Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Helium
A floating browser window for your Mac
Helium is a floating browser window for Mac that lets users watch video or access web content while working on other tasks. The window stays visible on top of other applications, preventing content from being hidden… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Helium launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A floating browser window that lives in your menubar.
2017 · jmitch.com · its alternatives →
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Lighter web automation with Python. Contribute to mherrmann/helium development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I'm working for a startup called BugFree Software and would love to hear your feedback on a new product we are launching today. Helium is a library that wraps around Selenium to simplify web automation. It does away with many of the technicalities involved with web scripting. For example: Here is a Selenium script. Can you guess what it does? >>> ff = Firefox() ... >>> text_area = ff.find_element_by_id("u_0_1q") >>> text_area.send_keys("Hello World!") >>> button = ff.find_element_by_class_name("_42g-") >>> button.click() Here is the same script rewritten using Helium: >>>…
2013 · heliumhq.com · its alternatives →
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Helium▲103Building the world's first peer-to-peer wireless network.
2014 · helium.com · its alternatives →
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Pennywise▲258Desktop application to open anything in a floating window
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Been working on an experimental Chromium-based browser that brings 2 major features to your phone/tablet: 1. desktop-style extensions: natively install any extensions (like uBO) from the chrome web store, just toggle "desktop site" in the menu first. 2. privacy/security hardening: applies the full patch sets from Vanadium (with Helium's currently wip). Means you get both browsers' excellent privacy features, like Vanadium's webrtc IP policy option that protects your real IP by default, and security improvements such as JIT being disabled by default, all while being a reasonably…
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pocket Screen▲207Keep any Mac window visible in a floating mini screen
Jul 2026 · labs.toybird.com · its alternatives →
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Two browser windows (acting as socket clients) communicate their: - Screen dimensions - (screen.width, screen.height) - Window dimensions - (window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight) - Window X/Y position - (window.screenX, window.screenY) ...or whichever calculation works best for you. The original work by Bjorn Staal https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/172732259457002734 used localStorage, but I found sockets more fun, because if tweaked a bit, this can be shared with friends. Here's a demo of how it works and the codebase:…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Helium is a frontend web development framework for building highly contextual, dynamic and personalized learning experiences. - thoughtindustries/helium
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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https://lisagui.com/info.html This is a web OS I wrote in vanilla JS that looks like the Apple Lisa Office System (1983-85), with other contemporaneous influences and additional improvements and features. It's currently in alpha and isn't remotely bug free. I had been holding off on posting this here until it was somewhat presentable and useful. Please note; the Lisa conforms more literally to the desktop metaphor than most modern GUIs - some of the important differences are mentioned in the readme. This is a complete recreation of the UI in JS; it all renders to a single…
2025 · alpha.lisagui.com · its alternatives →
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A small tool software that can float other full-screen app
2024 · duckfloat.ruyicode.com · its alternatives →
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Slate▲97Floating windows for efficient multitasking on your desktop
2021 · slate.madebyayan.com · its alternatives →
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