Helium

Helium 0.20.1.1

Private, fast, and honest web browser.

  • By The Helium Authors
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 21, 2026
Download for Windows

About Helium

The Chromium-based web browser made for people, with love. Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise.

What's new in 0.20.1.1

Changes since last build:
helium-windows
e4b5272 update: helium 0.20.1.1 (#423)
helium-chromium
f29a2596 merge: update to chromium 156.0.8078.47 (#2749)
27b741a8 revision: reset to 1
f756c6f3 helium/ui/layout: fix crash when closing a window in zen mode
69a7a729 helium/core/exclude-flags: update for chromium 156
46c7ea4b patches: refresh for 156.0.8078.47
4339fded merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 156.0.8078.47
0673f870 Update to Chromium 156.0.8078.47
19d7f0c9 Add a flag to hide native window buttons (#3991)
e917fa4f patches/canvas-image-data-noise: fix noise writing past its pixmap
3423b167 ci/i18n-notify: only run in upstream repository (#2756)
ee1755c9 helium/ui/layout: refresh browser layout settings (#2745)
cb86b98d helium/settings: derive default appearance views from the page
cb10d7c9 helium/ui/layout: refresh browser layout settings
bc5de428 helium/ui/layout: drop the top outline from hover-expanded vts (#2742)
e0a7a614 helium/ui/layout: restore upstream collapsed pinned tab layout (#2741)
7e73387e helium/ui/layout: shrink corners as the vts collapses (#2740)
b0027502 helium/ui/layout: update hover corners when the sidebar switches sides (#2739)
899e8eb6 helium/ui/layout: fix zen sidebar bouncing at the window edge (#2737)
48e91cb9 helium/ui/layout: make expand on hover work with zen mode (#2736)

See this GitHub Actions Run for the Workflow file used as well as the build logs and artifacts

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Technical details

PublisherThe Helium Authors
Version0.20.1.1
Release date2026-10-21
LicenseGPL-3.0
Installer typenullsoft
Architecturex64, arm64
Package IDImputNet.Helium

Links & install command

Install Helium from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=ImputNet.Helium -e

chromiumhelium-browserheliumbrowsermanifestv2mv2web-browserwebbrowser

Older versions

  • 0.19.4.1
  • 0.19.3.1
  • 0.19.2.1
  • 0.18.3.1
  • 0.18.2.1
  • 0.18.1.1
  • 0.17.2.1
  • 0.17.1.1
  • 0.17.0.1