Ethical Alternatives & Resources
Tools, services and organisations that do less harm than the default choice, in 43 categories. We’re re-checking every entry against our checklist, one category at a time.
Browsers
Nearly every browser here is built on Chromium or Firefox code, so what sets an ethical browser apart is who makes it and how it earns its money. We also look for open-source code and tracker blocking.
Our everyday pick is Firefox: open source, running Mozilla’s own engine outside Chromium, from a company owned by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation. The trade-off: Mozilla gets about 85% of its income from Google’s search deal. If you need to hide your location, Tor Browser, from the non-profit Tor Project, sends your traffic through the Tor network.
Our guide to Google alternatives covers leaving Chrome too.
How we choose: each browser is checked against the 6 principles in our manifesto: who owns it and how it makes money, what it collects, how it treats people, honesty, openness and staying power. We last checked them on 13 October 2026.
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LibreWolf
Volunteer-built version of Firefox with telemetry removed and uBlock Origin built in
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Midori
Open-source browser rebuilt on Firefox code with tracker blocking, now made by Astian
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Waterfox
Firefox-based browser with telemetry stripped out, owned by its founder again since 2023
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Vivaldi
Norwegian browser with no outside investors and no AI chatbot; its interface code is closed
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Brave
Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers by default; earns from its own ads and crypto
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Falkon
Lightweight open-source browser from the KDE community, with ad blocking built in
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Tor Browser
Browser that sends your traffic through the Tor network, from the non-profit Tor Project
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Firefox
Open-source browser from Mozilla, which gets about 85% of its income from Google's search deal
