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Brave vs fingerprint-chromium
Brave has 23,676 GitHub stars, 3,216 forks, 10,752 open issues and last shipped yesterday. fingerprint-chromium has 3,053 stars, 438 forks, 28 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Brave leads on adoption by 675% (23,676 vs 3,053 stars). Brave is written in various languages under MPL-2.0; fingerprint-chromium is written in various languages under BSD-3-Clause. Brave has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, fingerprint-chromium 14%. Brave was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (browser, chromium), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Brave | fingerprint-chromium | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 24K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | MPL-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | — | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-06-21 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 438 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Brave if
- You weight community size — 24K stars and counting
- You want the MPL-2.0 license terms
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick fingerprint-chromium if
- You want the fingerprint-chromium feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- You evaluated both and fingerprint-chromium fits your workflow better
About Brave
Brave is a Chromium based web browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, released under the MPL 2.0 licence, and this repository is the project's public issue tracker, release channel, and developer wiki rather than the home of its source code.
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About fingerprint-chromium
fingerprint chromium is an open source fingerprint browser based on Ungoogled Chromium, distributed as prebuilt browser binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS, and aimed at anyone who needs to control the fingerprint their browser presents to a website — anti bot testing, anti detection research, scraping, and privacy work.
read the full fingerprint-chromium overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Brave or fingerprint-chromium more popular?
Brave has 23,676 GitHub stars and fingerprint-chromium has 3,053. Brave has the larger community by that measure.
Are Brave and fingerprint-chromium free?
Both are open source. Brave is licensed under MPL-2.0 and fingerprint-chromium under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Brave and fingerprint-chromium?
Brave is written in various languages and fingerprint-chromium in various languages. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Brave or fingerprint-chromium?
Choose Brave if you want the larger community (23,676 stars) or its MPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose fingerprint-chromium if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.