Imagine opening YouTube and seeing zero ads, no pre-rolls, no banners—while Google can’t track a single click. That was Bromite’s promise. In 2023 the original project froze at Chromium 108. Today, Cromite (official fork by Bromite co-maintainer @uazo) ships Chromium 131+, keeps every privacy patch alive, and adds new super-powers. This is the 2025 guide you need: what it is, one-tap download, Chrome showdown, 7 real benefits, and a 90-second install.
What is Cromite?
Cromite is a 100 % open-source Chromium fork for Android that blocks ads, trackers, AMP pages, click-bait, and fingerprinting—without extensions. Born from Bromite’s ashes, it is now the fastest-moving privacy browser on GitHub:
- 3–5 releases per month
- 1.2 million lines of custom patches
- Zero Google code left phoning home
Think Chrome’s speed + uBlock Origin + DNS-over-HTTPS + anti-fingerprinting, baked in.
One-Tap Download (official, signed, auto-updating)
▶ Download Cromite 131.0.6778.3 (arm64) – 87 MB SHA-256: copy from release page → verify in Settings → About → “Checksum OK”
Or add the Cromite F-Droid repo (auto-updates forever): https://www.cromite.org/fdroid/repo
Cromite vs Google Chrome – 60-Second Showdown
| Feature | Cromite | Google Chrome |
|---|---|---|
| Ads | Blocked at DNS + DOM level | Sold to you |
| Trackers | 100 % removed (EasyPrivacy + custom) | 37 trackers per page (avg) |
| Fingerprinting | Canvas/audio/WebGL spoofed | Unique ID sold to advertisers |
| DNS | DoH/DoQ (Cloudflare, Quad9, AdGuard) | Google DNS or ISP |
| AMP pages | Stripped → original URL | Forced Google cache |
| Background video | Plays with screen off | Stops |
| Updates | Weekly security patches | Monthly + Google bloat |
| RAM usage | 15–25 % less | Eats your breakfast |
| Google account required? | Never | Sync = data harvest |
Bottom line: same rendering engine, 180° different soul.
7 Benefits You Feel on Day One
- Battery + Data Saver – No ads = 38 % less mobile data (Cloudflare study).
- Zero Crash Ads – Malvertising can’t load.
- Background YouTube – Lock screen, keep listening.
- One-Tap Night Mode – System dark theme forces every site dark.
- Custom Search Engines – Startpage, Qwant, SearxNG in two taps.
- Flags Lab – 40 extra chrome://flags (QUIC v2, AV1, JPEG-XL).
- F-Droid Auto-Update – Never sideload again.
How to Install in 90 Seconds
- Tap the Download button above.
- Open file → “Install anyway” (first time only).
- Settings → Apps → Default apps → Browser → Cromite.
- (Optional) Long-press home → Add Cromite F-Droid repo → Enable auto-update.
Done. Your first ad-free web is one refresh away.
Bonus: Make It Your System WebView (expert mode)
Want every app (banking, Reddit, WhatsApp Web) to inherit Cromite’s shields?
adb shell cmd package set-home-activity org.cromite.cromite/.ChromiumBrowserActivity
adb shell cmd webviewupdate set-webview-impl org.bromite.webview(Full guide: cromite.org/webview)
Why 2025 Belongs to Cromite
Google now injects AI summaries that track every scroll. Cromite answers with pure Chromium, zero Google, weekly patches. One APK, one philosophy: your phone, your rules.
Tap download, flush Chrome, and browse like the internet was meant to be—fast, private, ad-free.
Cromite – Take back your browser. Again.