---
title: "Google Chrome vs Chromium: What’s the difference?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-chrome-vs-chromium-what-s-the-difference---dlsaoe7i
source_url: https://itsfoss.com/chrome-vs-chromium/
type: article
source: "It's Foss"
published: 2021-11-20T11:07:32.808Z
updated: 2021-11-20T11:07:32.808Z
tags: ["google", "open-source", "data-privacy", "google-chrome", "chromium"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 86
comments: 4
language: en
---

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# Google Chrome vs Chromium: What’s the difference?

**[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 5 min read · 86 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

Chromium is not an open-source web browser. Google Chrome adds proprietary code to Chromium, making Chrome a proprietary browser. Chromium comes with built-in support for high-quality media codecs. Netflix doesn’t work in Chromium by default.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@udaya** · 0 upvotes

> Insightful ✨

**@movindutb** · 0 upvotes

> Thanks

**@maxalthaus** · 0 upvotes

> So it is possible to build your own browser based on Chromium. Nice

**@nikhil\_\_\_\_codes** · 0 upvotes

> Love it!

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