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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

Mentions per year 19 mentions · busiest year 2024 (10)
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  1. ▲ 45
    Thorium: Cross-platform patched Chromium fork
    story by nateb2022 · 2024-05-20 · 46 comments
  2. ▲ 18
    Thorium – Radioactive Chromium Fork
    story by keepamovin · 2024-01-03 · 26 comments
  3. ▲ 2
    Is Thorium Browser Dead?
    story by tentacleuno · 2023-12-15 · 0 comments
  4. ▲ 4
    Removal of Offensive Image from Thorium Browser
    story by tentacleuno · 2023-12-15 · 0 comments
  5. ▲ 14
    Thorium – The Fastest Browser on Earth
    story by sandreas · 2023-10-17 · 2 comments
  6. ▲ 21
    Thorium is the first browser with HEVC and AC3 support even in a mkv container
    story by midzer · 2023-06-24 · 8 comments
  7. ▲ 4
    Thorium is first Chromium based browser to restore JPEG XL functionality
    story by midzer · 2023-03-08 · 0 comments
  8. ▲ 3
    Thorium – Chromium fork with focus on performance for newer CPUs with AVX
    story by midzer · 2021-12-06 · 0 comments