Ardia

2026 – present Active

38

Free and open-source Chromium-based browser for Mac (no Electron), a free alternative to Arc: Arc-style tab sidebar and Dia-inspired polish, Google services stripped out, built-in uBlock Origin, H.264/AAC codecs and encrypted sync through iCloud Drive.

Facts

Developer

Mantra (mantrakp04)

Website

ardia.dev

Engine

Blink

Derived from

Chromium

Platforms

macOS

Details

Apple Silicon Macs only (macOS 14+); repo created in June 2026, first release (0.1.0) on 25 Sept. 2026

Popularity

38/100 — ≈1,200 GitHub stars, ≈42,000 cumulative release downloads (updates included)

Key versions

1. Sept. 25, 2026
   v0.1.0First release published on GitHub.[1]
2. Nov. 4, 2026
   v0.2.44Latest release published on GitHub.[2]

Version sources: [1] mantrakp04/ardia (GitHub), [2] mantrakp04/ardia (GitHub) · 114 releases published · Full history → · Milestones taken automatically from the releases published on GitHub.

Sources

1. https://ardia.dev/
2. https://github.com/mantrakp04/ardia
3. https://github.com/mantrakp04/ardia/releases