Zen Browser

Experience tranquillity while browsing the web without people tracking you!

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Compatibility

Zen is currently built using firefox version 131.0!

• Check out the latest release notes!

Performance

Zen is built with performance in mind, and we have optimized the browser to be as fast as possible!

• Checkout the latest performance benchmarks!

Installation

Supported Operating Systems

Zen is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. You can download the latest version from the official website at zen-browser.app, or from the GitHub Releases page.

Windows

Winget

• Generic

winget install --id Zen-Team.Zen-Browser

• Optimized

winget install --id Zen-Team.Zen-Browser.Optimized

macOS

• Requires macOS 10.15 or later
• Available for ARM and Intel architectures

You can also install Zen using Homebrew:

brew install --cask zen-browser

Linux

AppImage

• zsync is required for the Update feature of the script below

bash <(curl https://updates.zen-browser.app/appimage.sh)

Flatpak

flatpak install flathub io.github.zen_browser.zen

To upgrade the browser to a newer version, use the embedded update functionality in About Zen.

Core Components

Some components used by @zen-browser as an attempt to make firefox forks a better place. You can find them here.

🚀 Run Locally

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop.git --recurse-submodules
cd desktop

Install dependencies

pnpm install

Download and bootstrap the browser

pnpm run init

Copy a language pack

sh scripts/update-en-US-packs.sh

Start building the browser

pnpm run build

Finally, run the browser!

pnpm start

Development

To view changes you've made, run

pnpm build:ui && pnpm start

Special Thanks

• IAmJafeth (For sponsoring the domain)
• Donno 🐒 (For making the logo)
• ptr1337 (AUR Packages and optimization flags)
• nitro (For the amazing work on the browser)

Third Party Code

Zen couldn't be in its current state without the help of these amazing projects!

• Zen's default preferences are based on BetterFox

License

MPL LICENSE

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