Stedding Browser
The open-source Arc alternative, for Mac and Windows
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A free, open-source browser that works like Arc/Zen: vertical tabs, Spaces with their own sign-ins, pinned tabs, split view, Peek, and a command bar. Built on Chromium, so your extensions work. No account required. No telemetry. Sync through your own cloud. Customize everything.
PH · launched Nov 14, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 19%) · 0 views
Niche: specialized and developer web browsers · 83 launches, 9 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Productivity
- Open Source
- Privacy
- GitHub
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More like this: all 83 launches in specialized and developer web browsers →
Could you build this?
No The product is a full Chromium-based browser with native features like Spaces, split view, and Peek. Building a browser means forking or maintaining Chromium, which requires a large, specialized engineering team.
What it would actually take: A real version would fork Chromium and carry its build system, security patches, and frequent upstream merges. It would also need native UI work on Mac and Windows, a sync backend, and an extension-compatible profile model. Realistically this takes a team of browser and C++ engineers working for years.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 197 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #41 of 198 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 364 days after the earliest competitor.
- Open Arc · ph · 2026-11-09 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Zigzag Browser · ph · 2026-11-08 · 111 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Airc · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Orb Browser · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Open Inspector · ph · 2026-10-02 · 121 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- WolfWeb · ph · 2026-11-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Chrome UI Gallery · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Arcmark · hn · 2026-02-14 · 94 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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