| − | '''Chromium''' is an [[open source]]<ref>https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git</ref> [[web browser]] which employs the ''Blink'' engine. The heavily advertised [[Google Chrome]] is essentially this Chromium browser, which has been simply re-branded and slightly modified. The rendering engine is the same, meaning it offers the same speed and stability (or lack there of, depending on your opinion) of [[Google Chrome|Chrome]]. Chromium is a fast, stable browser with a wide variety of available plug-ins. Another example of a Chromium browser is [[Microsoft Edge]]. | + | '''Chromium''' is an [[open source]]<ref>https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git</ref> [[web browser]] which employs the ''Blink'' engine. The heavily advertised [[Google Chrome]] is essentially this Chromium browser, which has been simply re-branded and slightly modified. The rendering engine is the same, meaning it offers the same speed and stability (or lack there of, depending on your opinion) of [[Google Chrome|Chrome]]. Chromium is a fast, stable browser with a wide variety of available plug-ins. The Chromium code base is used by numerous other browsers as well, including [[Brave]], [[Microsoft Edge]], [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]], and [[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]]. |