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Zen Browser

Experience tranquillity while browsing the web without people tracking you!

Downloads Crowdin

Flathub

Patreon

ko-fi

Compatibility

Zen is currently built using firefox version 131.0.2!

Contribution

Zen is an open-source project, and we welcome contributions from the community!

Performance

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

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

CachyOS

Generic
sudo pacman -S zen-browser-bin
Optimized
sudo pacman -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. 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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