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Chromium with defined Google API keys. So Google services (Chrome Sync...) work. You will be able to log in with your Google account and synchronize your data.
• Info: #google-api-keyswidevinewidevine
Chromium compiled with the enabled Widevine support. After install of this plugin by yourself (because this is not an open-source software), Chromium will be able to play DRM content (on Netflix, for example).
• Info: #widevineall-codecs+all-codecs+
Chromium compiled with open-source audio/video codecs + AAC + H.264 + H.265
• Info: #html5-audio-video
• Test: https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/win64win64
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Chromium for a computer (higher than the year 2016) having a processor with the support of AVX512 instructions.
• Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions#AVX-512
• Free tools to show this info: CPU-Z, HWiNFO, Speccy...modifiedmodified
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Chromium compiled with the enabled Widevine support. After install of this plugin by yourself (because this is not an open-source software), Chromium will be able to play DRM content (on Netflix, for example).
• Info: #widevineall-codecs+all-codecs+
Chromium compiled with open-source audio/video codecs + AAC + H.264 + H.265
• Info: #html5-audio-video
• Test: https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/win64win64
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Chromium for a computer (higher than the year 2011) having a processor with the support of AVX instructions.
• Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions
• Free tools to show this info: CPU-Z, HWiNFO, Speccy...modifiedmodified
Features compiler optimizations via build configuration modifications.widevinewidevine
Chromium compiled with the enabled Widevine support. After install of this plugin by yourself (because this is not an open-source software), Chromium will be able to play DRM content (on Netflix, for example).
• Info: #widevineall-codecs+all-codecs+
Chromium compiled with open-source audio/video codecs + AAC + H.264 + H.265
• Info: #html5-audio-video
• Test: https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/win64win64
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This is the last Chromium release
• Info: #comment-9192 (This link will open all comments)syncsync
Chromium with defined Google API keys. So Google services (Chrome Sync...) work. You will be able to log in with your Google account and synchronize your data.
• Info: #google-api-keyswidevinewidevine
Chromium compiled with the enabled Widevine support. After install of this plugin by yourself (because this is not an open-source software), Chromium will be able to play DRM content (on Netflix, for example).
• Info: #widevineall-codecs+all-codecs+
Chromium compiled with open-source audio/video codecs + AAC + H.264 + H.265
• Info: #html5-audio-video
• Test: https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/win32win32
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Chromium for a computer (higher than the year 2013) having a processor with the support of AVX2 instructions.
• Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions#CPUs_with_AVX2
• Free tools to show this info: CPU-Z, HWiNFO, Speccy...modifiedmodified
Features compiler optimizations via build configuration modifications.widevinewidevine
Chromium compiled with the enabled Widevine support. After install of this plugin by yourself (because this is not an open-source software), Chromium will be able to play DRM content (on Netflix, for example).
• Info: #widevineall-codecs+all-codecs+
Chromium compiled with open-source audio/video codecs + AAC + H.264 + H.265
• Info: #html5-audio-video
• Test: https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/linuxlinux
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Chromium for a computer (higher than the year 2011) having a processor with the support of AVX instructions.
• Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions
• Free tools to show this info: CPU-Z, HWiNFO, Speccy...modifiedmodified
Features compiler optimizations via build configuration modifications.widevinewidevine
Chromium compiled with the enabled Widevine support. After install of this plugin by yourself (because this is not an open-source software), Chromium will be able to play DRM content (on Netflix, for example).
• Info: #widevineall-codecs+all-codecs+
Chromium compiled with open-source audio/video codecs + AAC + H.264 + H.265
• Info: #html5-audio-video
• Test: https://tools.woolyss.com/html5-audio-video-tester/linuxlinux
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Archive Obviously, you know this site is not the
Chromium official website. As a regular user (not an expert), I created it in 2013 because there was no easy way to download good and stable releases of Chromium, on Windows. I try to keep it as
safe and
fast as possible! ;) This is absolutely a non-profit site. Please, read the
privacy policy.
In short:
- Since the beginning of the Chromium project until today, there is no binary of stable Chromium shared by the official team.
- The official website is development oriented. Users are invited to download Google Chrome.
- The official download page gives to users only ZIP archives of development builds (also known as "snapshot", "nightly", "vanilla" or "raw" builds) which can be very unstable. Users are invited to download Google's Chrome Canary.
- This site gives to users a choice of builds: development (also on its simplest download page), stable and portable builds.
All downloads are only from
reliable sources:
Chromium exists since
2008. It is the free and open-source project (
#features) behind the famous
Google Chrome browser. There are
many advantages for an enterprise to work on an open-source project. Intrinsically,
Chromium is a Google project maintained by many
authors (developers, engineers, graphic designers, security researchers...) from Google, Adobe, Amazon, ARM, Brave, Cloudflare, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Igalia, Intel, Logitech, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nvidia, Opera, Samsung, Vivaldi, Xiaomi, Yandex... and external contributors (
Official graph).
Chromium is not only a web browser. It is a blend of different important open-source projects:
- ANGLE (Graphics engine abstraction layer)
- Blink (Rendering/layout engine)
- Native Client (Sandbox for running native code)
- PDFium (PDF generation and rendering library)
- Sandbox (Security mechanism for separating running programs)
- Skia (Graphics library)
- V8 (JavaScript engine)
- and others...
One or more projects are used in
Chromium browser (obviously!) and other software/service like Google Chrome, Googlebot Evergreen, Bingbot Evergreen, Mozilla Firefox (ANGLE, Skia), Opera, Vivaldi,
Microsoft Edge (Search "chromium" at
Microsoft Third Party Disclosures. Official
PDF presentation), Adobe Acrobat, Android WebView, Discord, Bitwarden, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Minecraft, Signal, Skype, Slack, Spotify, Steam, TeamViewer, Trend Micro, Twitch, Unity3D, Unreal Engine, WhatsApp,
Electron,
CEF,
QtWebEngine...
Chromium is not fully designed by Google! However, as a primary investor, Google gives a consistent guidance and provides all free tools and services related to this project.
Officially, Chromium does not have a stable release. The official developers (aka The Chromium Authors) do not release it to end users. So it is continually in development. Google Chrome is the stable release... but is not open-source.
Chromium is the project then Google Chrome is the product.
In fact,
Chromium has a stable version! ^^
Chromium being open-source (
#source-code), anybody can compile it. It is
reproductible. You should be a developer to do this. Just get the
current stable version (149.0.7827.155) from the official Git repository and compile it!
For example, the current stable
version on
#linux is
149.
0.
7827.
155. In this version, there are 155 patches which correct many issues (bugs, feature requests, enhancements...).
All
stable versions of Chromium on
#windows,
#mac,
#linux... are always
made by third-party developers.
The
stable version of Chromium is compiled by:
The development builds (also known as "snapshot", "nightly", "vanilla" or "raw" builds) are built automatically several times a day by the Chromium Buildbot (
buildbot console) and made available as binary code releases.
Snapshot
Once a snapshot has been built, it is placed in the
chromium-browser-snapshots root directory of
Google Cloud Storage and is
automatically tested. This build is really just development tool for checking whether issues are fixed in the latest Chromium code. It can be buggy and unstable. They are downloadable on the
official site, my
alternative webpage and this site (Check
The Chromium Authors tag).
LKGR
If that snapshot build successfully passes the automated tests, it is considered as a good build (known as LKGR meaning "Last Known Good Revision") and can become potentially a stable build. For info, LKGR builds were stored in the
chromium-browser-continuous root directory until Friday, 18 Mar 2016. The Chromium team has removed few LKGR builders (
407399,
576253 and
chromium-dev) but other ones still work (
latest commit). Finally, there is no LKGR binary shared by the Chromium team... but any developer can re-compile it! ^^
Stable
A stable build is a development build tested by the Buildbot then improved by the Chromium team and all contributors.
Note this website and the Chromium builds are made and shared by volunteers (devoted developers), freely, in their spare time. There is absolutely no business, no revenue (
Privacy policy). We are neither Google nor a corporation. So please, respect our work. Officially, the
#stable-chromium-version does not exist at all. We need time to re-compile Chromium. If you cannot wait for the latest version, prefer to use a development version (
download page) or compile Chromium yourself (
#source-code) or use other
#browsers.
Jerry (admin)
Chromium vs Google Chrome.
Chromium browser has:
- only an open #source-code
- different licences:
- mainly open-source licenses (BSD license, MIT license, LGPL, MS-PL and MPL+GPL+LGPL tri-licensed)
- 1 proprietary licence (but for available source code: UnRAR),
- few unlicensed files.
It is a FOSS project. A full list of software developed by third-parties is viewable within the browser at chrome://credits (similar to this online page) - a trademark according to Google (Search "Chromium™" at Trademarks list)
- a blue-colored logo (Search "Chromium" at Logos list)
- the similar system requirements as Google Chrome
- the similar user interface and settings as Google Chrome
- the similar sandbox as Google Chrome
- the similar support for extensions and themes as Google Chrome
- the similar user agent as Google Chrome
- the similar experiments Field Trials (Finch) (viewable as a list in "Variations" at chrome://version) as Google Chrome (and similar as Mozilla Firefox studies and as Microsoft Edge's ECS)
- the built-in Chrome PDF Viewer (known as PDFium), on Windows
- the built-in Chromoting Viewer (To use it, you need to first install the Chrome Remote Desktop extension)
- the built-in Google Native Client
- the built-in Print preview and print system
- no stable version offered by the official team (aka The Chromium Authors)
- no digital signature
- no auto-update system (Solution: Use #updaters • On #linux, use the integrated software/package manager, even a PPA)
- no Google API keys (Solution: Check #google-api-keys)
- no built-in Flash player (Solution: Check #flash)
- no unwanted software protection (known as Chrome Cleanup and "software_reporter_tool.exe"), on Windows
- no support of proprietary codecs (AAC, H.264/MP4) (Solution: Check #html5-audio-video)
- no user RLZ identifier
- no user metrics (usage statistics) (opt-in option)
- no crash report (opt-in option)
- More details on the official site, focused on Linux.
Why I used the "similar" word, here?
I cannot certify that it is "same/identical" as Google Chome because Chrome is a closed-source software.
Some developers maintain
#chromium-forks that offer more features and enhancements. Thanks a lot for developers! ;)
Chromium has "Secure Preferences" feature which protect user data against
#malware. On Windows, macOS and Linux, the user profile is encrypted based on the machine
SID (For info, you can change the SID on Linux). So
extensions, certificates and passwords are not portable. It works for Chromium and all
#chromium-forks like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, ungoogled-chromium...
(except Cent Browser which is closed-source and therefore can be easily corrupted) Info relative to this feature:
By default, few Google services (Chrome Sync...) are not available on Chromium. They are
reserved for Google Chrome users. For example, the Chrome Sync capability in Chromium based browsers allows you to login to Google’s Sync cloud servers and save your passwords, browsing history and bookmarks/favorites to your personal encrypted cloud vault inside Google’s infrastructure. Extremely convenient for people who access the Internet using multiple devices.
To use these Google services,
Chromium needs
Google API keys.
Chromium can display a top message if the Google API keys are needed for Google services
(screenshot):
Google API keys are missing. Some functionality of Chromium will be disabled. Learn MoreWidevine is a closed-source Google plugin to play
DRM content (= protected audio/video files) for web browsers. Companies including Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Hulu, Netflix, Spotify and Disney+ use Widevine to manage the distribution of premium content.
Chromium does not support Widevine natively. Note that Chromium developers and most of Chromium users do not use this Google plugin at all. We do not bundle/share it. Other people tried to obtain a
licence from Google for an open-source project and finally did not get it (Archive: 1).
On this website, the
widevine support is enabled on the
stable versions. (These versions are compiled with the GN argument:
enable_widevine = true). So you need to install the Widevine
CDM plugin yourself to play DRM content.
In Chromium and Google Chrome, you can check the Widevine support at
chrome://components → "Widevine Content Decryption Module" → The number must be different than 0.0.0.0
(screenshot) Websites to freely test Widevine:
Flash is a deprecated multimedia software platform.
Adobe retired Flash on January 1, 2021, on all plateforms.
Roadmap for Chromium.
Roadmap for Firefox.
- Since 2021, the Flash PPAPI plugin (aka PepperFlash) plugin is discontinued. For info, PepperFlash is secure because it works in a sandbox. In short, it executes in its own process, separate from the browser's rendering engine.
- Since 2015, the Flash #npapi plugin is discontinued.
NPAPI is a deprecated
API that allows browser extensions to be developed. Chromium 45.0.2416.0 (331982) is the last version which still has
NPAPI plugin support enabled via
chrome://flags or group policy registry.
(source • NPAPI deprecation) To access to all internal pages, use
chrome://about. Copy and paste this special URL directly into the address bar (omnibox). Obviously, this special URL works only in
Chromium and Google Chrome. Note: About configuration settings, there is nothing similar to
Firefox's
about:config in Chromium.
Few internal pages:
To use keyboard shortcuts (on Windows, Mac and Linux), check this full
list of official shortcuts... and
this one if you are developer. Most of the shortcuts are similar to
IE,
Firefox or any other browser.
There are command-line flags (or "switches") that
Chromium accept in order to enable particular features or modify otherwise default functionality. Note flags often contain experimental or obsolete code, so they tend not to stick around for long.
About your profile (history, bookmarks...), it is important to know
where is stored your user data.
Before all, check the official
guide for developers.
Official links to easily get or see the full
Chromium source code:
Interesting info:
Never update your browser with a very old version. It even does not start.
To downgrade Chromium installed with the
Installer (.exe):
- Open Chromium and check its actual version at chrome://version
- Close Chromium.
- Uninstall Chromium WITHOUT to delete your #user-data-directory. It is an option of its uninstaller. (screenshot)
- Get the Installer (.exe) of an older version (from the → download/ page or Snapshots repository about "official" builds)
- Execute it to install Chromium.
- Open Chromium and check the new installed version at chrome://version
You have encountered a browser crash or issue :/
Few ways to help you:
Also you can use
#command-line-flags: --disable-gpu, --disable-accelerated-video-decode...
To test performances of the browser, do differents
benchmarks.
Except as otherwise noted, for the result,
a higher number is better.
Free websites without registration:
- ARES-6 (Various tests using the newest web standards and features)
- Basemark (Various tests using the newest web standards and features)
- JetStream (JavaScript benchmark developed by Apple)
- Kraken (JavaScript benchmark developed by Mozilla • Result: A lower number is better)
- MotionMark (Graphics benchmark developed by the WebKit team)
- Octane (JavaScript benchmark developed by Google)
- Speedometer (Performance benchmark that repeats the same actions using DOM APIs)
- WebXPRT (HTML5 and JavaScript test developed by benchmark maker Principled Technologies)
This is a free and simple
API for developers to update
Chromium to the latest good build via a bash (shell) script, a browser extension... Read my
#notes. Please, do not use this API to build other websites. To prevent abuse, the site can audit each API request.
Except the Wikipedia's Chromium page, these links are official and point only to the Google sites.
Focused on
Chromium:
Focused on Google Chrome:
In simple words, a
fork of Chromium means Chromium engine is used to create another web browser.
Proprietary browsers:
(developed by official contributors of the Chromium #project) I do not recommend:
Why not recommended?
Because all of these browsers are closed-source, outdated, based on
Chromium like Google Chrome... and most of the features they remove don't even exist in Chromium, in the first place. Control your personal info and
#privacy yourself ^^
Colin (
InsanityBit) explains this very well at "SRWare Iron Browser – A private alternative to Chrome?"
(2012 • Archives: 1, 2) Note if a new browser with "better privacy" than Google Chrome is based on
Chromium and is fully open-source, it should be ok for me. But... Google is famous. Its
privacy policy and marketing strategy are well known. So you have to ask you some questions. Do you trust in an unknown team more than Google? Is an outdated Chromium fork?
Few free and open-source Chromium-based browsers:
- Brave (Block website trackers and remove intrusive internet advertisements • code differences with Chromium )
- Bromite (Patches for Chromium with adblocking features and enhanced privacy)
- Dooble
- Falkon (Formerly QupZilla)
- Iridium (tarball, git, github, code differences with Chromium • Reviews)
- Kiwi Browser (Browser with extensions support, ads & cryptojacking protection...)
- Otter Browser
- qutebrowser (A minimalist browser)
- Supermium (Compatible with Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8.x, and newer)
- Thorium (Chromium fork with patches for speed, privacy and usability)
- ungoogled-chromium (A set of patches for removing Google integration • 2016 reviews, 2018 reviews, 2020 reviews)
- (Discontinued project since 2016 • Reviews)
- (A set of patches applied on the Arch Linux chromium package • Arch Linux website)
- (Based on a development version • No source code since 2016 - Archive: 1)
For a better privacy protection, use open-source
#browsers like
Chromium,
Firefox. Do not forget: It is open-source does not mean it is secure and respects user privacy. Moreover, security ≠ privacy ≠ anonymity. If your browser is fully "open-source", it means that somebody with the capability can review the
#source-code. It is easier for developers to find malicious code with versioning tools like Git or
SVN. (Ex:
Chromium downloads a Chrome extension as a binary without source code → corrected 7 days after the report). Only an open-source code allows such defense. This is better for secure browsing and user privacy. The
security of Chromium is very solid. While I recommend
ungoogled-chromium,
Bromite and
Firefox (cf.
about:config/user.js settings,
containers system, better
content-filtering, easier way to
stop browser automatic connections, support of a
self-hosted Firefox Sync server) as the most reliable browsers for privacy enthusiasts in a standard web browsing, Chromium is probably a reasonable alternative for everyday web browsing.
My way for a standard web-browsing
(but do as you like ^^):
- Modify your #hosts-file to stop "natively" domains who serve ads, spyware and malware
- Use a VPN with strong encryption for your whole OS or router to bypass many restrictions on Internet. Note you are not anonymous behind a VPN service (cf. Browser fingerprint, Server-side tagging...) (It is better than browser VPN/proxy #extensions)
- Use an up-to-date web browser
- Change few #browser-settings
- Install few #extensions
The reason for updating to the latest version is security. As security threats are found, they are fixed. Using an old version expose user to a number of security holes and privacy issues. Browsers are far more subject to hacking than other software.
Adjust all settings and advanced settings in
chrome://settings:
Modify your
hosts file to prevent your
OS from connecting to domains who serve ads, spyware and malware. This will increase your OS security and save bandwidth.
Note:
By default you are using the DNS servers of your
ISP but you do not have to stick with them. Before to choose one,
compare DNS performance. Free
alternative Internet DNS services for personal use:
Note:
Note: Few
#dns-services and
#extensions exist to protect user privacy on search engines.
Search engines
Search engines index the content of web pages by running an algorithm on a web crawler.Metasearch engine
Metasearch engines use another search engine's data to produce its own results from the Internet. Search engine map. If you are a web developer, develop your own metasearch engine yourself ^^
Note:
Block ads, trackers, scripts and popups
uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Lite- Download: store (Lite version), store, amo
- Alternatives: Privacy Badger, Adblock Plus, AdBlock, Disconnect, Ghostery, Adguard AdBlocker, Fair AdBlocker, Forget Me Not, NoScript
- Info: Add filters to your ad-blocker via FilterLists (an open-source website)
- My advice: By default, block third-party scripts and frames (uBlock Origin medium mode • screenshot). Also, about Adblock Plus or AdBlock, disable "Acceptable Ads" option (screenshot).
Stop link redirection in Google, DuckDuckGo and Yandex search pages
Don't track me GoogleClean URLs to remove tracking elements from URLs
ClearURLsControl the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis
Referer ControlPrevent canvas fingerprint
Canvas Blocker (Fingerprint protect)Emule locally CDN
DecentraleyesPrevent WebRTC IP leak
WebRTC Leak ShieldPrevent CSS Exfil attack
CSS Exfil ProtectionUnblock websites with a browser VPN/proxy
Browsec- Download: store, amo
- Alternatives: anonymoX, HidemanVPN, TunnelloVPN, TouchVPN, Hotspot Shield
- My advice: Prefer to pay for a safe and secure VPN provider protecting your whole OS ; or use a free VPN service without registration. Do not use Hola!, ZenMate or Betternet in their free version. Hola! is a botnet. Betternet shares/sells user data to third-parties. In its free version, ZenMate needs a registration.
Display sites quality
WOT (Web of Trust) Reputable and reliable sites to show or prevent user data tracking:
- Am I Unique (Device fingerprinting)
- AudioContext fingerprint test page
- Browser Leaks (WebRTC IP leak, System fonts, HTML5 Canvas fingerprinting...)
- BrowserSpy (It shows how much information can be retrieved from web browser)
- Browsing experience security check (Secure DNS, DNSSEC, TLS 1.3, Encrypted SNI)
- Device Info (Web browser security/privacy testing)
- VPN & Torrent IP Leak Test (IP, DNS and WebRTC leaks)
- DNS leak test
- EFF Cover Your Track (Device fingerprinting)
- Evercookie (Persistent cookies)
- IP Leak (IP, DNS and WebRTC leaks)
- IP Leak privacy test (IP address, DNS, WebRTC...)
- Permission.site (To test the interaction of web APIs and browser permissions)
- TorZillaPrint (Advanced scripts for Firefox and Tor browsers • Test site, Mirror)
- Toolz (Ad Block Test • Test site)
- Webpage tracking only using CSS (and no JS)
Your antivirus has detected a
malicious software in
Chromium files.
False positive?
You have downloaded Chromium from a
reliable source (
#notes) and maybe also used open-source
#updaters. In this case, it is surely a false positive. The detection is generic (heuristic). There is absolutely no backdoor or other malware inside Chromium. Remember that the full
#source-code is available. You will get a similar result if you compile Chromium yourself.
Note a specific thing about Chromium browser:
- Chromium has no digital signature (unlike Google Chrome). It is not signed because is open source and not "owned" per se by any one particular developer or organization. Moreover, a certificate is not free for developers (Apple Developer Program).
- Antivirus use generic detection and database of malware signatures.
- VirusTotal which aggregates many antivirus is a Google service using its Trusted Source project to limit false positives for software like Google Chrome (because it is digitally signed), not for Chromium.
- So, unsigned Chromium + any antivirus or VirusTotal service = More chance to get an antivirus alert.
False positive reports known for few years ago:
Authentic malware?
Yes. Obviously, it is also possible.
- The common entry methods for Chromium virus are freeware downloads as bundled software (bundleware) and spam e-mails. It means Chromium has been silently installed via another software. Do not forget Chromium is free and open-source. So malware writers use Chromium to push malicious code on to your system. Remove this "fake" or suspicious Chromium web browser (like BeagleBrowser, BoBrowser, BrowserAir, Chedot, eFast Browser, Fusion Browser, Mustang Browser, MyBrowser, Olcinium Browser, Palikan, Qword Browser, Torch, Tortuga Browser...).
- The other way is about a compromised Chromium repository on a reliable source (#notes).
Free tools to scan your system
Anti-malware:
Antivirus:
(Independent tests and distinctions: AV-Test, Virus Bulletin, AV-Comparatives, Gartner) Anti-ransomware:
Free online services to scan your files
(no registration required) If you find an issue:
- Contact your anti-virus or anti-malware support
- Report it on the official Chromium supports. For links, see my #comment-1 below.
To update
Chromium automatically.
As always, never install a closed-source software especially if you have never heard it before!
GitHub and its
Gist service are good places to find good stuff. So, try these free and open-source
Chromium updaters:
- (by Christian Mund • 2022 • Compatible with all releases of this website • Archive: CRX)
- (by Federico Dossena • 2019 • Java)
- (by the FreeSMUG team • 2018 • Chrome Web Store • Archive: ZIP
- (by Andrew Wright • 2018 • Java)
- (by Muhammer Ayes aka Zychopat • 2016 • Batchfile, AutoIt)
- (by Vikrant Chaudhary • 2016 • Java)
- (by Alan Grosskurth • 2016 • Shell)
- (by xinhugo • 2015 • Batchfile)
- (by William Alexander • 2015 • PowerShell)
- (by mozamimy • 2015 • Shell)
- (by Daniel Huhn • 2014 • Javascript)
- (by Mr Gecko • 2014 • App • Source code)
- (by Jackson Tan aka Hallbin • 2014 • Javascript, CSS)
- (by Das Schwert • 2010 • AutoIt)
- (by Curt Micol aka asenchi • 2009 • Python)
Thanks a lot for all developers!
I do not support these tools. Please, contact the developers for thanks, issue, help...
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Please, DO NOT report bugs by a review. Use the official issue tracker or dev topics:
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-discuss/about → Conversations
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-dev/about → Conversations
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/embedder-dev/about → Conversations
Also, I prefer direct links. You are not on Twitter ;)
I recommend reading the Chromium Code of Conduct.
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
Thank you for your attention!