Flow Browser

A modern, tabbed web browser with Chrome extension support—built on Electron.

Overview

Flow Browser is a lightweight, feature-rich web browser that combines the power of Chromium with a clean, modern interface. Built on Electron, it offers full support for Chrome extensions, making it a versatile alternative to mainstream browsers.

Install

Choose the file you need and download from GitHub Releases.

Screenshots

Features

• Profiles: Multiple profiles support, allowing you to use different settings and extensions for each profile.
• Spaces: Multiple spaces support, allowing you to organize your tabs into different spaces.
• Sidebar: A sidebar that allows you to quickly access your bookmarks, history, and settings.
• Command Palette: A command palette that allows you to search the web or quickly open a new tab, bookmark, or history.
• Good Security: Asks before opening external applications.
• Simple Onboarding: A simple onboarding process that allows you to quickly get started.
• Wide Customization: Custom icons, new page mode, and more.
• Offline Games: A collection of offline games to play when you have nothing to do. (flow://games)
• Extensions: Allow you to install chrome extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
• Persist Tabs: Allow you to persist tabs between restarts.
• Native Adblocker: A native adblocker that blocks ads and trackers.
• Sleep Tabs: Allow you to put tabs to sleep to save resources.
• Widevine Support: Allow you to watch DRM protected content.

Upcoming Features

• Reorder Tabs: Allow you to reorder tabs.
• Topbar: Allow you to customise between a topbar or sidebar.
• Downloads: Allow you to download files from the web.
• Favourites: Allow you to add websites to your favourites.
• Pinned Tabs: Allow you to pin tabs in spaces.
• Custom Search Engines: Allow you to add custom search engines.
• Preview Tabs: Allow you to preview tabs before switching to them.

Feedback / Feature Requests / Bugs

https://flowbrowser.userjot.com/

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0) - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

Some parts of Flow Browser are based on electron-browser-shell by Sam Maddock, with enhancements and modifications.

Design inspired by Arc Browser and Zen Browser, which has a minimalistic design that is clean and simple.

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