Vivaldi

Free

Price checked at source August 20, 2026.

A deeply customizable Chromium browser from a company that turns down investor money on principle, built by one of the original Opera co-founders.

Our take

The pitch is customization depth most browsers don’t attempt — tab stacking, tiling, and a built-in note-taker among them — from a company whose stated business model is donations and licensing rather than user data.

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Price: Free
License: Proprietary
Get it via: Homebrew · Direct
Developer: Vivaldi Technologies

Do you use Vivaldi?

Who made this

Vivaldi Technologies ✓

Vivaldi is led by co-founder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner, who has been building browsers since 1994 (he also co-founded Opera) — self-described on his own blog, hosted on Vivaldi’s own domain.

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What it does

Tab stacking and tiling

Group tabs into stacks or tile them side by side within one window.

Built-in note-taking

A notes panel with screenshot capture, docked alongside your tabs.

No tracking, states the company

“No tracking. No investors demanding your data. Answerable only to you,” per Vivaldi.

The deal

Free to download and use
Funded by donations and licensing, not user data, per the company

Vivaldi — questions people ask

Is Vivaldi free?

Yes, completely free, with optional voluntary donations.

Who makes Vivaldi?

Vivaldi Technologies, an independent European company co-founded by Jón von Tetzchner, a co-founder of the original Opera browser.

Is Vivaldi free?

Yes — Vivaldi is free.

Does Vivaldi work alongside a notch app like Alcove?

Yes — Vivaldi lives in the screen, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.

Where can I download Vivaldi?

Vivaldi is available via Homebrew, Direct.

Reviews

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Listing hand-verified August 20, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.

How Vivaldi compares

Vivaldi vs Arc → Vivaldi vs Brave → Vivaldi vs Firefox → Vivaldi vs Google Chrome →

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