The web browser is probably one of the most important tools on your computer, and you’re most likely viewing this article on one built on Chromium. The new Ladybird Browser aims to break free from Chromium, Firefox, and Safari. This new browser is looking to become entirely independent from the most popular development platforms.

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Ladybird Browser is not available yet, but the company is hoping to have an alpha build some time soon. This is great news for those who are tired of Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox, and others. The folks behind this browser seem to be vested in being fully independent and hopefully put a focus on privacy. Here’s what we know.

Ladybird is a brand-new browser & web engine. Driven by a web standards first approach, Ladybird aims to render the modern web with good performance, stability, and security.

From its humble beginnings as an HTML viewer for the SerenityOS hobby operating system project, Ladybird has since grown into a cross-platform browser supporting Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like systems.

Ladybird is currently in heavy development. We are targeting a first Alpha release for early adopters in 2026.

• Independent: No code from other browsers. We’re building a new engine based on web standards.
• Single Focus: We are focused on one thing: the web browser.
• Monetization-free: No “default search deals”, crypto tokens, or other forms of user monetization, ever.

Ladybird Browser uses a brand new engine based on web standards, without borrowing any code from other browsers. It started as a humble HTML viewer for the SerenityOS hobby project, but since then it’s grown into a full cross-platform browser project supporting Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like systems.

We can already do some of our daily browsing with Ladybird, like managing GitHub issues and pull requests, and commenting on Hacker News. The browser is improving every day, as our community of contributors are actively fixing bugs and adding features.

But it’s still very far from finished. We want to turn Ladybird into a browser that you can use every day for all your web-related tasks. It should be fast, stable, support web standards, and protect your privacy. A browser for you.

That’s about all we know, but we hope to see more news from this project soon, and hopefully a Ladybird Browser alpha build will drop soon. What do you think of this project?

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