Brave (web browser)

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Brave

Desktop and mobile versions of Brave, displaying the home page of Wikipedia
Developer(s)	Brave Software, Inc.[1]
Initial release	12 Oct 2016 v1.0.3 (Android) 14 Dec 2018 v1.7 (iOS)
Stable release(s)
Android (Play Store) 1.77.100 / April 15, 2025; 27 days ago (2025-04-15) iOS/iPadOS (App Store) 1.77 / April 14, 2025; 28 days ago (2025-04-14) Linux Snapcraft Store (unofficial Flathub pkg) 1.77.100 / April 16, 2025; 26 days ago (2025-04-16) macOS macupdate.com (web store) 135.1.77.100 / April 17, 2025; 25 days ago (2025-04-17) Windows For PC / Laptop (Microsoft Apps Store) 1.77.97 / April 16, 2025; 26 days ago (2025-04-16)
Repository	github.com/brave/brave-browser (Android, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, macOS, Linux)
Written in	JavaScript, Swift, C++
Engines	Blink, V8, (WebKit on iOS/iPadOS)
Operating system	Android Pie or later iOS 16 or later iPadOS 16 or later Linux macOS 11 or later Windows 10 or later
Platform	x86, x86-64, IA-32, ARM, AArch64
Type	Web browser
License	MPL 2.0[2]
Website	brave.com

Brave is a web browser which was first released in 2016. It is developed by California-based Brave Software, Inc.^[3] It is based on the Chromium web browser, and is free and open-source.