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Comment on Show HN: Helium Browser for Android with extensions support, based on Vanadium

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Fascinating, I use Firefox because on Android I can use extensions (for this https://plzat.me). This is a great alternative.

Edit: hard to find where to get this browser. Do I need to build it myself?

With Obtanium you can add the URL (https://github.com/jqssun/android-helium-browser) and it will automatically notify when a new version is available. Kind of like a package manager for GitHub and other sources (for stuff not available on F-Droid).

Click on 'Releases' and you'll see a link to an apk download.

There is Quetta browser that is stable and support extensions on mobile.

Quetta's design is really bad, takes multiple clicks to switch from Private back to Normal browsing mode.

Quetta is unusable for me from how much they redesign the UI for no real reason. What I wanted was just an up-to-date version of Kiwi Browser which this project seems to aim for.

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