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Basalt 1.4For Windows

Basalt

The light, beautiful and honest browser.

  • Free
  • No account
  • No tracking
  • Ad-free
Download for WindowsSee what it does
Basalt new tab page with a dot-matrix clock, search bar, shortcuts and widgets for weather, shields, focus timer, Flint, notes and memory
02Flint AI copilot

Ask the page

Flint reads the page you are on and answers in seconds. Summaries, explanations, translations.

  • Free, built in
  • No API key, no account
  • Conversations never saved
Flint sidebar summarizing a Wikipedia article about the Giant’s Causeway in four key points
03Agent mode

It doesn't just talk. It acts

Describe a task. Flint searches, clicks and reads for you, and shows every step it takes.

  • Step-by-step log
  • Asks before anything sensitive
  • Stop it anytime
Flint agent mode log showing typed searches, clicks and the final answer about the best months to see northern lights in Iceland
04Quarry search

Search without the noise

A built-in search engine with no ads. Results from DuckDuckGo, Bing and Brave, plus an AI summary with sources.

  • No ads, no profiling
  • AI summary with citations
  • Instant answers
Quarry search results for Giant’s Causeway with a Flint AI summary, cited sources and a knowledge panel
05Every lens

Web Images Videos Shopping

One search bar, every kind of result, from developer docs to academic papers.

Quarry image search grid showing northern lights photos over Iceland
06Basalt Shields

Ad-free by default

Ads and trackers are blocked before they load. Pages get lighter, faster and calmer.

79ads & trackers blocked on this one recipe page
Basalt Shields panel on a recipe site showing 79 ads and trackers blocked and the list of blocked domains
07Performance

Made for modest PCs

Inactive tabs fall asleep and give their memory back. Eco mode goes further on older laptops.

  • Automatic tab sleeping
  • Eco mode
  • Live memory meter
Basalt performance settings with eco mode, tab sleeping, picture-in-picture and a memory widget showing 1,170 MB
08For developers

Built for developers

Vertical tabs, live metrics, device & network emulation, JS console, request log.

Basalt with vertical tabs and a developer panel showing performance metrics, device and network emulation on web.dev
Get Basalt

Browse honestly.

Free forever. No account, no tracking, no ads. Just a fast, calm browser that respects you.

Download for Windows

Windows 10 & 11 · 64-bit

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