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Chromium fork named after radioactive element No. 90. Source code and Linux releases. Windows/MacOS/ARM builds served in different repos, links are towards the top of the README.md.

19 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 8 stories, 11 comments · first 2021-12-06 · latest 2025-03-02

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  1. …https://thorium.rocks/ So far, the only complain is it doesn't support Netflix (usual DRM stuff): https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/issues/523
    comment by anta40 · 2025-03-02 · in What, if anything, should I do about using Mozilla's Firefox
  2. …it's based browsers - can ever be Some progress is made though... Brave: https://brave.com Thorium: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium
    comment by cies · 2024-06-20 · in Ask HN: Is Firefox better than Chrome when it comes to user security?
  3. …the removal. I'm not entirely sure what the thought process was around adding it to begin with [1] https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/commit/26655c920b6a9e4... edit: the commit link is nsfw
    comment by drwl · 2024-05-20 · in Thorium: Cross-platform patched Chromium fork
  4. https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/commit/9947421f1480bd1...
    comment by whalesalad · 2024-05-20 · in Thorium: Cross-platform patched Chromium fork
  5. …developer including... questionable material in their builds[0], and checked into CVS no less. [0]: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/issues/147
    comment by tentacleuno · 2024-02-29 · in DOOM rendered via console.log() in a web browser (2021)
  6. …by Google & both browsers contain various forms of spyware and/or telemetry! ⏎ MOAR:- thorium.rocks ⏎ github.com/Alex313031/Thorium/releases ⏎ On a personal basis I prefer Firefox & Pals over Chromium & FRIENDS!!! ⏎ The last time I was…
    comment by ozymandias1337 · 2024-02-26 · in DOOM rendered via console.log() in a web browser (2021)
  7. …with no way to purge, right? Amiright, ABC.XYZ? Sergey, I thought we were freeeeeeens ? :) heh. 0: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/blob/3759529384a18ae7c... I mean, weird to include it in a GitHub repo, but not evil. The fact that…
    comment by keepamovin · 2024-01-03 · in Thorium – Radioactive Chromium Fork
  8. https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/blob/3759529384a18ae7c...
    comment by vorticalbox · 2024-01-03 · in Thorium – Radioactive Chromium Fork
  9. Project that contains (contained?) porn in the source tree https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/pull/469 and I've heard the maintainer also promotes some quite reprehensible stuff. So I can't support it.
    comment by carreau · 2024-01-03 · in Thorium – Radioactive Chromium Fork
  10. …images the guy hosts on his public github.io page. Furry easter egg removal commit is here: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/commit/9947421f1480bd1... And these are the alleged edits on the github.io page: > the site for thorium at…
    comment by _v7gu · 2023-12-14 · in Don't Use Thorium Browser – If Installed, Remove It
  11. Maybe you could find a start looking at Thorium and its Patches[2] [1]: https://thorium.rocks/ [2]: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/blob/main/infra/PATCHE...
    comment by sandreas · 2023-12-09 · in Ask HN: Any browser developers out there?