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Thorium Browser

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Product
Thorium is a Chromium fork intended to behave like Google Chrome, with its own patches and enhancements.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Build optimization
Builds use compiler optimizations including LTO, PGO, LLVM loop optimizations, and SIMD-specific variants.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
CPU builds
Linux releases offer SSE3, SSE4, AVX, and AVX2 variants for different CPUs.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Download platforms
The official site links to builds for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, Raspberry Pi, and Windows on ARM.Read 12 Oct 2026 · thorium.rocks
Image format
JPEG XL support is restored and enabled by default.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Linux updates
The site provides a .deb package repository and installation instructions using apt.Read 12 Oct 2026 · thorium.rocks
Maintainer location
The maintainer says he lives in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, U.S.Read 12 Oct 2026 · thorium.rocks
Media support
The project lists Widevine, all codecs, and HEVC/H.265 support on Linux and Windows.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Open source
The GitHub repository identifies Thorium as public source code under the BSD-3-Clause license.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Performance
The project site reports an 8–38% performance improvement over vanilla Chromium depending on benchmark and operating system.Read 12 Oct 2026 · thorium.rocks
Privacy features
Thorium enables Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control by default and disables FLoC and Privacy Sandbox.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Search integrations
The project lists DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Ecosia, Ask.com, and Yandex among its included search engines.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Security reporting
The security policy directs Chromium vulnerabilities upstream and asks users to report Thorium vulnerabilities through GitHub issues, with major or zero-day issues emailed to the maintainer.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Support and community
The project links to a subreddit for Thorium and Chromium discussion and provides a GitHub repository for issues.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Thorium Browser Free Chromium browser builds for supported platforms; Linux package repository supports distributions using .deb packaging Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

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