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Sujit Kumar
Sujit Kumar

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Streamlining Development: A Dive into Minimalistic Browser

Min is a Open-Source, fast, minimalstic browser that protects your privacy. It includes an interface designed to minimize distractions, and features such as:

πŸ“Œ Information from DuckDuckGo in the search bar.
πŸ“Œ Full-text search for visited pages
πŸ“Œ Ad and tracker blocking
πŸ“Œ Automatic reader view
πŸ“Œ Tasks (tab groups)
πŸ“Œ Password manager integration
πŸ“Œ Built-in Dark theme

Installation on Linux:

  • To install the .deb file, use
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/download
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  • To install the RPM build, use
sudo rpm -i /path/to/download --ignoreos
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But this article is dedicated to install Min Browser in Arch Linux
Installation on Arch Linux:

  • Step 1: You need to clone Min Browser Repository-
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/min.git
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  • Step 2: After cloning this repository you need to install a dependency (Electron). Because Min is written entirely with JavaScript using Electron. So you can install latest version of Electron-
sudo pacman -S electron22
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  • Step 3: Then go to the min browser directory that you cloned before-
cd min
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  • Step 4: Now simply run below command-
makepkg --install
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πŸš€πŸš€ Now Min Browser will install in few minutes in your Machine.πŸš€πŸš€
Thanks πŸ’— for reading this article. I think this will help you.
Go GodSpeed!! πŸš€πŸš€

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