Aura (DoorHinge Apps)

Open-source Arc alternative for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro on WebKit, with a sidebar and AI-powered “Smart Search”; a 2.0 rewrite was tested on TestFlight.

Facts

Developer

DoorHinge Apps

Website

github.com

Engine

WebKit

Platforms

iOSmacOS

Details

Also visionOS

Popularity

20/100 — ≈195 GitHub stars (+30 for Aura 2.0)

Lineage

Not to be confused with

⚠ Aura Browser (Jerome Easy Tools)

Key versions

1. Apr. 3, 2024
   —First commit of an Arc alternative for iPad, in SwiftUI and WebKit.[1]
2. Apr. 19, 2024
   —Switched to Mac Catalyst to also run on Intel Macs.[2]
3. June 25, 2024
   —Native visionOS version.[3]
4. June 27, 2024
   —First native macOS version.[4]
5. July 10, 2024
   —AI-generated “boosts” and web inspector.[5]
6. June 12, 2025
   2.0Start of a full rewrite of Aura in a new repository.[6]
7. June 25, 2025
   2.0iCloud sync in Aura 2.0.[7]
8. Sept. 14, 2025
   2.0Last commit; both repositories were later archived.[8]

Version sources: [1] doorhinge-apps/Aura-Browser (GitHub), [2] doorhinge-apps/Aura-Browser (GitHub), [3] doorhinge-apps/Aura-Browser (GitHub), [4] doorhinge-apps/Aura-Browser (GitHub), [5] doorhinge-apps/Aura-Browser (GitHub), [6] doorhinge-apps/Aura2.0 (GitHub), [7] doorhinge-apps/Aura2.0 (GitHub), [8] doorhinge-apps/Aura2.0 (GitHub)

Sources

1. https://github.com/doorhinge-apps/Aura-Browser
2. https://github.com/doorhinge-apps/Aura2.0