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BubblesTheDev Web Browser

A browser built for privacy, control, and a smoother everyday experience 🫧

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🌐 What Is It?

BubblesTheDev Web Browser is a Windows browser for people who want something familiar, useful, and more privacy-friendly without giving up everyday features.

It is designed to feel like a real daily browser, not just a stripped-down experiment. You still get tabs, bookmarks, saved passwords, downloads, a home page, streaming tools, privacy protections, and Windows-focused extras all in one place.

Version 1.0.63 focuses on safer streaming sessions, stronger download protection, lighter background performance overhead, and a more polished Windows experience.

✨ What's New In 1.0.63

  • 🎬 New Streaming Hub with isolated sessions for supported streaming services
  • 🔒 Hardened streaming sign-in popups, stricter service allowlists, and blocked downloads inside streaming sessions
  • 🛡️ Bubbles Safe Browsing now uses a Windows-native download protection stack
  • 🧪 Added Windows Security Center antivirus detection and Windows Attachment Services handoff for downloads
  • 📥 Chrome-like risky download review flow with keep, discard, and protected open behavior
  • 🚀 Lower idle CPU and memory overhead by avoiding full performance-summary rebuilds during normal browser-state updates
  • 🧠 Short-lived app-metrics caching so the browser does less repeated background work while tabs are updating
  • 🎞️ Added Visible Media Memory Saver for heavy visible media tabs
  • 📋 Made Runtime Checks and standard Performance panel opens reuse cached values more aggressively

❤️ Why People May Like It

  • 🧭 Easy everyday browsing with tabs, bookmarks, history, and a built-in home page
  • 🔐 Privacy-first design with local data handling
  • 🚫 Built-in ad and tracker blocking
  • 📥 Extra download protection before opening risky files
  • 🕶️ Incognito support
  • 🧩 Extension import support
  • 🔑 Saved password vault and passkey support
  • 🖥️ Split view and built-in Task Manager
  • 🎨 Multiple themes
  • 🌍 VPN tools and public IP checking

🧰 Main Browser Features

Here's a fuller look at what the browser includes:

🧭 Everyday Browsing

  • multi-tab browsing
  • back, forward, refresh, and home controls
  • built-in bubbles://home start page
  • address bar with direct website navigation
  • browsing history
  • bookmarks and bookmark bar
  • pinned tabs
  • tab mute controls
  • open links in new tabs or new windows
  • full-screen browsing

🔎 Search And Home Page

  • built-in Bubbles home page
  • Bubbles search experience inside the browser
  • DuckDuckGo-backed and Google-backed search results
  • search suggestions and result helpers
  • local home-page counters and browser stats

🔐 Privacy And Security

  • local-first browser data storage
  • no built-in telemetry or analytics
  • incognito browsing support
  • built-in ad and tracker blocking
  • download protection with Bubbles Safe Browsing
  • Windows-friendly security checks for downloads
  • password vault with encrypted saved passwords
  • strong password generation
  • passkey support for compatible websites
  • per-site permission controls

📥 Download Protection

  • download history window
  • risky download warnings
  • trusted-source-aware download handling
  • Windows Attachment Services integration
  • Mark of the Web tagging
  • Windows Defender support when available
  • digital signature checks for relevant file types
  • keep, review, open, and discard flows for downloads

🎬 Streaming Hub

The Streaming Hub gives supported streaming services their own isolated space inside the browser.

That means:

  • each service stays in its own separate session
  • sign-in popups are more locked down
  • unsafe redirects are blocked more aggressively
  • downloads are blocked inside streaming sessions
  • service sessions can be cleared individually

Supported services in 1.0.63:

  • Disney+
  • Hulu
  • Max
  • Netflix
  • Paramount+
  • Prime Video
  • Apple TV+
  • AMC+
  • Peacock
  • Crunchyroll
  • YouTube TV
  • Sling TV
  • Pluto TV
  • The Roku Channel
  • Plex
  • Discovery+
  • ESPN+
  • MGM+
  • STARZ
  • Tubi

This feature is designed to make streaming cleaner and safer. It is not a credential grabber, proxy login tool, or session extractor.

🖥️ Power Features

  • split-view browsing
  • built-in Task Manager
  • runtime checks panel
  • diagnostics export
  • multiple built-in themes
  • hideable toolbar
  • bookmark bar toggle
  • context menus for pages and tabs

🎮 Performance Features

  • gaming and streaming performance mode
  • Windows-focused system detection
  • background tab throttling
  • sleeping tabs under memory pressure
  • stream-stability controls
  • reduced background browser activity during heavy sessions
  • lighter everyday performance-state updates
  • less repeated metrics work when the Performance panel is not open

🎵 Media Features

🎧 Music Player

  • local-only music playback
  • off by default
  • folder scan only after user consent
  • works with a local Music folder or another folder you choose

🎶 Music Downloader

  • approved YouTube single-video audio downloads only
  • local processing with bundled tools
  • queue limits and cooldowns
  • abuse protections
  • local-only state storage

🌍 VPN And Network Tools

  • installed VPN client detection
  • support for NordVPN, ExpressVPN, ProtonVPN, and WireGuard detection
  • ProtonVPN WireGuard .conf import support
  • public IPv4 and IPv6 checking
  • quick launch support for supported installed VPN apps

🧩 Extra Browser Tools

  • extension import support
  • downloads window
  • diagnostics report export
  • site permission management
  • browser update checking from the app menu

🛡️ Bubbles Safe Browsing

Bubbles Safe Browsing is the browser's download protection system.

It helps make downloads safer by using Windows-friendly protection layers like:

  • Windows Attachment Services
  • Mark of the Web
  • Windows Defender when available
  • digital signature checks
  • browser safety warnings before opening risky files

If your PC already has antivirus installed, the browser can work more naturally with the Windows security path already on that system.

📦 Installer Info

Installer file name:

BubblesTheDev Web Browser_Installer_1.0.63.exe

SHA256:

146A9311DDBA8B111A639335784FA3FE187702C742A024D211F1ED01B3ADD8E7

Platform:

Windows 11 x64

⬇️ Download

🚀 How To Install

  1. Download the latest installer.
  2. Run BubblesTheDev Web Browser_Installer_1.0.63.exe.
  3. Choose where you want to install it.
  4. Finish setup and launch the browser.

The installer supports:

  • normal installs
  • custom install locations
  • external HDD installs
  • external SSD installs
  • USB flash-drive installs

🔄 Updating

The browser does not silently patch itself in the background.

Instead:

  • updates still use a normal installer
  • you can use Check for Updates from the app menu
  • fresh installs can do a one-time follow-up update check for a smoother setup experience

If you are updating manually, uninstall the older version first, then run the new installer.

🧹 Uninstall

When uninstalling, you can choose what local data to keep or remove.

Current choices include:

  • browser profile data
  • saved passwords
  • diagnostics reports
  • local update preferences

So if you want to reinstall later, you do not have to wipe everything unless you want to.

🔐 Privacy

This browser is built to keep things simple, respectful, and easy to understand.

It does:

  • keep browser data local on your device
  • avoid built-in telemetry and analytics systems
  • avoid automatic diagnostics upload
  • give you more control over your local browser data

It does not:

  • run built-in tracking analytics
  • automatically upload your diagnostics
  • act like a credential interceptor
  • expose supported streaming cookies or tokens to page code

Important note:

Normal web browsing still creates regular internet traffic when you visit websites, search, stream, or download files. That part is just how browsers work.

🖥️ System Requirements

  • Windows 11
  • x64 architecture
  • 4 GB RAM minimum
  • around 300 MB free disk space

📄 Helpful Docs

🆘 Support

Diagnostics can be exported from:

Tools > Export Diagnostics Report

Support email:

browser-support@bubbles-browser.fnbubbles420.org

⚠️ SmartScreen Note

This build is currently unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning before launch.

If that happens:

  1. Click More Info
  2. Click Run Anyway

📜 License

Proprietary - BubblesTheDev All Rights Reserved.

🔗 Releases

Get the browser here