Iridium Portable (web browser) (32/64 bit)

Iridium Browser Portable, A Browser securing your privacy. That’s it!

"Default search engine of iridium browser is Qwant which does not track their users ...restricts to send cookies by Default but it can me changed on setting ...few extensions enabled by default ...All other features like signing with google account and sync remains same as Chrome browser ...overall , Iridium browser is all chrome browser but with few important privacy feature enhanced by default." —Rabindra Aryal, jerkgeek.com (Aug 16, 2016)

"So increase your "privacy" at the risk of your security? Personally, I trust a fully-patched chrome more than a browser that lags behind the latest security updates by 6 weeks." —notatoad (a user), news.ycombinator.com (24 Jan 2016)

"...a tool that can offer you more security and control over the data that can be transmitted to unauthorized third-parties, then Iridium might be the browser to check out." —Alexandra Sava, Softpedia.com (Sep 11, 2016)

Iridium is a free, open, and libre browser modification of the Chromium code base, with privacy being enhanced in several key areas.
Automatic transmission of partial queries, keywords, metrics to central services inhibited and only occurs with consent.
In addition, all builds are reproducible, and modifications are auditable, setting the project ahead of other secure browser providers.
It's a great alternative to Iron browser or Epic Privacy Browser.

IridiumBrowserPortable_2019.04.73.0_on_Chromium_73.0.3683.103.paf
Size: 238 MB (250,327,040 bytes) Packed Size: 78.6 MB (82,489,344 bytes)
SHA-256: 6330828596ABAB202E5BCBE7F318A22EB93E78A0EA463209B7F9DFC0AE7F6B21

IridiumBrowserPortable_2019.04.73.0_on_Chromium_73.0.3683.103_32_64_bit.paf
Size: 474 MB (497,192,960 bytes) Packed Size: 139 MB (146,440,192 bytes)
SHA-256: 3539DDF9303D1259D76BF4545D8658829ECDEB2A2308A1642035B72123306910

Release Details

Developer: Open Source Business Alliance e.V./osb-alliance.de & thumbapps.org
Requirements: Windows 7 or later
Additions: Flash player plugin included—or get the latest Adobe Flash Player plugin portable. If you still use NPAPI plugins (Java, Silverlight, etc.) please refer to "Portable plugins and other NPAPI-friendly browsers" section of Chromium portable. Belaviyo's native client for Windows for FDM portable download manager integration.
License: Open source (personal and business use)—Legal / Impressum
Source: Included in the package (.ini, .nsh files)

DIY/Do It Yourself: Upgrade to the Latest Release

Requirements 7-Zip, NPP/Notepad++ or other text editor, PortableApps.com Launcher Generator/PAL, PortableApps.com Installer/PAI.

We'll use the 32/64 bit edition as example, you can infer from this example to upgrade the 32 bit only edition.
Get the latest portable app. template, and extract the content with 7-Zip.
Get the latest:
1. Iridium Browser release—both the 32/64 bit portable version,
2. Adobe Flash Player portable release,
3. belaviyo's native client for Windows release.
Put it in the same folder as the extracted template, in our example C:\0TEST, then extract the native client package to C:\0TEST\IridiumBrowserPortable _3264\App\windows-native-client,
Open the 32 bit Iridium package with 7-zip and extract the content of Iridium browser to App\Iridium folder,
do it again for the 64 bit package and extract the content of Iridium folder to App\Iridium64,
Open the Flash Player package and extract from folder Pepper32 to App\Iridium\plugins folder,
then from folder pepper64 to App\Iridium64\plugins folder,
Browse to IridiumBrowserPortable _3264\App\AppInfo and open appinfo.ini file with NPP. Replace the [Version] section with the latest version number. Make sure the PackageVersion entry is in 4 place digit, eg. 2019.04.73.0,
```
 [Version]
 PackageVersion=2019.04.73.0
 DisplayVersion=2019.04.73.0 (32/64 bit)
```
Run PAL, paste the template folder address C:\0TEST\IridiumBrowserPortable _3264, and click Go—a new launcher will be created,
Test the new launchers by following this guide.
When all is OK, then delete the IridiumBrowserPortable _3264\Data folder and run PAI, paste the package folder address C:\0TEST\IridiumBrowserPortable _3264, and click Go—to create the installer package.
Use the installer package to upgrade your portable application. Don't forget to at least backup your Data folder before any upgrade :)
If you find any changes that's not handled by the launcher, consult the PAL help file to modify the launcher yourself or ask for our paid upgrade support.

Portability Notes

Iridium Browser might stores settings in Windows registry and writes non essential data to Windows data folder while running.
Make sure it exits cleanly before plugging out your thumbdrive.