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Brave

Brave is a web browser, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS: ad and tracker blocking.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Brave is a web browser, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Other documented uses: ad and tracker blocking.

Features described in its Flathub listing, on its official website and in its Winget manifest: ad and tracker blocking.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Fast Internet, AI, Adblock” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Browse faster by blocking ads and trackers that violate your privacy and cost you time and money.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Brave is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Plans and conditions

  • The publisher also offers paid plans (hosting, support or services); they are described on its website.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Brave is on a mission to fix the web by giving users a safer, faster and better browsing experience while growing support for content creators through a new attention-based ecosystem of rewards. Browse faster by blocking ads and trackers that violate your privacy and cost you time and money.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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