Orion Browser for Mac
Privacy by design, like no other browser.
Free
In English
Version 1.1.2When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Orion Browser overview
Orion Browser is built specifically for your Mac and Apple devices. Industry-leading battery life, privacy respecting by design and native support for web extensions.
Features:
- WebKit - Orion uses WebKit, like Safari and unlike most browsers on the market running some variation of Google’s Chromium.
- Vertical tree-style tabs - If you love to have your tabs on the side, you will be pleased to know that Orion has native vertical tree tabs support.
- Tab groups - In Orion, tab groups are also called named windows. By default temporary windows are not synced. If you want to keep the window/tabs after closing and have it sync, simply name that window (eg. ‘Work’).
- Built in ad and tracker blocking - We are saying hard NO to ads and trackers on the web.
- Extension support - Currently Orion supports large number of popular extensions on Desktop with support for more to come. Orion even supports some extensions out of the box on iOS, but we have much more to do here.
- Speedy web browsing - Orion is really, really fast. A fresh install of Orion blocks both ads and trackers on websites, something no other browser does.
- Light on system resources - Browsers like Chrome or Firefox have a reputation of hogging down system resources and using a lot of energy. Orion is a lightweight browser compared to these browsers.
- Easy sync across all devices - Orion syncs your bookmarks, tabs and passwords seamlessly using iCloud, same as Safari.
- Deeper safeguards for privacy - Beyond blocking all ads and trackers by default, Orion is also a zero telemetry browser.
Please read full list of features here.
What's new in version 1.1.2
Improvements and bug fixes
- Orion Browser keeps crashing due to tab number #13924 @KoroKara
- height and width ignored for extension popups #14111 @jeurissen
- New youtube tabs not opening in the current container #14121 @ndzalo
- Link Preview should use Containers #14203 @dws
- Ability to bulk-select and modify containers #14104 @oplos
- [Tabs Groups] Containers not restored after restart of Orion #14122 @ncdev
- Toolbar keeps losing buttons #14150 @Karuna
- Fixed extension popups flickering through multiple frames while loading.
- Prevented access to window.wrappedJSObject from Chrome extension content scripts.
- Fixed content script CSS injection
- Fixed tabs.sendMessage not rejecting when there is no receiving end.
- Translation: Improved translation with a more reliable state management system, enhanced progress and error reporting, retry support, language switching, progressive Kagi Translate, improved on-device translation performance, support for larger translations, and numerous reliability and performance improvements.
- Improved horizontal tab performance.
- Fixed prepared statement leaks in the database.
- Fixed issue where closing a tab in a saved tab group did not release its memory.
- Fixed issue where typing becomes slower as the number of open tabs increases.
- Fixed the topmost tab group loading when hovering over the tab groups list in the vertical tabs view.
- Fixed an issue where changing the tab style and immediately switching tab groups could hide the location bar in the Vertical and Standard tab layouts.
- Fixed issue where images failing to display on http.cat
- Fixed layout and cell selection offset corruption in Google Sheets when toggling the sidebar.
- Fixed issue causing locationbar text font color changing unexpectedly.
- Fixed locationbar text overlaping on macOS Monterey.
- Fixed Cmd+Enter not restoring the original URL.
- Fixed the incorrect left offset of the status view in the Link Preview popover when the sidebar is open.
- Improved the container indicator for Standard tabs.
- Fixed the inability to create new containers on macOS 13 and earlier.
- Improved container deletion by closing affected tabs and adding an option to reopen them without a container.
- Improved app stability by fixing multiple crashes.
Orion Browser for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.1.2
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Aug 18, 2026
Version: 1.1.2
It's been a few versions that Orion doesn't open a window at launch any more (on 10.14), you have to do it manually. Except for that, 10.14 has not been dropped, despite one of the comments below, which is a good thing, but all the issues I mentioned last year are still there. So I keep it at hand for occasional testing, but it's not fit for integrating my workflow in any way, yet, especially now that Firefox ESR keeps supporting old Mojave until at least 2027.
Aug 17, 2026
Version: 1.1.2
It's from Kagi, the paid ad-free search engine. As such, you're going to suffer NAGS to pay up. No interested.
Feb 25, 2026
Version: 1.0.4
Well, despite my sympathy for Orion, it must be said that it's not yet ready to fully replace the usual suspects (Firefox, all Chromium browsers) — at least here on 10.14. Many things still need to be ironed out. In FB Messenger, the reactions shown in the left column are old ones, scrolling is not fluid, etc. In fact, the real positive thing I see is its future, as even Firefox ESR will stop being updated for MacOS 10.14 next month. But for day to day browsing, I still rely on the other browsers in this machine.
Jan 19, 2026
Version: 1.0.2
Current version is 1.0.3. Note that the above links as well as those on the website are not updated immediately when a new version is released! Instead, if you already have Orion installed, it's better to update from within the app.
Dec 1, 2025
Version: 0.99
Orion just hit v1.0! Haven't tested it extensively but still works in 10.14 — although there are no more separated installers for each OS as when it was in beta.
