Brave (web browser)
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 Desktop and mobile versions of Brave | |
| Developer(s) | Brave Software, Inc.[1] |
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| Written in | C, JavaScript, C++ |
| Type | Web Browser |
| License | MPL 2.0 |
| Website | brave |
Brave is a free and open-source web browser made by Brave Software, Inc. based on the Chromium web browser, which is the browser Google Chrome is also based on.[2]
The web browser blocks ads and website trackers. Brave has a get paid to surf business model, where users get small amounts of a cryptocurrency called the Basic Attention Token (BAT) for seeing ads inside the browser, which they can give to their favorite authors.[3]
As of 2025[update], Brave has been created for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. It includes 5 search engines, including DuckDuckGo as the main.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Company Overview of Brave Software Inc". Bloomberg. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ Cimpanu, Catalin. "Brave browser moves to Chromium codebase, now supports Chrome extensions". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ↑ "What is Brave Rewards?". Brave. Retrieved 2025-10-07.