Alex313031/thorium

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.

45 best points · 80 comments · 7 Hacker News posts · 7,627 GitHub stars · View on GitHub

Hacker News discussions

• Thorium: Cross-platform patched Chromium fork (45 points, 46 comments, by nateb2022, 2024-05-20)
• Thorium is the first browser with HEVC and AC3 support even in a mkv container (21 points, 8 comments, by midzer, 2023-06-24)
• Thorium – Radioactive Chromium Fork (18 points, 26 comments, by keepamovin, 2024-01-03)
• Thorium is first Chromium based browser to restore JPEG XL functionality (4 points, 0 comments, by midzer, 2023-03-08)
• Removal of Offensive Image from Thorium Browser (4 points, 0 comments, by tentacleuno, 2023-12-15)
• Thorium – Chromium fork with focus on performance for newer CPUs with AVX (3 points, 0 comments, by midzer, 2021-12-06)
• Is Thorium Browser Dead? (2 points, 0 comments, by tentacleuno, 2023-12-15)