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Mac users who want Chrome compatibility and extensions without Google's data collection or interface bloat.

Why it deserves attention

Helium keeps Chromium compatibility while stripping out Google services, ads, trackers, cookie banners, and fingerprinting by default. It is GPL-3.0, has more than 22,000 GitHub stars and ships updates every week, with four layout modes, a frameless view, and its own bangs for quick navigation. The catch is scope: it is primarily a macOS project, so Linux and Windows users depend on community builds.

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