What does an open-source browser mean?
Lucium is an independent project. Its license is clear, its choices are documented and its limits are part of the conversation.
Lucium’s code is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license. Anyone can read it, suggest a change or build on it, within the terms of the license.
Open doesn’t mean finished.
The project is still in alpha, for Macs with Apple silicon. Some features are missing, and others depend on what Electron makes possible. The community suggests and votes: the most requested ideas come first, and every decline comes with a reason.
Lucium doesn’t reuse another browser’s code or images. Its interface takes cues from observed behavior; its code and visual assets are the project’s own.
The choices are in plain sight.
The browser asks for no account and sends no telemetry. Every connection it makes on its own is listed in public, with the switch that stops it and its default.
These commitments shape the project. If a feature is missing, a limit is poorly explained or something goes wrong, the community can talk it through and make the next step clearer.