SmartCookieWeb
A secure, free and open source WebView-based web browser for Android.
Beta Releases • Docs • Website
Important note: Google recently announced that embedded browser frameworks, or any browsers that fake their user agent will be banned from Google sign in starting January next year. Now, even if you change your user agent, Google logins redirected from other apps may not work. Turning off "Allow sites to open new windows" in Advanced settings and turning on "Remove identifying HTTP headers" in Privacy and Security Settings, as well as setting the user agent in General Settings to "Mobile" should solve the issue.
Support
Need help? Open an issue here, or:
- Visit the docs
- Email me at
[email protected]
- Join the Telegram chat
- Join the Matrix chat
Installation
- To get started with this project, import it into Android Studio or build from the command line with Gradle:
gradlew assembleDebug
or ./gradlew assembleDebug
Features
- Modern, clean UI
- < 5MB download
- Tons of settings
- Blocks ads and trackers
Contributing
Contributions are greatly appreciated. Feel free to open an issue or pull request. Read the developer docs or help translate
License
Please read the license before forking.
Online services
SmartCookieWeb uses some online services to improve the browser. Information about what is stored is available here. A document outlining how to replace the current services is available here.
Lightning Browser
SmartCookieWeb is a fork of Lightning Browser intended to continue development. Here are some of the changes I've made since I started the project:
- New, more modern, UI
- Parental controls
- Malware blocker
- Bottom navbar
- Custom navbar colour
- Bug fixes
- 'Force Zoom' option
- 'Inject JavaScript' option
- Extensions
- 'Force HTTPS' option
- 'Always incognito' option
- Cookie dialog blocker