# MultiboxLabs/flow-browser

A modern, privacy-focused browser with a minimalistic design.

Repository: https://github.com/MultiboxLabs/flow-browser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flow-browser
Homepage: https://flow-browser.com
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: browser, bun, chromium, electron, javascript, react, vite, contributions-welcome, help-wanted
Last push: 2026-05-30T12:23:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 79, longevity 38
- inputs: {"age_days": 535, "days_push": 95, "days_rel": 140, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 28}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1068, forks 61 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.276338+00:00)

## What it is
Flow Browser is a modern, privacy-focused desktop web browser built on Electron with Chromium rendering. It offers tabbed browsing, Chrome extension support, a native adblocker, profiles, spaces, and a command palette in a minimalist interface.

## Use cases
- browse the web with a lightweight minimalist browser
- use Chrome extensions in an alternative browser
- block ads and trackers without an extension
- organize tabs into workspaces or spaces
- manage multiple browsing profiles with separate extensions
- watch DRM-protected streaming content in a non-mainstream browser
- put inactive tabs to sleep to save memory

## When to choose
- you want a privacy-focused Electron-based browser with Chrome extension support
- you prefer a minimal UI with a sidebar and command palette
- you need built-in adblocking and tab sleeping without extra extensions
- you want multiple profiles and spaces for organizing browsing

## When to avoid
- you need a fully hardened, security-audited browser like Firefox or Chromium
- you require full feature parity with mainstream browsers (downloads and pinned tabs are still upcoming)
- you need mobile support
- you rely on enterprise browser management policies

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: browser-extension, privacy, security, gui
- domain: web-development, privacy, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: web-browser, electron-app, chromium, adblocker, chrome-extensions, tab-management, command-palette, desktop, macos, linux, electron

## Member repositories
- MultiboxLabs/flow-browser (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.276338+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:54:37.379914+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MultiboxLabs/flow-browser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.276338+00:00, sha 864eda129b3f)
  - homepage: https://flow-browser.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:46.281161+00:00, sha 399114cdd7dd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.