Sureno next to Chrome
Same engine, same pages, same sandbox. Here is what changes, what does not, and the four rows where Chrome is still the better answer.
The page itself
| Sureno | Chrome | |
|---|---|---|
| Rendering engine | Chromium — Blink and V8 | Chromium — Blink and V8 |
| Site isolation and sandboxing | Chromium defaults, unmodified | Chromium defaults |
| How sites look and behave | Identical | Identical |
| HTML5, WebGL, PDF viewer | Yes | Yes |
What Sureno adds
| Sureno | Chrome | |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant beside the page | Built in, opt-in, per question | A separate tab or an extension |
| Projects that hold tabs, links and notes | Built in | Bookmark folders |
| Cmd+K across tabs, projects and settings | Built in | Address bar only |
| Start page with sourced headlines | Built in, switchable off | Shortcuts and a search box |
| Privacy settings on one plain-language screen | Yes | Spread across several menus |
| Account required for anything | No | For sync and profiles |
Where Chrome still wins
| Sureno | Chrome | |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome Web Store extensions | Not yet — on the roadmap | The full store |
| Sync across devices | Not yet — on the roadmap | Bookmarks, passwords, tabs, everywhere |
| Windows, Linux, Android, iOS | macOS on Apple silicon only | Every platform |
| Years of security hardening as a target | New, and small | The most attacked browser on earth, and it holds |
The usual follow-ups
Is Sureno better than Chrome?
For keeping a piece of research together and asking questions about what is on screen, yes — that is what it was built for. For extensions, sync and platform coverage, Chrome wins outright today. Anyone who tells you their new browser beats Chrome on every row is selling you something.
Can I run both?
That is the recommended way to try it. Installing Sureno changes nothing in Chrome, and the import copies rather than moves.
Why build on Chromium at all?
Because the rendering engine and its sandbox are where browser security actually lives, and Chromium's is maintained by a very large team of people who do nothing else. Writing our own would make the browser worse in the way that matters most.
Run them side by side for a week
Nothing about installing Sureno touches your Chrome profile. Compare them with your own browsing rather than with our table.
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