While some prefer to use the default Microsoft Edge, many use Chrome or Firefox. Apart from these, several other web browsers are available for Windows OS, some with a specifically targeted feature set, that you may want to check out.
Best Alternative Web Browsers for Windows 11/10
Here is the list of some of the best web browsers for Windows 11/10:
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Vivaldi browser
- Colibri
- Iridium
- Pale Moon
- Arc Browser
- Etc.
We list over 50 of them here below in this post.
1] Microsoft Edge is the new default Chromium-based browser on Windows 10 systems.
2] Google Chrome – Google rethought basic assumptions about what a browser should do & stripped it down to its essentials.
3] Firefox – Mozilla Firefox has been the most successful alternative web browser. The browser traces its lineage back to Netscape.
4] Vivaldi browser – It will surely suit power users of the Internet. Not is just awesome for regular browsing, the tools that it provides will make life easier if you are using the browser for studying, researching, marking things, and more.
5] Arc Browser doesn’t prioritize profit over privacy. According to the founders, it doesn’t track users across the web or record their search terms to sell their data to advertisers.
6] Waterfox is made for Windows 64-bit, based on the Mozilla Firefox code and is said to be fast.
17] Pale Moon browser is a stripped-down version of Firefox, which leaves out certain features, to focus on the speed of browsing. It has improved after each update.
8] Colibri is a minimalist Browser without Tabs for Windows PC.
9] Iridium is a Chromium-based browser with strong Privacy features.
10] Maxthon – Maxthon is an IE-based feature-rich secure Browser which gives a great browsing experience.
11] Avant – Avant Browser’s user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, and frequent upgrades have steadily improved its reliability.
12] Lunascape – Lunascape is the world’s first and only triple-engine browser.
13] RockMelt makes it easy to stay in touch with friends, search online, and get updates from your favorite websites.
14] Slim Browser – SlimBrowser is a fast-tabbed multiple-site web browser software. Also, check out feature-rich SlimBoat.
15] Sea Monkey – It is a web browser, with an advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feeds client, IRC chat, and HTML editing made simple; all your Internet needs in one application.
16] Deepnet Explorer – Deepnet Explorer is the world’s first browser with RSS news reader, P2P client integration, and phishing alarm.
17] Tor is an acronym that stands for The Onion Router. While the name suggests it is a router, it is actually a browser. The Tor browser stands for anonymity and privacy on the Internet.
18] Bitty Browser at bitty.com – Bitty Browser helps you keep track of your favorite Web stuff by enabling navigable windows directly within your favorite sites — it’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web.
19] Amaya – Amaya is a Web editor/browser, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment.
20] Midori – Midori is a lightweight web browser.
21] Browse 3D – The Browse3D web browser offers a user a visual advantage making finding and using web information more productive. Using multiple browsing engines is made easier because each web page is represented by an image of that page, not just a generic tab.
22] Sleipnir – Sleipnir is designed to be a highly customizable browser that you can configure to suit your individual needs. With Sleipnir, you can create your ideal browser by changing the design, skin, and visual appearance. You can also add custom functionality to Sleipnir with a wide range of plugins and user scripts. It is a social, stylish, fast, and free alternative Browser for Windows. Based on HTML5 and the engine of Internet Explorer, this browser can just load any web page for you. It also supports the WebKit rendering engine.
23] Browzar is a shell browser for Internet Explorer which lets you browse anonymously without leaving any trace. Being based on Internet Explorer makes it that much more secure. It also offers a Private Search too, but you are free to set any alternative search engine of your choice. It does not support ActiveX downloading and auto-complete too.
24] Jumpto Browser offers parental controls and is good only for preschool kids.
25] Comodo Dragon Internet Browser is based on Chromium technology and offers most of Chrome’s features, but with an additional level of security and privacy.
26] Comodo IceDragon Browser is a new secure browser designed and built on the core features of the Mozilla Firefox browser.
27] SRWare Iron Browser, or simply called Iron, is a browser, based on the Chromium source, offering the same features as Chrome – but without compromising on Privacy.
28] CoolNovo, based on Chromium, is a fast and lightweight browser just like Google Chrome, but with some useful extras. The browser uses a lesser amount of system resources than Chrome.
29] Firefox Light is a slimmed-down version of Firefox.
30] Opera – Opera’s newest Web browser introduces a new technology platform, Opera Unite, allowing you to stream music or share files, photos, and more, right from the browser. Take a look at ou0] Open Neon browser review too.
31] Epic Privacy Browser. The main features of Epic are – Maximum Security, Malicious Website Warnings, Anti-Publishing Protection, Fast Browsing, and Downloads.
32] Citrio is a fast Web Browser with an intelligent Download Manager.
33] UltraSurf is a Proxy-based Privacy Tool for Risk Blogging & Anonymous Reporting.
34] PirateBrowser is a browser base on Firefox bundled with the anonymity tool Tor and is designed to help you browse all the blocked websites.
35] Slimjet is a powerful browser for Windows, Powered by Bling Engine.
36] Coowon is a Chrome-based browser for Online Gamers.
37] Baidu Spark is a free, lightweight, and Chromium-based alternative browser, that comes with amazing features, like built-in media downloader, etc.
38] ShenzBrowser – This is a customized browser for individual use. It is simple yet functional. JonDoFox Browser – Try it for private & secure browsing.
39] xb Browser for Anonymous Browsing – The main advantage compared to other anonymous web browsers is that xB Browser requires no configuration or technical knowledge in order to achieve anonymity. xB Browser is open-source, so you can feel safe knowing what goes into our code. Additionally, it is even portable on a USB stick so you can take it to work, school, or on vacation.
40] Cyberfox is an x64 bit web browser that is compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows SDK & Intel Composer XE 2013, and based on the Firefox code. Development on it has stopped.
41] PhaseOut.net – PhaseOut adds functionality to your current Internet Explorer version. Once you install PhaseOut, your version of Internet Explorer and its settings are not modified or touched.
42] Smart Bro – Smart Bro is a tabbed browser, similar to Internet Explorer, but with many new features, introduced to help you browse the Internet in an easier and more exciting way.
43] WebLock for Kids is a browser; parents can use to avoid their child’s exposure to the dangerous side of the Internet. It can customize your child’s homepage with included artwork, defined colors or images and apply browsing restrictions at the same time.
44] CrazyBrowser.com – It is an easy-to-use fast browser.
45] QupZilla is a lightweight, open-source web for desktop computers. It is based on the WebKit core and Qt Framework. WebKit is a layout engine software designed specifically to allow web browsers to render web pages.
46] Prism – There are two ways to use Prism; as a Firefox extension or a standalone application. Either way, you can easily turn any website into a Prism application.
47] K-Meleon – K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko layout engine.
48] Flock – Flock is a social browser that integrates with web services for blogging, photo sharing, and bookmark sharing. Update: 13th April 2011. Flock has decided to shut down.
49] Kid Rocket – A Kids Web Browser with an Internet Filter, PC Desktop Protection & more.
50] Safari – Safari is an open invitation to innovate & claims to continuously redefine the browser, providing the most enjoyable way to experience the Internet. Update: Safari is no longer supported on Windows. Hence we can no longer recommend it.
51] FlashBrowser is a lightweight and fast web browser that comes with built-in Flash Player.
52] Norton Private Browser is a free web browser with built-in security and privacy features.
Not all may run on Windows 11/10/8/7, so do check the requirements.
This post will interest you if you are looking for Text-only Browsers for slow internet.
Can you use other browsers on Windows 11?
Yes, you can use other browsers on Windows 11. Chrome, Edge, and Firefox are some popular web browsers. Microsoft Edge is a built-in browser in Windows 11/10 computers. It has pretty good and unique features as compared to other browsers. While installing a web browser on your computer, make sure that you download it from the official website. Downloading software from an untrusted website can compromise your data.
Does Windows 11 force you to use Edge?
No, Microsoft does not force its users to use Edge on Windows 11. Edge is a Microsoft product. Therefore, it comes pre-installed in WIndows 11. Users are free to install and use other browsers on Windows 11. Microsft also allows users to change the default browser.
If you have any more to add or if feel any of them have been wrongly classified here, please do share in the comments below.
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Picky, picky, picky. There are many grammer errors on this page. A few examples, 1) to continuously redefines .. to continuously redefine 2) It is a Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup, etc .. It is a Web-browser with advanced e-mail, newsgroup, etc 3) SlimBrowser is a fast tabbed .. SlimBrowser is fast-tabbed 4) use Prism; A Firefox .. use Prism; as a Firefox 5) Deepnet Explorer, the world’s .. Deepnet Explorer is the world’s . I could go on but have to get back to work!
Thanks Peg.
It was after midnight here when I posted this. And most of the descriptions were copy-pasted from the main sites and hence this may have happened.
Deepnet Explorer was not the first browser with integrated P2P and RSS. Opera had it integrated Before the Deepnet company actually existed.
http://www.opera.com/docs/history/#facts
it also had anti phishing (calling it Page Security Info) about the same time.
Also you can do more customization of the browser and its functionality with Opera than Slepinir. For a while there was a distrabution of Opera that just by customizing the layout of the UI through the .ini files seperated the Mail client from the browser. It was named after Odin’s Crows and was called Hugnin and Munin, which was to give Opera a more Tunderbird/Firefox feel.
Also most UserJS/Greasemonkey Scripts work on Opera, and there are those written just for Opera for a myriad of reasons, so it is estimated that it has as many UserJSs as Firefox. This gives both Firefox and Opera more script customizations than Slepinir.
I think that all the browsers deserve to be on this list and on the ballotbox in Europe, but I believe that they have to accurately portray themselves, and that it should be the strenght of the community using the browser and its support/developement that should determine validity.
Take Opera for example. It has a small marketshare and its community is not impactful on the markets userbase, but having worked with the communities behind IE, Firefox/Mozilla, and Webkit (a loooong time ago when they were starting to be noticed) I haven’t found a more supporting, friendly, and varied community.
The Opera user base is just under 3 times the population of Canada, but it is treated like its failing because it doesn’t have marketshare.
SRWare.
Looks exactly like Google. But without the feedback.
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
There is also the Arora light-weight browser. http://code.google.com/p/arora/
how did u forget about cometbird,,its xerox of firefox n faster than firefox,,,hav a look at it once
http://www.cometbird.com/
What about Browzar and its safety features?
See
http://www.browzar.com
Lunascape – the world’s first and only triple engine browser
http://www.lunascape.tv/
Comodo – Fast & versatile, based on Chrome
http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/browser.php
There are some more–
http://www.acoobrowser.com/
http://www.caymanbrowser.com/
http://gosurfbrowser.com/?ln=en
You mentioned Avent but forgot OCRA. Rather odd.
Also Pale Moon Browser :
http://forum.thewindowsclub.com/downloads-windows/30734-pale-moon-browser.html
Voice browser for home PC
http://ibx.intel.com/directory/productpage/tabid/85/language/en-us/p-5145-speereo-speech-browser.aspx
http://video.speereo.com/description.html
You missed:-
Kamino http://caminobrowser.org/
Kinqueror http://www.konqueror.org/
i am use in AceExplorer is very fast and safe browser
and how about NeoPlanet???
one of my very long time favorites…simple, fast, and powerful…with TONS of skins
http://www.neoplanet.com/
Also you can do more customization of the browser and its functionality with Opera than Slepinir. For a while there was a distrabution of Opera that just by customizing the layout of the UI through the .ini files seperated the Mail client from the browser. It was named after Odin’s Crows and was called Hugnin and Munin, which was to give Opera a more Tunderbird/Firefox feel.
well i know all of these browsers and their slow! so slow like a sloth! i want new browsers that are better! :(
u spelled tunderbird its thunderbird write slower
@ peg kilbourne.
you rearly must get a life.
nice
I think the browser Smart Bro is not confused with the broadband internet of the same name from the Philippines (where I live).
HOW DO I DOWNLOAD SLEIPNIR ?
Many “grammer” errors? Ha ha, he he …
Waterfox 64bit. http://www.waterfoxproject.org
i would’ve kept my comments to myself until i learned to spell better.
she can’t even spell, so i wouldn’t even worry about it. you’re helping us with browser, not english class. i appreciate your efforts.
Sometimes Lunascaoe does not work, but Comodo Dragon works very well.
are you people really going to be so petty as to make fun of the way someone spells? u jerks make me wanna spell wrong nd talk wrong jus to make u mad…i hope u no how stupid ur makin urself sound nd i hope my spelling drives u nuts…u petty insensitive snobby jerks…ima go on my fb nd tell all my friends to boycott this site nd wen they ask y…ima say cuz its supposed to be a review site but instead they only make fun of ppl…i havent seen a review yet
I.E. suffers Googleads. which makes it stick on web page – unless this because google search – but “bing” is useless it picks what you should view rather than actually search.
Firefox crashes with Flash player all the time.
many grandma errors, yep.
Cyberfox is another 64 bit browser based on Firefox.
for me, Cyberfox ( http://8pecxstudios.com )
The best browser based on firefox
Most of us prefer to use Internet Explorer? Hm…
360Chome! http://chrome.360.cn/
May I suggest to indicate the rendering engine of the browser, so others easily looking for other alternatives from its main browser.
Please list Slimjet from http://www.slimjet.com. It is fast and reliable like Chrome, but more powerful and customizable.
Wow, you’re not very educated. The educated write well, and the uneducated make comments such as yours. So, only those teaching grammar (you refer to it as an English class, as if English is the only language that matters), need to practice proper grammar? Who do you suppose this grammar is taught to? Maybe those who write articles for educated folk…ya WE don’t like to wade through poorly written articles, it’s annoying and unlike what we have become accustomed to. So, ya he should worry about it because we dismiss anything written poorly because it attests to the validity of the content.
You wrote..”you’re helping us with browser”, Well-taught, private school, third graders don’t write this poorly; your public school, inner-city kid probably does.
I’m sure your efforts were well-intended.
There is never and excuse for poor work, such as the lateness of the hour.
CoolNovo and CometFox have not have any updates since last year. They seem to be dead. Waterfox is another Firefox alternative. QTWeb still having updates to it. Nightly seems to be a Firefox alternative. AM Browser is just like Crazy Browser. Seems both are dead, and can’t use them now until they catch up to be able to access websites. Any older browsers that does not have any updates lately would be denied access to certain websites. Some on the list might get the message.
This list needs updating. Many have died and many new really good alternatives have emerged.
We do try and update it regularly. If you think any need to be added, please let us know.
There are many ‘grammer’ errors. There are many grammatical errors.
A VERY DETAILED ARTICLE AND RICH COMMENTS, HIGHLY APPRECIATED. ONE BROWSER WHICH IS SECURE AND LIGHT AT THE SAME TIME IS 360 SAFE BROWSER IS NOT MENTIOLNED HERE: http://www.360safe.com/browser.html. ALSO 360 TOTAL SECURITY FOR PC AND MOBILE PHONE ARE HERE: http://www.360safe.com/product-list.html?type=smartPhone
I tried Slim Browser on two laptops: a toshiba with win 7 and a dell with xp.
It crashed both, but worse, every time I tried to remove it from my dell, it crashed the computer. finally a friend got it off.
I recommend Comodo, it is excellent as is the Avant browser.
Or even ‘..to spell more correctly’.
(Meiosis.)
To those still using Windows XP, I can recommend Pale Moon. Pale Moon maintains a special build for XP 32-bit: http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-atom.shtml . It’s notably faster and far more responsive than the main contenders (Firefox, Chrome) that I tried on XP SP3. Pale Moon also has a stable and solid ‘feel’ to it. Finally a browser that still runs nicely on my fairly old XP machine.
What is your job? Gasman?
Pale Moon is the Greatest!
SeaMonkey is my favorite. It is EXCELLENT!
Sorry. I read your post, downloaded it and it wouldn’t connect. Bye-bye.
Why the fuck isn’t opera the only browser I use not working on windows 10?
Because you have not been using Windows 10 long enough yet. I spent nearly 45 minutes waiting for a Microsoft tech – only to have her tell me it’s the makers of all the 3rd party providers that Opera, Maxthon, Chrome, and even Chromodo that are to blame for the their ALL not longer being compatible. She even tried to blame Opera for the fact that system restore failed 3 times!!!
really? im sick and tired of you spell nazi’s. grow up and get a life. nothing better to do with your life than complain to someone about how they spelled. like youre so perfect. give me a break.
Almost as many people live in Texas as Canada. Seems that three times the population of Canada in a worldwide browser market isn’t all that much. OTOH, could be that Opera is vastly underappreciated. IDK.
You forgot punctuation and capitalization. Write slower. :)
Spend a couple of man years writing one and then give it to us for free.
Bleh, bleh, bleh. Like you have enough friends that their boycott would make a difference. Ha.
Surely you jest
Hi, I have read your blog and came to know about many new browsers. I like your post and will give a try to these new browser. Currently I am using Nano Browser. It’s also a very useful browser that gives an amazing browsing experience. You can also add this browser to your article. https://www.nanobrowser.com/
Hi, thanks for sharing this informative post with us. Nano browser is also a good option for web surfing.
Thanks for sharing this list of web browsers. All such browsers are really useful, you can also add one more browser to your list, Nano Browser.Nano Browser is a multi-device compatible browser. It consumes less memory space and runs very fast. It has an astonishing set of features like cloud print, private browsing, on-screen keyboard, free updates etc.. Its a useful browser for fastest web surfing.
If you are fedup with your old browser then switch to Nano Browser as this browser carries lots of features that may be you had not found in your current browser. Nano Browser is good to use as the downloading speed is much high and you can also changes the page’s text size,
contrast and layout for better readability.Moreover, you can capture the page accordingly.So, there are ample of features more that you can find through the link: https://www.nanobrowser.com/
Nice Post, you can add one more browser in you list Nano Browser, It is user friendly, easy to access, free to download and developed with multiple advanced features even compatible with multiple devices like, Window PC, MAC, Linux, Android/ iOS etc. It is a first browser of India – https://www.nanobrowser.com
Vivaldi seems nice.
Hi, great post you have shared with us. You have enlisted a useful list of web browsers. But, if you allow me then I also would like to add one more web browser Nano Browser to your list. Its a fastest web browser with having lots of advanced features like Nano-shot, My Notepad, My Contact list etc… It is compatible with major devices like Windows, MAC, Linux, Android, Tablets and iOS. http://bit.ly/1RR58Ca
Fact! Using roight now.
Suck it, Peg!
how to download MS-Edge manually to install it on my windows 8.1….?
Baidu Spark is bad…….too bad.
Edge is built into Windows 10 only and not available as a separate download.
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OF course he forgot torbrowser….
Get a life !!!