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Brave Browser

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Brave Browser — Chromium-based browser and the split between issue tracker and source repository

OSS scale score 283.9OSS health 85Update pace 106 commits/30d
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Stars
23,677
License
MPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 19, 2026

Overview

Brave Browser is a Chromium-based browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. The `brave/brave-browser` repository is used for issues, releases, and wiki content, while the actual implementation lives in `brave/brave-core`.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Fetch Chromium and layer Brave-specific changes on top

brave-core manages Chromium checkout plus Brave-specific source, patches, and build tooling for supported platforms.

Sources: [4]

Integrate Brave components such as the ad-blocking engine

The source architecture includes Brave components such as adblock-rust integrated into the Chromium-based browser.

Sources: [4]

For tracking both user-facing issues/releases and implementation details

Use brave-browser for issues, releases, and wiki information, and brave-core for source contribution and build investigation.

Sources: [2][4]

Do not mistake `brave-browser` for the primary source repository

Its README explicitly says it is not needed to build the browser. Source analysis must include brave-core and its Chromium dependencies.

Sources: [2][4]

Official sources

  1. [1]brave/brave-browser repository(2026-09-20)
  2. [2]Brave Browser README(2026-09-20)
  3. [3]brave/brave-core repository(2026-09-20)
  4. [4]Brave Core README(2026-09-20)
  5. [5]Brave Browser MPL-2.0 license(2026-09-20)
Supplemental curator note

The requested `brave/brave-browser` repository is not the primary source repository; it holds issues, releases, and the wiki. Implementation and contributions live in `brave/brave-core`, which fetches Chromium and applies Brave-specific code and patches including the adblock engine. OSS Tanbou keeps the supplied repository as the GitHub record while making that distinction explicit.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd brave-browser
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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23,677 Stars

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Development activity

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Commits (last 30 days)
106
Open PRs
3

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GitHub Topics

  • brave
  • browser
  • chromium
  • linux
  • windows
  • macos
Stars
23,677
Forks
3,216
Watchers
399
Open issues
10,836
Contributors
99
License
MPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 19, 2026
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