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Source-code used in Kiwi Browser for Android

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Source-code used in Kiwi Browser for Android

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2020-04-18 12:20:14 UTC to 2023-08-11 10:52:39 UTC.

02462020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2023

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

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I've never tried Kiwi Browser but had similarly come across it while searching. The dev themselves refers to them as ads[1] (2022), though prior to being accepted properly into Bing's referral program Kiwi redirected all search queries through their own servers[2][3] (2021) (the original Kiwi repo's issues tab has been deleted since). Tbf the dev always sounds reasonable in their responses but was a little off-putting initially so I kinda understand the GP's impression. [1] https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next/issues/91#issuecomme... [2] https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater/issues/35 [3] https://web.archive.org/web/20210605191305/https://github.co...
In Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release
This is really cool, thanks for pointing it out! I have used Eruda and keep it in Tampermonkey in Firefox for use in a pinch but it's hacky. It's impressive that it works at all, but it's very difficult to do any actual work. I already had Kiwi installed and it's neat to pop it open and see this feature hiding in plain sight. I can definitely see myself using it regularly, although I won't use it as a daily driver since it selectively blocks adblockers on a hardcoded list of domains which is just untrustworthy. https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src/blob/master/extensions/re...
In Devtools for mobile browsers
I also get a blank page on my mobile phone: Kiwi source branch is Chromium 77.0 + Kiwi backported fixes, will show 88.0.4324.152 to websites for compatibility reasons (64-bit) Revision a7c1b21614f6b5763bd597ab8fefd8678c073df9-refs/heads/master@{#764932} Source-code https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src OS Android 11.0.0; SM-G780F Build/RP1A.200720.012 Google Play services SDK=12211000; Installed=0; Access=none JavaScript V8 6.8.275.15 User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; SM-G780F) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/88.0.4324.152 Mobile Safari/537.36
In Show HN: This AI Does Not Exist
> Now:tap tabs icon on top. Tap new tab thats on the other side of display You can long-press the tabs icon on top, which is slightly more convenient. (No, it's not obvious.) > Im about to start looking for another browser soon, would welcome suggestions! (Ability to run ublock is neccesity) AFAICT the only other open-source android browser that supports ublock origin is Kiwi Browser.[0] It used to heavily lag behind upstream chromium, though — I don't know if that's changed. [0] https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src
In Firefox Android Build that caused issues is working as intended

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