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Bare Browser is a de-Googled Chromium-based web browser for Android developed as a patch series rather than a fork. Its 99 patches remove Google tracking, telemetry, sign-in prompts, and AI integration while retaining desktop browser extensions, including Manifest V2 extensions such as uBlock Origin, Bitwarden, and Dark Reader.
It adds background video playback, media saving from sites that normally block downloads, optional handoff to an external download manager, custom search-engine management, link handling that keeps supported links in the browser, and Android video behavior including H.264/AAC support and rotation-lock-aware fullscreen. DuckDuckGo is the default search engine, and the project documents two network connections that remain outside the browser's direct control. The repository states that Bare is not affiliated with Google or the Chromium project.
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A de-Googled Chromium browser for Android distributed as a patch series rather than a fork. It keeps Manifest V2 extensions such as uBlock Origin, Bitwarden, and Dark Reader while removing Google callbacks and AI surfaces.
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