# Helium Browser **URL:** \ **Category:** Applications\ **Created:** [May 21, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772 "2026-05-21T09:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/1 "2026-05-21T09:58:10Z")
Anyone using Helium Browser? I’m really liking it. Clean, relatively minimal, snappy. No Google nonsense that I can see. All Chrome extensions should work. - After tinkering with settings, this is how it looks when I first open Helium, just the homepage tab open… - Multiple tabs open… - Install webapps… - Clean, well organized settings page… ---
**Author:** ![thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/thefrog/32/114250_2.png) [@thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/thefrog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/2 "2026-05-21T10:10:36Z")
Been using it for a couple of weeks now. I have it as a daily on my Gateway and a Secondary on my Daily (Zen is my daily) I like it and when its out of beta I’ll more than likely replace brave with it. I started using it not long after I saw @sammiev had suggested it or mentioned it somewhere here in the forum. ---
**Author:** ![anon26608633](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@anon26608633](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon26608633)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/3 "2026-05-21T10:18:25Z")
![Diagramm1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/d/bdda0d54fd6f5ed8f616547b710e7d62fb88fa2f.jpeg) ![Diagramm12](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/9/69a7878b5ce5a29658b41e8cc746f13357752b5b.png) ---
**Author:** ![cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/cactux/32/134907_2.png) [@cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/cactux)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/4 "2026-05-21T10:18:41Z")
Does it include widevine? Perhaps not if it’s totally google-freed? The only reason I keep Brave (origin) around is for streaming some shows that needs it. Tabs on both Firefox and Librewolf crach on me while streaming these shows. ---
**Author:** ![thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/thefrog/32/114250_2.png) [@thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/thefrog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/5 "2026-05-21T10:24:23Z")
Here is a shot of both Helium and Zen Zen seems to have a unique fingerprint ( firefox??) Helium is using Random ![Screenshot-2026-05-2106:22:05](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/9/096ba3f04748fd504123c15692661e246a32d803.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/6 "2026-05-21T10:36:20Z")
> [@cactux](#): > > Does it include widevine? Nope. There is [**this**](https://github.com/vikas5914/helium-drm-fixer), but I can’t seem to get it to work. ---
**Author:** ![cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/cactux/32/134907_2.png) [@cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/cactux)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/7 "2026-05-21T10:41:54Z")
Thanks for the info @UncleSpellbinder ! I’ll look into it when I get around to it. Currently, I just use Librewolf('s profiles) for everything but those few shows on an online TV site for which I use Brave Origin. ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/8 "2026-05-21T10:46:57Z")
I like Zen browser OK. I just cannot do sidebar tabs. I need them on top. ---
**Author:** ![thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/thefrog/32/114250_2.png) [@thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/thefrog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/9 "2026-05-21T11:00:00Z")
I love the sidebar tabs. I prefer them, so there ya go 😂 ---
**Author:** ![sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sammiev/32/130047_2.png) [@sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sammiev)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/10 "2026-05-21T11:08:01Z")
> [@UncleSpellbinder](#): > > Anyone using Helium Browser? I’m really liking it. Clean, relatively minimal, snappy. No Google nonsense that I can see. All Chrome extensions should work. Been using it for months now and then some, it’s what Brave browser should have been. ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/11 "2026-05-21T11:10:37Z")
> [@sammiev](#): > > …it’s what Brave browser should have been. And apparently that’s what Brave Origin is. ---
**Author:** ![swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/swh/32/95303_2.png) [@swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/swh)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/12 "2026-05-21T11:20:52Z")
> [@UncleSpellbinder](#): > > Anyone using Helium Browser? Did you install Helium from AUR? It’s about 1.5 gB 😱 ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/13 "2026-05-21T11:26:50Z")
Appimage via [**Gear Lever**](https://github.com/mijorus/gearlever) ![ZZ](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/6/e60f1a6dac5e6c84f88b26d3fcd8ff2ec13cbbe5.png) ---
**Author:** ![swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/swh/32/95303_2.png) [@swh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/swh)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/14 "2026-05-21T11:32:12Z")
Thank you. Same here. I couldn’t remember why I had Helium as an AppImage. Now it’s clear to me again 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/thefrog/32/114250_2.png) [@thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/thefrog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/15 "2026-05-21T11:33:48Z")
> [@swh](#): > > Did you install Helium from AUR? It’s about 1.5 gB use the bin version its only like 111MB `helium-browser-bin` ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/16 "2026-05-21T11:37:07Z")
Yep. I just looked it up in the AUR. Deleted/removed the appimage, installng the bin version. ```auto ─❯ yay -S helium-browser-bin Sync Explicit (1): helium-browser-bin-0.12.4.1-1 resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Package (1) New Version Net Change Download Size chaotic-aur/helium-browser-bin 0.12.4.1-1 438.96 MiB 153.85 MiB Total Download Size: 153.85 MiB Total Installed Size: 438.96 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] ``` ---
**Author:** ![anon26608633](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@anon26608633](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon26608633)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/17 "2026-05-21T11:53:37Z")
> [@swh](#): > > Did you install Helium from AUR? It’s about 1.5 gB 😱 `helium-browser-bin: 439.5 MiB` ---
**Author:** ![HuskerDu](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/huskerdu/32/51215_2.png) [@HuskerDu](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/HuskerDu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/18 "2026-05-21T14:25:33Z")
It’s just a heavily modified Ungoogled-Chromium [https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium](https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium) Strangely enough, they say that “macOS is our primary development platform”, i installed it to my ancient mac-mini and Helium Noise was disabled by default in helium://flags, in Linux is the opposite 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/19 "2026-05-21T15:04:42Z")
> [@UncleSpellbinder](#): > > > [@sammiev](#): > > > > …it’s what Brave browser should have been. > > And apparently that’s what Brave Origin is. Well, well, well. Installed Brave Origin and I’m pleasantly surprised. All the rewards and crypto crap is nowhere to be seen. Maybe I can finally use Brave. ---
**Author:** ![sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sammiev/32/130047_2.png) [@sammiev](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sammiev)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772/20 "2026-05-21T17:06:15Z")
I remembered Brave Origin when it first came out with malware and crypto, sorry not my thing. [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/helium-browser/79772.md?page=2)