Name: Brave
Rating: 3.6894 (115 reviews)

Free

Absolutely Free

Brave overview

Brave automatically blocks ads and trackers, making it faster and safer than your current browser. Soon, micropayments and better ads will give users and publishers a better deal. Up to a whopping 60% of page-load time is caused by the underlying ad technology that loads into various places each time you hit a page on your favorite news site. And 20% of this is time spent on loading things that are trying to learn more about you.

Browse Faster - Brave blocks trackers and intrusive ads that can slow you down on the web.
Browse Safer - Brave keeps you and your information safer, effectively shielding you from 3rd party tracking and malvertisement.
Browse Better - With Brave, you can choose whether to see ads that respect your privacy or pay sites directly. Either way, you can feel good about helping fund content creators.

Features

Brave blocks harmful advertising - There's a new ad game in town. It's called "Malvertising". The latest display ad technology can install malware on your laptop without your knowledge. But not with Brave watching your back.
Brave redirects sites to HTTPS - We've integrated HTTPS Everywhere into every Brave browser to make sure you are always moving your bits across the safest possible pipe.
Brave blocks tracking pixels and tracking cookies - Do you ever get that feeling that someone is watching you when you see an ad for something you bought a few days ago? We make sure you aren't being tracked while you shop online and browse your favorite sites.

What’s new in version 119.1.60.125

Updated on Nov 29 2023

Added support for quoted scriptlet arguments.
Fixed issue where Brave Leo gives incomplete answers in certain cases.
Fixed VPN toolbar button state mismatch.
Fixed misaligned window buttons on Linux.
Fixed "Set as default" not working on Linux when installed via Snap.
Upgraded Chromium to 119.0.6045.199

Information

License

Free

Size

238 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.brave.com

Downloads

55614

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
macOS 10.15 or later

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Derekcurrie

Nov 30 2023

119.1.60.125

4.0

Version: 119.1.60.125

"Show Full History" started working with this update. It's a miracle. /s I've been reporting directly to them about their History failure for years. Years. I'm not holding my breath. But if History keeps actually working, I'll give them 5 stars. For now, 4 stars because I want to see if this miracle lasts. - - BTW: I use a variety of ad blockers with Brave with great success. (Take that Google!) But when mean old websites block ME in response, I'm using good old reliable OmniWeb. Yes, Omni still offer it and update it. It has no ad blocking, shows the mean old websites, then I Quit OmniWeb. Ad surveillance dies with it. Ha ha!

Nov 8 2023

119.1.60.110

Version: 119.1.60.110

v119.1.60.114 is out. (Please Ignore typo below).

v119.1.60.110 is out. "• Added a first-party exception list to the correct adblock engine. (#34081) • Upgraded Chromium to 119.0.6045.124. (#34164)" - - Hopefully this update ends the crashing bug.

Oct 25 2023

118.1.59.122

Version: 118.1.59.122

v118.1.59.124.0 is out. The old Change Log link throws a 444. (0_o) The new Change Log is at: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/CHANGELOG_DESKTOP.md - - "• Web3 - Fixed "Market" tab displaying incorrect colors for increased/decreased prices. • General - Brave Ad Block Resources Library now updates via Component Updater on a more frequent basis, to always have most recent Ad Block lists. - Upgraded Chromium to 118.0.5993.117."

Oct 19 2023

1.59.120.0

Version: 1.59.120.0

Boo! Both stupid and scary: Brave does a sit&spin rather than actually finding if it needs this update. That means it's back to DIY updating again. *gag* - - SO MANY BUGS.... I'm knocking it down a star today. I wish I had insight into why they're so oblivious to obvious bugs, including those I've personally reported repeatedly. Then again, I'm glad Brave is, despite the clunk and lazy factors, still around. *sigh*

Sep 14 2023

117.1.58.124

Version: 117.1.58.124

Yay! Happiness is: Brave told me all-by-itself that it had an update to v117.1.58.124 ! ! ! It can detect updates again without having to ask! Astounding. Let's hope it lasts! I am also pleased that the dev team is putting out rapid updates to keep Brave safe and secure. - -> Now if only they'd FIX BROWSER HISTORY [dammit!], after so many of us have been hounding them literally for YEARS ! ! ! I'm getting the idea that they have no-clue how to get it working properly. "Full History" is never, ever anything but BLANK. I decided it's time to knock off a star for that supreme dopey dev deficit. Sheesh.

116.1.57.64

Version: 116.1.57.64

Note that vv116.1.57.64 includes a critical SECURITY PATCH for CVE-2023-4863, an in-the-wild exploit of Google's WebP image format. It sets off a heap buffer overflow in the libwebp library. Buffer overflows can result in app crashing or the running of malware code inside the application. ALL Chromium derived browsers are affected and should be updated ASAP. Firefox apparently has already protected its browser against the hack. - -> At the moment, Brave does a sit-&-spin routine rather than updating. If you find Brave failing to update, download the latest version from the Brave website and install it, again ASAP.

Aug 25 2023

1.57.53.0

Version: 1.57.53.0

Brave isn't universal, again? PITA. What's downloading is the x86 version. :-P - - Gripe Chatter: I don't know why the devs play like this. I use Brave on Windows 11 ARM as well and they also mess about with that version! If you happen to install the wrong variation installer, you end up with a permanently broken self-update system. You follow their instructions to uninstall and undo the damage in the register, reinstall, and the same problem continues. Sometimes... SoMeTiMeS... POW! Right in the kisser!

zlazkow

Jul 22 2023

115.1.56.9

Version: 115.1.56.9

I understand it blocks ads and blocks trackers, smooth browsing...etc. But for searching it uses the big G I assume ? So, Google still has a certain degree of influence and control.

Aargl

Jun 28 2023

1.52.126.0

5.0

Version: 1.52.126.0

Very soon (probably in September), Brave will no longer support macOS 10.13 and macOS 10.14, like every other Chromium based browser (starting with Chromium 117, as mentioned here: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7679408?sjid=17965114008174679200-EU#noSuppMacOS114). Therefore, we'll have to choose between staying with an outdated version of Brave and switching to Chromium-legacy. I'm currently testing the latter and it seems to work perfectly (with less options than Brave). Of course, the usual caveat applies when entering your bank credentials in a browser... ;-) I personally stick to Firefox for that.

May 31 2023

114.1.52.117

Version: 114.1.52.117

I love Brave, but when they decide that your OS version is too old, there's a banner saying that you won't get any update if you don't upgrade your OS: ok, display it once but not every time Brave is launched! Or give the user a checkbox to dismiss it: if a computer is unable to run a recent OS, this only entices us to go back one version of Brave only to get rid of that alert... What's the point, security wise?

charlesturner724

May 18 2023

113.1.51.118

Version: 113.1.51.118

Hello! Hope you are fine. Version 108.1.46.140 is out. AND Brave's autoupdate system remains BROKEN, forcing users to manually update. It's great to have the latest and safest Chromium engine inside. It thoroughly SUCKS that the software is too scuffed to actually autoupdate. Shameful. And yes, trying to report anything to the devs is effectively IMPOSSIBLE. (From personal experience). But try anyway. Thanksss

May 4 2023

113.1.51.110

Version: 113.1.51.110

Oh come on Brave! Somewhere, somehow they've separated out the Intel vs ARM versions again. What a PITA. The download today at MU is the Intel version. :-P If you want the UNIVERSAL version download, go here: https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/osx

Feb 8 2023

1.48.158.0

Version: 1.48.158.0

NOTE: Brave is currently UNIVERSAL, which is to say it IS ARM NATIVE. It's not just Intel 64. It's both.

Jan 27 2023

1.47.186.0

Version: 1.47.186.0

Wow. Brave's autoupdate actually worked this time. A star is born. Back to 4 stars.

Jan 9 2023

108.1.46.144

Version: 108.1.46.144

v108.1.46.153 is out. Autoupdate is still broken. Great. I'd give it 4 stars otherwise. Recently, I've found Twitch hates Brave, forcing a lot of attempts to play streams or having to reload pages. Great. :-P

Dec 9 2022

108.1.46.138

Version: 108.1.46.138

Version 108.1.46.140 is out. AND Brave's autoupdate system remains BROKEN, forcing users to manually update. It's great to have the latest and safest Chromium engine inside. It thoroughly SUCKS that the software is too scuffed to actually autoupdate. Shameful. And yes, trying to report anything to the devs is effectively IMPOSSIBLE. (From personal experience). But try anyway.

Spudfry

Dec 6 2022

108.1.46.134

Version: 108.1.46.134

Love the ad blocking, torrent feature is still crap though.

Dec 4 2022

1.46.133.0

Version: 1.46.133.0

v 1.46.134.0 (108.0.5359.94) is out.

Nov 14 2022

107.1.45.123.0

Version: 107.1.45.123.0

Brave has now become my go-to browser, even though I still use Firefox in certain cases. Brave is fast (because chromium based) and includes a number of useful features that allows removing many addons such as "I don't care about cookies" (enabled checking the "Easylist Cookie" list in the filters), uMatrix and uBlock (just paste your existing uBlock filters in the Custom Filters area in the Shield prefs).

mvbarin

Nov 29 2023

ArekW

Nov 4 2023