Web3 & Decentralized

GTX Browser

An IPFS-integrated Chromium browser with a gtx:// protocol, a built-in wallet and privacy hardening.

Chromium
IPFS
Custom protocol
Wallet
Version porting

What was built

GTX Browser brings decentralized content into a Chromium browser. It integrates IPFS, adds its own gtx:// protocol, includes a built-in wallet and applies privacy hardening. We also upgraded it from Chromium 98 to Chromium 114.

The engineering challenge

Moving a custom fork from Chromium 98 to 114 crosses sixteen major releases. Every custom patch has to be re-applied and repaired against a codebase that kept changing underneath it, and the browser has to keep working at the end.

Engineering scope and what shipped

IPFS integration inside the browser
A custom gtx:// URL protocol
A built-in wallet
Privacy hardening
An upgrade of the Chromium base from version 98 to 114

Engineering approach: how it fits together

How the GTx Browser fork is put together

GTx Browser
The branded browser itself, including the gtx:// address bar and the built-in wallet interface.
IPFS and gtx:// protocol
IPFS integration and a custom gtx:// URL protocol, so the browser can load decentralized content directly.
Wallet and privacy hardening
A built-in wallet and privacy hardening applied across the browser.
Chromium 114
Upgraded from Chromium 98 to 114, carrying the fork’s patches forward across sixteen major upstream releases.
Build and release
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Compiled and packaged as a downloadable desktop browser.

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

Users see the branded browser; everything below is the fork that makes gtx:// links, IPFS and the wallet work.

About the product

GTx Browser is the browser of the GWorld ecosystem. Its public source code shows a fork of Chromium 114 that carries its own branding, a gtx:// address scheme, handling for ipfs:// links and a GTx wallet installed with the browser.

The wallet is a fork of MetaMask, and the browser is published as open source with downloads for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Source: GTx Browser on GitHub. Checked September 2026; product details may have changed since.

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Chromium Browser DevelopmentCustom Chromium builds, forks and engine-level changes.Browser Version PortingMoving custom features onto newer upstream releases.

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