Xplor

Also known as: Xplorer, Aether

2026 – present Active

25

Chromium fork modified at the C++ level to integrate Grok everywhere: default search, “Grok it” button, unified bar (X Chat, Grok Build, Grok Web), agentic side panel, automatically organized tabs and a permanent local gateway (CDP, API, MCP) to drive the browser.

Facts

Developer

daniel-farina

Website

xplor.sh

Engine

Blink

Derived from

Chromium

Platforms

macOSWindowsLinux

Details

macOS Apple Silicon and Intel, Windows x64, Linux x64; first releases published under the name Aether (v0.1, June 2026), then Xplorer up to 0.8.9

Popularity

25/100 — ≈82 GitHub stars, ≈2,700 downloads (29 releases)

Key versions

1. June 12, 2026
   v0.1.0First release published on GitHub.[1]
2. Oct. 1, 2026
   v0.8.15Latest release published on GitHub.[2]

Version sources: [1] daniel-farina/xplorer (GitHub), [2] daniel-farina/xplorer (GitHub) · 29 releases published · Full history → · Milestones taken automatically from the releases published on GitHub.

Sources

1. https://github.com/daniel-farina/xplorer
2. https://github.com/daniel-farina/xplorer/releases