We launched a new web browser

In plain words

Beacon is an open source web browser built on Chromium that enables users to access decentralized domains on Handshake and .eth DNS addresses. It is designed for developers and users interested in decentralized web browsing, offering the first browser implementation of DANE for secure web connections. The browser is available as open source software.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

• 
  Beacon – a new open-source privacy and security-focused browser2021 · impervious.com · ▲47

  Beacon is a privacy and security-focused browser with native DANE support and a decentralized p2p light client.

• 
  Blockstack Browser2017 · blockstack.org · ▲378

  A gateway to a new, decentralized internet

• BA
  Breach – A modular browser built on Chromium and Node.js2014 · breach.cc · ▲405
• 
  Blockstack Browser for the Web2017 · browser.blockstack.com · ▲145

  A browser to explore a new internet for decentralized apps

• 
  Browser Use Cloud2025 · browser-use.com · ▲379

  Control the web with prompts (open source)

• 
  Owl BrowserJan 2026 · owlbrowser.net · ▲145

  I've been working on browser automation infrastructure for a while and kept hitting the same ceiling: Playwright and Puppeteer are great for scripting but fall apart when you need stealth at scale. Cloud-based solutions like Browserbase work but you're sending all your data to a third party and can't control the environment. So we built Owl Browser, a self-hosted Chromium-based engine that runs in a single Docker container. The core technical problem we tried to solve was fingerprint consistency. Most browser automation tools either ignore fingerprinting entirely or apply surface-level…

• 
  /dev/null▲481

  a social network for devs

  Dev tools · 2d ago · dev-null.sh

• 
  Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design▲423

  open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 27d ago · github.com

• 
  Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things▲411

  Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 25d ago · github.com

• 
  OpenBot▲362

  Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

  Dev tools · 22d ago · openbot.run

• 
  Talanoa▲341

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

  Dev tools · 20d ago · talanoa.email

• 
  CoreSpeed▲332

  One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools

  Dev tools · 28d ago · corespeed.io

• 
  Warp, a Rust-based terminal▲946

  Hi HN community, I’m Zach, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal that’s easy to use and built for teams. As of today, Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download it. It works with bash, zsh, and fish. The terminal’s teletype-like interface has made it hard for the CLI to thrive. After 20 years of programming, I still find it hard to copy a command’s output; I always forget how to use `tar`; and I always have to relearn how to move my cursor. To fix fundamental accessibility issues, I believe we need to start innovating on the terminal,…

  AI · 2022 · warp.dev

• 
  Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers▲752

  Slow Social is a online social network built for growing and sustaining friendships.

  Life & fun · 2022 · slowsocial.us

• 
  Reflect▲626

  Fast networked note-taking

  Work · 2022 · reflect.app

• 
  Make your PDF look scanned in browser▲579

  Implement scanyourpdf.com in JavaScript. No backend servers needed.

  Life & fun · 2022 · lookscanned.io

• 
  Archbee 3.0▲572

  Everything you need to create amazing documentation

  Dev tools · 2022 · archbee.com

• 
  ngrok▲547

  Serve local web apps with one command

  Dev tools · 2022 · ngrok.com