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Chromium Web Browser

Chromium is a free and open-source web browser project developed by Google, used to make Google Chrome

Features

Chromium is an open-source web browser project by Google that forms the basis for Google Chrome. While Chrome is based on Chromium, Google also adds a number of proprietary features to Chrome like automatic updates and support for additional video formats. The Chromium source code is also widely used by other parties to create their own browsers, in a similar manner as Google, while others simply build it as-is and release browsers with the Chromium name. Some of the other web browsers based on Chromium are, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi and Brave.

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Platform

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Ratings

Aggregate
4.10 
 5

CNET4.5 
 5
based on professional's opinion
CNET3 
 5
based on 28 reviews
FileHorse7.1 
 10
based on 17 reviews
FileHorse7.62 
 10
based on 13 reviews
G2CROWD4.5 
 5
based on 15 reviews
MacUpdate3.5 
 5
based on 208 reviews
Malavida9 
 10
based on 23 reviews
Malavida9 
 10
based on 7 reviews
Malavida9 
 10
based on 28 reviews
Softonic8 
 10
based on 423 reviews
Softonic9 
 10
based on 31 reviews
Softpedia4.3 
 5
based on 3626 reviews
TechSpot4.2 
 5
based on 225 reviews

Developer

Google LLC, Chromium Authors

Written in

C, C++, JavaScript, Java (Android), Python

Initial Release

02 September 2008


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