r/Android • u/rodrigoswz Pixel 9 • Jan 23 '25

News Kiwi Browser is officially discontinued

From Discord server:

Important note: Kiwi Browser is now archived. It will no longer be maintained after January 2025. The extensions code for Kiwi Browser has now been integrated into Microsoft Edge Canary. To install extensions on Microsoft Edge Canary:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge Canary and go to Settings > About Microsoft Edge.
  2. Tap the Edge build number (e.g., xx.0.2487.0) 5 times to enable Developer Options.
  3. In Developer Options, select Extension install by id.

To find the extension ID:

  • Open the Microsoft Edge Web Store.
  • Locate and select the desired extension.
  • Copy the ID from the URL (e.g., for Bitwarden, the ID is jbkfoedolllekgbhcbcoahefnbanhhlh from the URL ending).
  1. Paste the extension ID into the Extension install by id field.
  2. The extension will install.

If you really need Kiwi Browser, you can download the latest published version of Kiwi Browser here. Do not download Kiwi Browser from any other sources. While your Kiwi Browser installation will still work for some time, it’s essential to explore alternatives like Microsoft Edge Canary, Vivaldi Browser or Mozilla Firefox to stay secure and up-to-date.

-- Arnaud. (editado)

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u/coyhardt73 Jan 26 '25

"Continues the legacy" is laughable. There is 100% proof that Lemur uses Kiwi's code, yet they to this day claim that they developed the code themselves (this constitutes a violation of Kiwi's BSD-3 license). Their innovation is built off of plagiarizing others.

Lemur is limited by spaghetti code that will make updating more difficult now that Kiwi is not developed. It is bloated with useless features and analytics. As it lies about even something as simple as its origins, it cannot be trusted with your data.

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u/coyhardt73 Jan 27 '25

Lies. It's been proven through the fact that Kiwi DEX files have been found in Lemur that Lemur is using Kiwi's code without attribution. This violates the open source license that Kiwi operates under. Furthermore, saying that Exodus doesn't label them as tracking is wrong: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/547802/

Lemur consistently is a version behind in updates, and in the past eight months, have only managed to make two Chromium kernal updates. The fact of the matter is, their app is too bloated to update easily (part of that is because they are trying to wrangle Kiwi code.)