Chromium-based. Installs in a minute. Blocks ads on YouTube, skips trackers, encrypts your passwords locally. Streams Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu in HD with Widevine DRM.
Updates every 4 hours in the background. No signup, no telemetry beyond the single daily usage ping described in What's missing.
Orbit isn't code-signed, so Windows may warn "unknown publisher" — expected for an independent browser, not a red flag. To confirm your file is genuine, its SHA-256 must match this (for v1.3.9):
627ad6ed85fa587fe67d2e6ae11a5c50f1a11affd2702f821ad96f66d49ec7da
One-step check — paste this into PowerShell; it prints ✓ or ✗ for you:
if((Get-FileHash .\Orbit-Browser-Setup-1.3.9.exe).Hash -eq '627ad6ed85fa587fe67d2e6ae11a5c50f1a11affd2702f821ad96f66d49ec7da'){'✓ Verified — safe to run'}else{'✗ Mismatch — do NOT run'}
Each release also publishes a signed-style record: SHA256SUMS · build manifest (version, hashes, commit, build date). See exactly what Orbit connects to →
File Tools — stop uploading your documents. Convert PDF to Word, compress PDFs, export to text/Markdown/HTML, and shrink images — built into Orbit, processed entirely on your computer. Those "free PDF converter" sites keep a copy of everything you upload. Orbit's tools can't: the converter is physically blocked from the network.
Split view & side panel. Put two pages side by side with a draggable divider, or dock a web app (WhatsApp, notes, music) in a panel that stays with you across tabs — with a pinned-app rail for one-click switching.
Workspaces & search shortcuts. Save a set of tabs under a name and reopen it any time. Type !w, !yt, !gh in the address bar to search Wikipedia, YouTube, or GitHub directly.
Support the sites you choose. The shield popover now has a gentler option: allow ads on one site you want to support, while fingerprint, cookie, and HTTPS protection stay fully on. Your choice, site by site — no ad network can buy a default.
Protection from the very first instruction. The fingerprint shield now installs before a page's first script runs, so trackers can never snapshot your real browser. Plus dozens of hardening fixes from two full security audits of the codebase.
Tells sites not to sell your data. Orbit now sends the legally-recognized Global Privacy Control signal with every request — exercising your opt-out rights automatically, everywhere.
Forget this site — one click, gone. The shield popover shows how many cookies a site holds, and one button wipes everything it knows about you: cookies, local storage, caches, and its history entries. Your saved passwords stay safe.
What's in the box
The things people install extensions for — ad blocking, passwords, dark mode, translation, PDF tools, screenshots, picture-in-picture, read-it-later — are already here, built in. No extension store means no extension spying, no silent updates, and nothing that can sell your browsing. And while others now charge for a stripped-down "calm" browser, Orbit never added the clutter in the first place — free.
348,201 blocking rules — EasyList, EasyPrivacy, uBlock, plus custom threat-intel for pirate ad networks. Each request checked in ~6 microseconds, so ads never even reach your browser.
PDF to Word, PDF compress, text/Markdown/HTML export, image compression — processed entirely on your machine. The converter window is blocked from the network at the request level, so your documents physically cannot leave your computer.
Widevine DRM enabled via a signed Electron build, so Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max all play in HD — software DRM, so up to 1080p, not 4K. Unlike many privacy browsers, which disable DRM entirely.
Detects login forms, offers to save, autofills next time. Sealed by your OS keychain (DPAPI on Windows) — the key never touches our code or any cloud.
Pulls your bookmarks + history from Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera on first launch. Read-only — the source browser is untouched.
Sync bookmarks and history between your computers directly over WiFi — paired with a one-time code, encrypted. No cloud, no account. (Saved passwords travel via encrypted file backup.)
Idle tabs pause automatically to save RAM. Session restore brings everything back exactly where you left it after a restart.
System-wide dark mode forces legible colors on any site. Reader mode strips distractions. Read-aloud for articles.
Canvas, WebGL, and audio fingerprints randomize per-origin. Cross-site trackers can't follow you by reading your hardware signature.
Paste a magnet link and play video while it downloads. No external client needed. Uses webtorrent under the hood.
System requirements
Install in 30 seconds