Chromium vs LXR Cross Referencer
Chromium
chromium.orgLXR Cross Referencer
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| Figure | Chromium | LXR Cross Referencer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Code Search Tools | 8.1 (#5) | 7.6 (#21) |
| Security | Site Isolation uses sandboxed processes to make it harder for untrustworthy websites to access or steal information from other websites. | The feature log says release 2.3 added protection against a vulnerability that allowed arbitrary command execution. |
| Support | The project directs developers who need help to the chromium-dev Google Group or IRC channel and says these are not support channels for Chrome itself. | The project directs users to its forum and trackers to contact developers and report issues. |
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In their own words
Chromium
Chromium is a free, open-source browser project and codebase for developers who build, study, and contribute to it. The project publishes source code, design and architecture documents, testing information, and contribution guidance. It develops the V8 JavaScript engine and Blink rendering engine. Its documented security approach includes sandboxing, Safe Browsing, defense in depth, and safe defaults, with a security team reviewing architecture and helping address bugs. Chromium source code is released under a permissive BSD license, and Google uses the project as the basis for Google Chrome. Build instructions cover Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android; download archives list Mac, Windows, Linux, and ChromiumOS. Builds are supplied on a best-effort basis from arbitrary revisions, may differ from user-facing Chrome releases, do not auto-update, and do not include symbols. Site Isolation can increase memory use and has stated Android limitations.
LXR Cross Referencer
LXR Cross Referencer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.