plutonium_browser
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Changelog
Newest first.
1.0.0 — 2026-07-23
First public release. Windows and Linux.
Browsing
- Tabs, bookmarks bar, downloads with pause and resume, searchable history
- Find in page, zoom, page source, contextual right-click menus
- Private windows on an in-memory session
- DevTools docked to the bottom or the right
- Custom error pages covering 24 Chromium error codes
Research
- 16 bang shortcuts to CVE, OSINT and documentation sources
- Custom bangs with a URL template
- Start page grouped by workflow: recon, vuln intel, appsec, ranges, disclosure
Security
- Encrypted vault: scrypt, AES-256-GCM, auto-lock
- Password generator with rejection sampling and live entropy
- Three-step security level modelled on Tor Browser
- Content blocking, 84 built-in rules plus your own
- DNT on by default; one-click clearing of cookies, storage, cache
- User agent stripped of
Electron/and the app name, which otherwise gets you a CAPTCHA on sight
Data
- Bookmark import and export, JSON or CSV, merging rather than replacing
- Everything stored as plain files in the OS app-data directory
Known gaps. No macOS build. No autofill, deliberately —
see the threat model. Builds are unsigned.