Privacy Browser PC is currently an alpha release. Users are encouraged to read the Handbook (press F1 inside the program). As described in the roadmap, it is currently missing some important features, but it is provided for download as some features are already usable and testing and feedback is appreciated.
Privacy Browser is part of Debian and other Linux distributions. Direct downloads are also provided below or you can browse the release directory. These files are signed by my GPG key: Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com> 24A5 4DDB 2354 6679 5CA8 E23E C2E7 CB27 AEB0 B603.
Privacy Browser currently only runs on Linux. A Windows-compatible version will be added in the beta releases.
0.8 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – dbgsym, dbgsym signature – released 30 January 2025
- Fix the WebEngine reloading the current URL when trying to load a new URL with a different user agent. This also fixes three related bugs.
- Disable opening of links with an
_blanktarget in a new tab, which also resolved two other bugs. - Disable the web cache.
- Fix the background color of highlighted combo boxes in Domain Settings.
- Hardcode the dictionary path if the environment variable is not set.
0.7 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – dbGsym, dbGsym signature – released 11 December 2024
- Migrate to KDE 6.
- Colorize the requests counter background.
- Restore the current URL text when switching tabs.
- Update the zoom icons.
- Adjust some of the default dialog sizes to be smaller.
- Update the domains database in all windows when it changes.
- Add an option to delete all domains settings at once.
0.6.2 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – dbgsym, dbgsym signature – released 30 September 2024
- Fix a PIE/PIC crash in the Ubuntu packages (hopefully).
- Add entries to open in other browsers to the window and context menus.
- Make the Requests Detail dialog scrollable.
0.6.1 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – released 21 August 2024
- Fix the domain settings dialog not fitting on small screens.
- Apply domain settings even when the main URL is explicitly allowed by the filter lists.
0.6 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – released 15 July 2024
- Add filter lists.
- Add URL syntax highlighting.
- Add a DevTools interface.
- Implement opening and saving of MHT web archives.
- Handle HTTP authentication.
- Remember the download directory.
- Update bookmarks in all windows when modified.
- Display Unicode URLs in Punycode.
- Multiple small improvements to the code and the user experience.
0.5 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – released 12 October 2023
- Add bookmarks.
- Add zoom controls to the status bar and a default zoom shortcut.
- Add keyboard shortcuts for the URL toolbar actions.
- Add an action to view page source.
- Change the domain settings combo boxes to list
enabledabovedisabled. - File downloads can now show the size before the download begins.
- Add PIE (Position Independent Executable) compiler flags.
- Fix a bug that sometimes allowed multiple domain settings to be created.
- Fix the download notification not being cleared on Xfce.
0.4 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – released 13 June 2023
- Add a setting to control spatial navigation.
- Add an action to reload and bypass cache.
- Fix a crash if one Privacy Browser window is closed while a tab within it is loading.
- Add keyboard+click commands to the Handbook.
0.3 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – released 8 May 2023
- Add the changelog to the Handbook.
- Add the missing current domain settings icon on Gnome and Xfce.
- Make changes to build on Guix.
0.2 – source, source signature – deb, deb signature – released 17 April 2023
- Fix a crash on GNOME when downloading a file with local storage disabled.
- Fix problems with missing icons on GNOME.
- Display an animated favorite icon while a webpage is loading.
- Fix the Handbook on non-KDE systems.
- Change the order of entries in the WebEngine context menu.
- Make spellcheck languages easier to click on.
- Only generate a HTTP ping dialog if the request is made by the current tab.
- Add a section to the Handbook about HTTP pings.
0.1 – Source, Source signature – Deb, Deb Signature – Released 11 March 2023
- Initial release.