Supermium
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Developer(s) | Shane Fournier[1] |
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Initial release | 115.0.5744.0 (May 9, 2023[2] | )
Stable release | 124.0.6367.245[3]
/ 10 July 2024 |
Repository | https://github.com/win32ss/supermium |
Operating system | Windows XP SP1 and later[4] Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later[4] |
Platform | IA-32, x86-64 |
License | BSD-3-Clause |
Website | win32subsystem |
Supermium is a free and open-source web browser that is a fork of Chromium. The main feature of Supermium is support for old versions of Microsoft Windows that are no longer supported by Chromium; this includes all versions prior to Windows 10,[5] starting with Windows XP.[1][6] The browser also adds features not supported by Chromium, including the Google Chrome Sync service.[4][7]
Supermium has 32-bit and 64-bit executables.[1] The versioning is based on Chromium's.
The developer is Shane Fournier.[1][6] His motivation is "lightweight, highly compatible win32 applications", and his username on GitHub is "win32ss".[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Proven, Liam. "Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Releases". GitHub / win32ss / supermium. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- ^ "Releases of Supermium". Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Supermium homepage".
- ^ "Chrome browser system requirements". Chrome Enterprise and Education Help. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Supermium - A Modern Web Browser for XP and Vista!". YouTube. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Chromium sync Google API removed". 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Shane Fournier's repositories". GitHub.