Helium Browser

What Helium is

Helium is a privacy-tuned Chromium fork: blocking, cookie restriction and fingerprinting minimisation are defaults, with a light interface and extension compatibility retained.

What you can do with it

• Browse without third-party ads by default
• Keep third-party cookies blocked
• Use split view for parallel reading
• Jump to sites via bangs
• Keep existing extensions

Who it is for

• Privacy-focused daily browsers
• Users wanting Chromium compatibility minus tracking
• Minimalist browser switchers

What to watch out for

• Strict blocking breaks some sites; per-site exceptions help
• Smaller projects move slower on security patches than giants; check release cadence
• No AI features here despite the category; it is a clean privacy browser
• Verify the fingerprinting claims independently