Custom Chromium Builds

Ajna Browser

A specialized Chromium build with a custom user interface and privacy features.

Chromium
Custom UI
Privacy

What was built

Ajna is a specialized Chromium build rather than a general-purpose one, built around a specific use case reflected in its interface and privacy behavior. Redesigning the user interface meant changing more than visual styling: Chromium's UI is wired into the same process that handles tabs, navigation and rendering, so interface changes touch how the browser is put together, not just how it looks. Alongside that, Ajna has its own set of privacy features, giving it a different default privacy posture than stock Chromium.

The engineering challenge

Chromium's interface is not a skin sitting on top of the browser; it is wired into the same process that handles tabs, navigation and rendering. Redesigning it means working inside that structure rather than around it, and privacy features added at the same time have to keep working through whatever the interface change touched.

Engineering scope and what shipped

A specialized Chromium build
A custom user interface
Privacy features

Engineering approach: how it fits together

How the Ajna Browser build is put together

Ajna Browser
- Custom UI
The product users see: a specialized Chromium build with a redesigned interface.
Custom user interface
- Custom UI
A redesigned interface, changed at the level Chromium's UI is wired into rather than only in appearance.
Privacy features
- Privacy
A privacy posture built specifically for this browser rather than left at Chromium's stock defaults.
Chromium
The open-source engine the specialized build is based on.
Build and release
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux

Your product
Our engineering
Upstream, kept as close to unmodified as possible
Platforms and release

Ajna's redesigned interface and privacy features are both layered on a specialized Chromium build, distinct from a general-purpose one.

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