- Official Post
Helium blocks ads, trackers, phishing websites, and other nonsense by default, thanks to community filters and uBlock Origin.
The browser itself doesn't have any ads, trackers, or analytics. Helium also doesn't make any web requests without your explicit consent, it makes zero web requests on first launch.
All Chromium extensions are supported and work right away, by default, including all MV2 extensions.
Helium anonymizes all internal requests to the Chrome Web Store via Helium services. Thanks to this, Google can't track your extension downloads or target ads using this data. No other browser does this.
All parts of the Helium browser are open source, including online services. You can self-host Helium services and use your own instance in your browser.
Helium enforces HTTPS on all websites and warns you when a website doesn't support it. Passkeys just work.
There's no built-in password manager. Passwords should be separate from a web browser to be truly secure and immutable.
There's also no cloud-based history/data sync. You should be the only one with access to your browsing data, not some conglomerate.
We release new Chromium updates (such as security patches) as soon as possible. Your browser will always be safe and up to date.
On Windows, in-browser auto-updates are not available yet, but will become available in the future.
