Top 15 Internet Explorer Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Windows Internet Explorer (IE) is a graphical web browser developed by Microsoft and has been included as part of the Windows operating system since 1995. It has been the most widely used web browser since 1999, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003 with IE5 and IE6 but steadily declining since, with a current usage share of about 44%.
Last version is Internet Explorer 11, available for Windows 7 and 8, not for XP.

1. Hydra Browser

Hydra Browser Hydra is a web browser with Office 2007 style interface, intended to be a good companion to your primary browser. Hydra is loaded with features built right into the software, such as a translator (using three services publicly available - Google, Babelfish and Tranexp), autologger, form filler (sort off...), RSS......

2. Risingware Browser

Risingware Browser Risingware Browser, a multi-process web browser based on Trident (IE) layout engine, is fairly light and fast in terms of speed. When we speak of "speed", we mean the speed in searching stuff by activating multiple search engines at a time, in visiting or closing out web pages, in bringing......

3. Shiira

Shiira Shiira is a web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa. The goal of the Shiira Project is to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari.......

4. Ayakawa's Firefox Community Builds

Ayakawa's Firefox Community Builds This is a custom/rpivate Firefox build may be no good for you. Please use it by the self-responsibility. No bug fixes unless owner has gotten the bug.......

5. Ungoogled Chromium

Ungoogled Chromium A Google Chromium variant for removing Google integration and enhancing privacy, control, and transparencyA number of features or background services communicate with Google servers despite the absence of an associated Google account or compiled-in Google API keys. Furthermore, the normal build process for Chromium involves running Google's own high-level commands......

6. Demeter

Demeter Imagine if you will, a Cocoa-based browser that has the ability to connect to all of your favorite social networks. The ability to quickly find your favorite bookmark without leaving the page you are on. A browser built using the latest-and-greatest technologies from the WebKit rendering engine that provides arguably......

7. Element Browser

Element Browser Element Browser is a stylistic, modern and powerful web browser. It features unmatched security, an intuitive user interface and great features.Visualize your websites in shelves. Reorder them, get live previews. All the power of conventional tabs has been super improved with shelves. Element Browser gives you incredible power, simplicity and......

8. 360 Browser

360 Browser The 360 Browser is a free web browser developed by 360 Security (aka Qihu or Qihoo) that focuses on providing a secure browsing experience to its users.- Secure Surfing & Download: Filter anti-phishing and malicious URL while browsing and scan downloaded file for malware.- Ad Filter: Hide unwanted advertisements to......

9. Google Chrome

Google Chrome A free web browser developed by Google from the open source Chromium project with a focus on speed and minimalism. Chrome offers fast start-up and web page loading, sports a minimalist user interface, automatically updates in the background, and offers syncing of browser bookmarks, extensions, passwords, and history......

10. cleanPages

cleanPages cleanPages improves the readability of webpages by removing unnecessary clutter.It enhances the layout and tries to combine multi-paged articles into one.It works on locally saved HTML (not MHT!) pages and in offline mode, too.......

11. Speedy Browser

Speedy Browser J&ASoft Speedy Browser (Formerly QualSoft Speedy Browser) is a tabbed web browser. It is based on Internet Explorer 7.......

12. Zirco Browser

Zirco Browser Zirco is an open-source alternative browser for Android. Features:• Basic browser features (bookmarks, history, downloads...)• Unlimited tabs• Easy bookmarks access• Easy tabs opening and closing• Bookmarks import from legacy Android browser• Can be set as default browser• Ad-blocker......

13. Camino

Camino Camino (Spanish for way/path/road) is a free, open source, GUI-based Web browser based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine and specifically designed for the Mac OS X operating system. In place of an XUL-based user interface used by most Mozilla-based applications, Camino uses Mac-native Cocoa APIs, although it does not use......

14. Skyfire

Skyfire Skyfire is a mobile browser that lets you play Flash video, connect with friends, listen to music, shop, and browse the web using the full-featured PC versions of your favorite websites. With Skyfire, mobile browsing just works - speedy page loads, full video, images and audio. [NOTE: Skyfire supports Flash......

15. uZard Web

uZard Web uZard The Fastest Mobile Web BrowserYou are just a touch of a fingertip away from the rest of the world. Features ?Low memory requirement? Multinational language font support from the server? Easy updating of new Web technology after introducing the handset? Support of various multimedia contents? Easy porting and handset......