


Open-source means anyone can use the source code and piggy-back on top of it to build whatever they want - like the Opera and Edge browsers. The Brave browser, like so many others, is built on the open-source Chromium code by Google. Security and Privacy Security and Privacyīlocks third-party tracking cookies by default In this article we’ll compare our Firefox browser with the Brave browser in three categories: privacy, utility and portability.

Brave is a relative newcomer to the world of browsers: its maker, Brave Software, first debuted the browser in January 2016. Just like the Firefox browser, the Brave browser is free, open source and focused on protecting users’ privacy.
