{
  "slug": "vanadium",
  "category": "browsers",
  "name": "Vanadium",
  "description": "Hardened Chromium-based browser and system WebView from GrapheneOS, with JIT disabled by default, built-in content filtering and remote services removed. Only available on GrapheneOS.",
  "website": "https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium",
  "source": "https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "android"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "CA",
    "name": "Canada",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "A",
  "score": 90,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Vanadium scores 90 out of 100 (grade A) on the browsers criteria. It meets 7 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, blocks trackers by default, fingerprinting protection, no calls to big-tech services and timely security updates. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in Canada: Five Eyes member.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/browsers/vanadium/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/browsers/vanadium/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/blob/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "Patches are GPL-2.0, on top of the BSD-licensed Chromium code."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium",
      "note": "Nearly all remote services are disabled or removed, and the browser only connects to GrapheneOS servers by default."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://grapheneos.org/donate",
      "note": "Funded by donations to the non-profit GrapheneOS Foundation. No ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tracker_blocking": {
      "title": "Blocks trackers by default",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium",
      "note": "Content filtering with EasyList and EasyPrivacy is on by default, and third-party cookies are blocked."
    },
    "fingerprinting_protection": {
      "title": "Fingerprinting protection",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium",
      "note": "Standardizes the user agent, client hints and battery status by default, and aims for identical configuration across users."
    },
    "no_google_services": {
      "title": "No calls to big-tech services",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium",
      "note": "Only connects to GrapheneOS servers by default, for component updates and optional DNS-over-HTTPS checks."
    },
    "security_updates": {
      "title": "Timely security updates",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/tags",
      "note": "New Chromium releases are usually tagged the same day or within a few days, and the GrapheneOS app repository installs updates automatically."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:52.723Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}