PRIVACYBROWSER(1)

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version 0.9 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 privacybrowser — bestie, it's the manual 💖

Okay so real talk: this is the Privacy Browser (1) user manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am, except every single deet is still here, no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

privacybrowser — a web browser that respects your privacy 🌸

Like... respects. As in, it's literally built for that. Iconic behavior only.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

privacybrowser

privacybrowser [url]

privacybrowser [option]

Translation: run it plain, run it with a url, or run it with an option. That's the whole vibe check. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So Privacy Browser is a web browser that is focused on user privacy. That's the whole main character arc. 👑

It uses Qt WebEngine to render websites, which — important deet, bestie — is a modified version of Chromium's rendering engine. So like, the engine underneath is Chromium-coded, but the whole personality is privacy. 🧚

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

Here's where the good stuff lives. Every flag, accounted for, no skipping:

  • -h, --help — shows you the help for the command line options. That's it, that's the whole job. 🙈
  • --help-all — shows help including Qt specific options. So like, the deluxe help. The help with extra sprinkles. ✨
  • -v, --version — displays version information. You're welcome. 💜
  • --author — displays author information. Receipts, basically. 📜
  • --license — displays license information. Always read the fine print, bestie. 💅
  • --desktopfile file — specifies the base file name of the desktop entry for this application. Note that it's the base file name, not the whole path — don't come for me, that's what it says. 🎀

💀 BUGS 💀

Okay so, gentle heads up: Privacy Browser is an early alpha release. As such, many features are not yet implemented. It's giving "work in progress", it's giving "we're so early", it's giving "trust the process". 😭

More information can be found at:

https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-pc/

Bugs in currently implemented features may be reported at:

https://redmine.stoutner.com/projects/privacy-browser-pc/issues

Key deet: bugs in features that are currently implemented go to that second link. Not the not-yet-built ones. Periodt. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Additional documentation is available by pressing F1 inside of Privacy Browser. Yes, literally just press F1. The docs are in there. Slay. 🎀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>

We stan. 💖

And that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋✨ This was Privacy Browser version 0.9, dated 25 April 2026, and honestly? Obsessed with her. Go protect your privacy, queen. 🫶💅🌸

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