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GrapheneOS/Vanadium

Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS. It depends on hardening in other GrapheneOS repositories and doesn't include patches not relevant to the build targets used on GrapheneOS. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium · homepage · Python · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 87
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 5.0
  • age_days: 3571
  • days_rel: 8
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 137

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2085 stars · 132 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Vanadium is a privacy and security hardened variant of Chromium that serves as the standard browser and WebView provider on GrapheneOS. It relies on OS-level hardening in GrapheneOS rather than duplicating those fixes inside the browser itself.

Use cases

  • hardened chromium browser for android
  • privacy-focused web browser for grapheneos
  • secure webview for android apps
  • browser with extra security hardening
  • replace google chrome with a privacy browser
  • open-source chromium fork for privacy

When to choose

  • you run GrapheneOS and want the default hardened browser and WebView
  • you want Chromium compatibility with additional privacy and security hardening on Android
  • you need a WebView implementation hardened against real-world attacks

When to avoid

  • you use a stock or non-GrapheneOS Android ROM, since many hardening features depend on the OS
  • you need a cross-platform browser for desktop operating systems
  • you want a browser with built-in extensions or heavy customization

Facets

application · maturity active

security privacy browser-extension privacy security web-development android-tools chromium hardened-browser webview grapheneos browser android

6 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
GrapheneOS/Vanadiummain95

For agents

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