Zen Browser

Experience tranquillity while browsing the web without people tracking you! Zen is a privacy-focused browser that blocks trackers, ads, and other unwanted content while offering the best browsing experience!

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• Release Notes

Compatibility

Zen is currently built using firefox version 131.0.3!

• Check out the latest release notes!

Contribution

Zen is an open-source project, and we welcome contributions from the community! Please take a looka at the contribution guidelines before getting started!

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

Arch-based distributions

Generic

yay -S zen-browser-bin

Optimized

yay -S zen-browser-avx2-bin

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, and for other to enjoy the beauty of OSS. You can find them here.

🚀 Run Locally

In order to download and run zen locally, please follow these instructions.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to... EVERYONE 🎉! Checkout the team and contributors page here

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

Comparison with other browsers

As you can see, chromium based browsers are the most popular browsers, help us change that by starring the project and spreading the word!

License

Zen browser is under the MPL LICENSE.