Version Latest
Chromium v124.0.6367.61
Requirements
Windows 10 / Windows 11 / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows XP
Size
93.8 MB

The goal of the open-source Chromium browser project is to provide a quicker, more stable, safer, and more reliable online experience for all users. The source code for Google Chrome is derived from this open-source web browser project. Hourly Chromium snapshots from the project look a lot like the most recent builds of Google Chrome, except some Google additions. The most obvious ones are the Google brand, auto-update feature, click-through licensing terms, usage tracking, and Adobe Flash Player bundling. 

The element chromium (Cr), which is the metal used to make chrome, is where the app Project gets its name. According to the developer documentation, Google intended for the tool to be known as an open-source project, with Chrome serving as the final product name. Nevertheless, other programmers have used the code and published variations under different names.

Differences between Google Chrome and Chromium 

The browser source code that the tool project has released and is maintaining is called the program. It is an open-source project. For Windows, Linux, and Mac, you can install the most recent precompiled snapshots or get the source code and build it yourself. In addition to the Google name and logo, an auto-updater system called GoogleUpdate, an opt-in option for users to send Google usage statistics and crash reports, and, in certain cases, RLZ tracking—which sends Google encrypted data such as the location and time of Chrome downloads—Google takes this source code and adds integrated Flash Player. Google Chrome supports H.264, AAC, and MP3 codecs in addition to Vorbis, Theora, and WebM codecs for HTML5 audio and video elements, although the app only supports these by default. Some Linux distributions may modify their customized versions of the browser to include support for other codecs. 

The Google Chrome source code is made available by this open-source initiative. It contains downloads for the source code, issue reports, developer information, and documentation.