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Brave vs Thorium-Win
Brave has 24,097 GitHub stars, 3,270 forks, 10,752 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Thorium-Win has 2,562 stars, 55 forks, 25 open issues and last shipped 25 days ago. Brave leads on adoption by 841% (24,097 vs 2,562 stars). Brave is written in various languages under MPL-2.0; Thorium-Win is written in Batchfile under BSD-3-Clause. Brave has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Thorium-Win 2%. Brave was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (chromium, windows), 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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Side by side
| Brave | Thorium-Win | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 24K | ★ 2.6K |
| License | MPL-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | — | Batchfile |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 55 |
| 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 Thorium-Win if
- You want the Thorium-Win feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Batchfile
- You evaluated both and Thorium-Win fits your workflow better
About Brave
Brave Browser This repository is not needed for building the browser and only holds issues, releases and the wiki. The source code and contributions are at You can visit our website to get the latest stable release. Resources Issues: Bug reports and feature requests for the Brave Browser. Releases: Releases of Brave Browser hosted on GitHub. See Brave Release Schedule for more information. Wiki: Documentation for developers, administrators, and power users. User facing documentation is available at the Brave help center. Documentation and guides: Additional technical information, primarily for developers…
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About Thorium-Win
Thorium for Windows Repo to serve Windows builds of Thorium! \ IMPORTANT: PLEASE USE THE NEW WINDOWS 7/8 REPO HERE FOR WINDOWS 7/8/8.1 RELEASES \ NEW: AVX2 Builds are now being served at This repo only hosts Windows builds. The other Thorium repos : Main repo that hosts the source code for all platforms and serves linux builds Windows AVX2 repo that serves AVX2 Windows builds MacOS builds for x64 and M1 ARM64 are here \ Android builds for ARM32 and ARM64 are here \ Raspberry Pi (ARM64) builds are here \ Builds for Windows 7/8/8.1 are here \ Windows on ARM (arm64) builds are here \ Special repo which serves…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Brave or Thorium-Win more popular?
Brave has 24,097 GitHub stars and Thorium-Win has 2,562. Brave has the larger community by that measure.
Are Brave and Thorium-Win free?
Both are open source. Brave is licensed under MPL-2.0 and Thorium-Win under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Brave and Thorium-Win?
Brave is written in various languages and Thorium-Win in Batchfile. 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 Thorium-Win?
Choose Brave if you want the larger community (24,097 stars) or its MPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose Thorium-Win if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.