Donut Browser, the most private anti-detect browser
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Hi everyone!About 2 years ago, I began to work on Donut Browser as a tool to manage browser profiles, which over time has evolved into a proper anti-detect browser.Anti-detect browsers let you create browser profiles that look like as if you have a completely different computer. I believe Donut is the most private anti-detect browser because: - It has no telemetry and doesn't track your browsing activity - It spoofs your browser identity in a way that looks like a real device for every profile - It notifies you when a website takes a snapshot of your browser identity - It is built on top of Chromium and lets you block ads and trackers at the DNS level without relying on Manifest V2 - It lets you create unlimited profiles (the first anti-detect browser to do that) - It supports Linux, which not all anti-detect browsers do!I use Donut as my main browser and the only other browser I have installed is Tor. If you are into privacy, it offers a lot better experience than Firefox containers or writing your own scripts to manage profiles!If anyone is going to try it, would love to hear any feedback!
HN · launched Oct 16, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: multi-account browser tools · 27 launches, 5 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
No Building an anti-detect browser requires maintaining a custom fork of Chromium or Firefox with deep modifications to C++ engine internals to evade sophisticated fingerprinting heuristics.
What it would actually take: Creating a true anti-detect browser entails forking Chromium and patching hundreds of fingerprint vectors in the C++ codebase, including WebGL canvas rendering, AudioContext noise, WebRTC IP leakage, font enumeration, and Navigator properties. The core challenge is keeping pace with upstream Chromium updates while successfully deceiving enterprise anti-bot solutions (e.g., Cloudflare, DataDome, CreepJS) that detect naive JavaScript proxy/injection shims.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Unclear terminology around paid features
Feature requests: Tooltips explaining features like cookie bot hours and cloud profile backups
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 233 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #232 of 234 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 349 days after the earliest competitor.
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