What is Beamium?
Beamium is an open-source web browser that is based on the Chromium web browser code. It shares much of the same code as Chromium, but has been modified to enhance user privacy and remove some analytics/telemetry functions that exist in Chromium.
Some key features of Beamium include:
- Removes direct access to Google services and APIs, reducing privacy concerns and telemetry/tracking issues associated with Chromium and Chrome.
- Disables reporting of usage statistics and crash reports automatically without asking the user.
- Supports all the same extensions and functionality as Chromium as it shares the majority of the same code.
- Updated on a regular basis like Chromium so that the latest features and security updates are incorporated.
- Open-source, allowing more transparency into the code base and modifications from Chromium.
- Available on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
In summary, Beamium allows users to take advantage of the Chromium open-source project and its wide array of extensions while enhancing privacy by limiting analytics and providing more transparency and control to the user. It is ideal for privacy-focused users who still require Chromium/Chrome functionality and compatibility.