Software · Web browsers

Helium

Helium is a web browser, available on Windows and macOS: ad and tracker blocking.

Completely free
Windows and macOS
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and macOSEstablished by macOS: Unspecified source · Windows: Unspecified source, Winget
Publisher: The Helium Authors
Latest version: 0.21.2.1
Source code: github.com/imputnet/helium-windows

Overview

Helium is a web browser, available on Windows and macOS.

Features described on its official website: 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

“Private, fast, and honest web browser.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“Helium is a privacy-first browser that blocks ads and trackers by default, has a clean, minimal interface, and puts you in control.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 9 November 2026
Listing written automatically from verified facts.

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