# Brave Browser (open-source web browser)

> Brave Browser is a free, open-source web browser for Windows, macOS and Linux. Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. It has 23,833 GitHub stars and is released under the MPL-2.0 license, and people use it instead of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

This repository is not needed for building the browser and only holds issues, releases and the wiki. The source code and contributions are at

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/brave/brave-browser |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 23,833 |
| License | MPL-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge |
| Language | Unknown |
| Website | https://brave.com |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Browsers |
| Latest release | v1.97.56 (Oct 7, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 8, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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