is that de-googling chrome on a google created operating system with google services is pointless.

 

[HarborFront]

Would the Brave browser also provide an un-googled version of Chromium ?
I know its available on iOS, I haven't checked for Android.

If you look at

Deviations from Chromium (features we disable or remove)

Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. - brave/brave-browser

github.com

It is mentioned it needs Google services if you install extensions and one or two services not proxied yet. So if brave browser supports extension for its Android version then it'll also need Google services

 

[oldschool]

Would the Brave browser also provide an un-googled version of Chromium ?

Yes, it does. And it's quite fast, with some nice features and a couple of glitches here and there (which aren't deal-breakers for me). I use it on Windows and Android.

Edit: Brave for Android doesn't allow extensions.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Paradoxal...

As if you remove all tracking devices on you while a spying satellite is following you...

Disable GPS permission

 

[SeriousHoax]

There's already a better solution named Bromite based on ungoogled chromium with adblocking, DoH etc: Bromite

 

[HarborFront]

FI, the developer of Ungoogled Chromium for android is hardworking to incorporate the extension capability into his build. The Kiwi browser developer is also offering his help

Allow to install Chrome extensions · Issue #8 · wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android

Please make it possible to install Chrome extensions in Ungoogled Chromium for Android. Another Chromium/Chrome-based browser, Kiwi, was also able to achieve this.

github.com

Can't wait for it and others like Brave and Bromite to be released too.

 

[HarborFront]

Ungoogled Chromium for android with extension support to be released in 1 to 2 days time. Developer is fixing some last minute minor bugs. Go to the bottom of link and read his comment

Allow to install Chrome extensions · Issue #8 · wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android

Please make it possible to install Chrome extensions in Ungoogled Chromium for Android. Another Chromium/Chrome-based browser, Kiwi, was also able to achieve this.

github.com

 

[HarborFront]

v83.0.4103.61-1

• Add extension-support version
  • This version is highly experimental and is not intended for daily usage yet! See README#Extensions
  • Extension removal is not implemented yet
  • The package will have a name org.ungoogled.chromium.extensions
• Resolve #20, #23
• Partially resolve #19, #21

wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. Contribute to wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

To install extensions follow instructions here

GitHub - wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android: Android build for ungoogled-chromium

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. Contribute to wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Download here

Releases · wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. Contribute to wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

EDIT :- Tried loading a few extensions on my android phone but gives the below error message. Note that I have no issue loading unpacked extensions into my desktop Ungoogled Chromium

'Manifest file is missing or unreadable. Could not load manifest'

I think I'll just hold off for another few releases

Another problem reported at website now

extension loading problem · Issue #27 · wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android

Device: [pixel 2 xl] OS: [stock android 10] Arch: [e.g. arm64] Variant: [extension chrome arm] Version: [83.........] Can the bug be reproduced with corresponding Chromium version? No Describe the ...

github.com

I'm experiencing the 2 different problems above depending on the phone I'm using

 

[HarborFront]

v83.0.4103.97-1 released

• Extension version:
  • Add direct install through url

Get it here

Releases · wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. Contribute to wchen342/ungoogled-chromium-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[HarborFront]

v83.0.4103.106-1 released

Changelog

• Extension version:
  • Fix a bug preventing non Android 10 phones from installing extensions from url
• Website for ungoogled-chromium-android is now online at https://uc.droidware.info.

ungoogled-chromium-android

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. https://uc.droidware.info

git.droidware.info

Download here

Ungoogled-Chromium-Android

Ungoogled-Chromium-Android is the Android version of Ungoogle-Chromium. A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency.

uc.droidware.info

 

[HarborFront]

v83.0.4103.116-1 released

Changelog

• Add update notification (resolve #22). Note: this is disabled by default since it will ping my server at uc.droidware.info. To enable, change #enable-inline-update-flow to Enabled.
• Reverse the removal of flags #enable-process-sharing-with-default-site-instances and #enable-process-sharing-with-strict-site-instances.
• Extension version:
  • chromium-webstore is now bundled with extension version
  • Resolve #45

ungoogled-chromium-android

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. https://uc.droidware.info

git.droidware.info

Download

Ungoogled-Chromium-Android

Ungoogled-Chromium-Android is the Android version of Ungoogle-Chromium. A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency.

uc.droidware.info

 

[HarborFront]

v83.0.4103.116-2 released

Fix bug with update notification keeps sending pings

ungoogled-chromium-android

Android build for ungoogled-chromium. https://uc.droidware.info

git.droidware.info