It's an Arc-Browser clone WIP which uses Firefox as base. It's everything I would want from a browser.

Pros:

  1. Open Source
  2. UI-First Approach means it's working towards a modern browsing experience like Arc
  3. Firefox as base so all Firefox Extensions like Adnauseum/Ublock work on it
  4. No threat of MV3. Arc has stopped blocking ads for me hence I will no longer be using Chromium at all. Adblocking works like a charm on Zen.
  5. Highly customizable with a very fast development cycle.

Cons:

  1. It's in Alpha so expect Bugs and less features
  2. Still missing some features from Arc like Peek and Command Bar

I would recommend trying out this browser @ https://zen-browser.app/

  • goose [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    I love the Arc UI but hate that it's Yet Another Chromium. As soon as the app signing issues for MacOS are solved, I'm gonna jump on this.

    • jackmarxist [any]
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      3 months ago

      What app signing issues? It's working perfectly by installing it from brew.

      • goose [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        Oh, nice! I'd been trying to install the latest release from the .dmg which results in an error saying the .app is damaged, but brew seems to work perfectly. Thanks for the heads up

          • peeonyou [he/him]
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            3 months ago

            on the privacyguides forum someone mentioned that the signing issue is fixed now