Zigzag Browser
The polished, native Mac browser for life after Arc
Zigzag Browser launched on November 7, 2026 with 112 votes, #65 of 2,165 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Zigzag is a fast, free web browser for Mac with spaces, a sidebar, split view and peek. Coming from Arc? Bring your spaces and pinned tabs over in one click.
Your tabs in a sidebar, grouped into spaces. A native Mac browser, free and open source, that Arc users can move into in a minute. It uses the WebKit already in macOS, so there’s no engine to ship. Your spaces, pinned tabs, Favorites, history and passwords come over in one step. Open tabs stay behind. No account, no analytics, no telemetry. Every connection it makes is listed. When Arc announced it would shut down on December 22, I didn’t want to give up my sidebar. My friend, who calls most software trash, said: “I trust you. You can make one. Make it good.” So I did. No account and no server it depends on, so nobody can switch it off. If I ever stop, the code is open for anyone to carry…from zigzagbrowser.com
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