Privoo6.0.4

Download Privoo

Version 6.0.4. Free and MIT licensed, no account, and it updates itself from then on.

Windows

An installer for Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. This is the platform Privoo is built and tested on.

macOS

Built from the same source. Unsigned, so macOS will ask you to allow it the first time.

Linux

An AppImage. Mark it executable and run it. There is nothing to install.
All three come from the same page. Releases are published on GitHub with checksums, so you can verify what you downloaded before you run it. Go to the latest release →

First run

Privoo offers to bring your bookmarks, history and saved passwords over from Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Brave. It reads them from the other browser's own profile folder on your disk. Nothing is uploaded, and you can skip it entirely.

Everything else is already configured. Blocking, HTTPS upgrades, encrypted DNS and fingerprint protection are on before the first tab opens; there is no setup wizard to click through.

Building from source

Node.js 16 or newer, and npm.

git clone https://github.com/sharp4real/privoobrowser
cd privoobrowser

npm install      # install dependencies
npm start        # run it
npm run dist     # build an installer for your platform

npm run dist produces an installer in dist/ for whichever platform you are on. Cross-building is not set up.

Updates

Privoo checks for a new version on launch and installs it when you quit. The check is a single request to the GitHub releases API and sends nothing about you; it can be turned off in Settings → About → Automatic updates, in which case you can update by downloading a release yourself.

Uninstalling

Remove Privoo the way you remove anything else on your platform. That leaves your profile behind in case you come back. To delete that too, remove the folder listed on the privacy page.