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This new browser won't monetize your every move - how to try it

Does the world need yet another web browser? The team behind Ladybird certainly believes so and is actively creating a truly independent browser without any monetization.

Ladybird was first announced on July 1, 2024, when Chris Wanstrath wrote in this blog post: "Today, every major browser engine is open source, which is wonderful, but there's still one issue: they're all funded by Google's advertising empire. Show more sudo dnf install autoconf-archive automake ccache cmake curl git liberation-sans-fonts libglvnd-devel nasm ninja-build patchelf perl-FindBin perl-IPC-Cmd perl-lib qt6-qtbase-devel qt6-qtmultimedia-devel qt6-qttools-devel qt6-qtwayland-devel tar unzip zip zlib-ng-compat-static -y Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNETObviously, Ladybird has a long way to go before it's ready for general use (the predicted first release is sometime in 2026), so don't expect to spend the time compiling the browser and then using it as your default.

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