Orion Browser

Users share experiences with the Orion web browser, praising its WebKit base, Chrome/Firefox extension support, ad-blocking, performance on Apple devices, and tree-style tabs, while noting limitations like platform availability and occasional bugs.

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Sample Comments

dharmab Jun 29, 2023 View on HN

I'm using Orion as my iOS browser and in the past few months I've not had to reach for Safari. Looking forward to a Linux and Windows release.

johnisgood Jul 28, 2025 View on HN

Seems like the Orion browser is only supported on macOS and iOS. I am only mentioning this to save some people a couple of clicks.https://kagi.com/orion/

gnicholas Nov 23, 2023 View on HN

Orion is an interesting browser that I've started using. Based off Safari, but works with most/many extensions in the Chrome Store.

SxC97 Apr 24, 2022 View on HN

FWIW, I’ve been using the Orion beta on my Mac and it’s great. It’s a WebKit based browser with a built in ad blocker and tree style tabs and can run most Firefox and chrome extensions while having lower resource usage and better battery life than safari.A nearly perfect browser for me with only a few downsides.- Not available on windows or Linux yet- No open tabs sync across apple devices (yet, planned)- Doesn’t support all extensions (yet, also planned)

Obscurity4340 Dec 13, 2023 View on HN

What do you think about Orion Browser for Apple stuffs?

baggachipz Dec 16, 2025 View on HN

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Orion has matured as a browser and just hit 1.0. It's mac- and ios-only for now, but linux and windows ports are in the works. It has ad-blocking out of the box and has zero telemetry. I use it every day.

andelink Oct 10, 2023 View on HN

I use the Orion browser with Firefox extensions on iOS and generally it works great.

Aerbil313 Jun 22, 2025 View on HN

I'm using Orion as my daily driver on iOS mainly because of a Safari bug[1]. It used to be very buggy, had frequent app crashes for no reason at all but nowadays (since a year?) works pretty fine, even the UBO plugin works fine.1: You can long tap and select "Download Linked File" on any link in Safari, including links that are forbidden by Content Restrictions, such as a news.ycombinator.com link from google search. Ping me if a Safari engineer sees this and fixes it!

mgrandl May 3, 2023 View on HN

Orion is basically Safari with full extension support.

Great question. Orion is built on WebKit and works with firefox extensions (uBlock)