GNOME Web
The facts below are what the maker publishes about GNOME Web, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From GNOME Web's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free browser download |
The facts
Each one read from GNOME Web's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Browser engine
- webkitchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Supported platforms
- desktopchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Web apps
- Users can save webpages as Web Apps that launch from the Activities overview in a window without the address bar or menus.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it does
- Browsing
- Web offers a simple way to browse the internet and displays pages with the speed and accuracy of other popular browsers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Built-in ad blocking
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Customization
- Users can apply custom CSS to change the look of web pages, including font size or color scheme.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- GNOME's app page directs users to install the latest version from Flathub.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Latest release
- The app page lists version 51.1, released September 24, 2026.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mouse gestures
- Web supports mouse gestures for navigating backward or forward, creating or closing tabs, and reloading a page; gestures require a middle mouse button.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Passwords
- Web can ask to remember website login details, and users can turn password remembering off in Preferences.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy limit
- The help page says incognito mode does not stop websites from tracking browsing activity.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Private browsing
- Private browsing limits access to browsing information on the computer and does not log into websites or save session information.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Proxy
- Web can use a proxy server configured through the GNOME Network settings panel.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Web is a browser for GNOME with a simple interface designed to keep focus on web pages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The app page links to online help, an issue tracker, and the app community for help and discussion.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Tracking protection
- advancedchecked 21 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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