Brave (web browser)

Brave
	Desktop and mobile versions of Brave
Developer(s)	Brave Software, Inc.
Repository	https://github.com/brave/brave-browser;
Written in	C, JavaScript, C++
Type	Web Browser
License	MPL 2.0
Website	brave.com

Brave is a free and open-source web browser made by Brave Software, Inc. based on the Chromium web browser, which is the browser Google Chrome is also based on.^[2]

The web browser blocks ads and website trackers. Brave has a get paid to surf business model, where users get small amounts of a cryptocurrency called the Basic Attention Token (BAT) for seeing ads inside the browser, which they can give to their favorite authors.^[3]

As of 2025, Brave has been created for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. It includes 5 search engines, including DuckDuckGo as the main.

References

↑ "Company Overview of Brave Software Inc". Bloomberg. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
↑ Cimpanu, Catalin. "Brave browser moves to Chromium codebase, now supports Chrome extensions". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
↑ "What is Brave Rewards?". Brave. Retrieved 2025-10-07.

Other websites

Official website

[bloomberg:_Brave_Software,_Inc.-1] "Company Overview of Brave Software Inc". Bloomberg. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[zdnet-2] Cimpanu, Catalin. "Brave browser moves to Chromium codebase, now supports Chrome extensions". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-02-10.

[3] "What is Brave Rewards?". Brave. Retrieved 2025-10-07.

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