Supermium

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Supermium
Developer(s)Shane Fournier[1]
Initial release115.0.5744.0 (May 9, 2023; 12 months ago (2023-05-09))[2]
Stable release
122.0.6261.152 (R4)[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 2 May 2024
Repositoryhttps://github.com/win32ss/supermium
Operating systemWindows XP SP1 and later[4]
Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later[4]
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Websitewin32subsystem.live/supermium/ Edit this on Wikidata

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] Supermium has other 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Proven, Liam. "Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP". The Register. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ "Releases". GitHub / win32ss / supermium. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  3. ^ "Releases of Supermium". Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Supermium homepage".
  5. ^ "Chrome browser system requirements". Chrome Enterprise and Education Help. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b Michael MJD (March 2024). "Supermium - A Modern Web Browser for XP and Vista!". YouTube.
  7. ^ "Chromium sync Google API removed". 24 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Shane Fournier's repositories". GitHub.

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