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Zen Browser is the Arc replacement I was looking for
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Zen rips off all the best bits of Arc, but skips the AI and bloat.
Zen rips off all the best bits of Arc, but skips the AI and bloat.
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I know many of you are mourning the loss of the Arc browser, and I get it. It felt like the first app in a long time to really offer a new approach to browser design. Atlassian bought the company last year and shifted its focus to developing Dia, its even more AI-focused browser. And soon enough, Arc will officially be no more, leaving dedicated users in a lurch. But I abandoned Arc quite some time ago for the Zen Browser and haven’t really missed it. If you’re willing to deal with some minor inconveniences, I think you’ll find Zen is the Arc replacement you’re looking for.
Zen unabashedly rips off all the best bits of Arc. Visually, they’re almost indistinguishable. It has the launcher-like pinned sites, tab bar on the left, siloed spaces, and mods that let you customize the browser’s UI to your liking. It takes the bits that made Arc’s interface feel fresh, then strips out everything that made it bloated and drove me into the arms of another.
There’s no agent in a sidebar hounding me to let it handle tasks. I’m not worried about Zen training an LLM on my browsing activity. It’s just a web browser.