What is Brave Browser?
Brave is an Internet company on a mission to build a user-first Web. Its browser blocks invasive ads and trackers on every webpage you visit, including video and streaming sites, and includes a built-in VPN and encrypted video calls. The company also runs Brave Search, which is powered by an independent index of the Web.
The brave/brave-browser GitHub repository is not needed for building the browser and only holds issues, releases and the wiki. The source code and contributions are in the brave-core repository. The wiki documents builds for developers, administrators and power users, and user-facing documentation is at the Brave help center.
Support and feature discussion take place in the Brave Q&A community, and Brave publishes news on X.
Key capabilities
- A browser that blocks invasive ads and trackers on every page
- A built-in VPN and encrypted video calls
- Brave Search with an independent index
- Releases and issue tracking on GitHub
- A wiki for developers and administrators
- A help center and Q&A community
Where Brave Browser fits
Brave fits desktop and mobile browsing environments, including organizations evaluating a browser for managed endpoints. Before deployment, IT teams should check operating system requirements, processor architecture, application compatibility and the available group policy documentation.
Developers and testers can use the separate release channels to evaluate browser changes. Channel selection requires care because Beta and Nightly builds are explicitly distinguished from the stable release, and mobile rollout timing can differ from desktop availability.
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