---
title: "I finally started using Zen browser and I should have sooner"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-started-using-zen-browser-and-i-should-have-sooner-0eqr1thdi
source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/started-using-zen-browser-should-have-sooner/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2025-05-22T20:39:34.759Z
updated: 2025-05-22T20:40:09.004Z
tags: ["devtools", "privacy"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 91
comments: 14
language: en
---

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# I finally started using Zen browser and I should have sooner

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 91 upvotes · 14 comments

## Summary

Zen browser stands out for its enhanced UI/UX with a vertical sidebar, smooth animations, and the Gecko rendering engine, offering an alternative to Chromium-dominated browsers. It features effective tab management using workspaces and containers, supports Firefox extensions, and is available across major desktop platforms. Zen modes allow customization through community-made plugins and themes, promising future developments.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@eslamlinux** · 11 upvotes

> Brave is the best

**@kavinda1995** · 3 upvotes

> As a user coming from Arc, I'd love to try Zen. But the downside for me is it's using Gecko and gecko don't have a good track record on web compatibilities - specially when it comes to streaming services and some bank sites I personally uses. Other issue is with dev tools support. I know that these things occurs as chromium has a (bad) influence on browser compatibilities.
>
> And Zen is almost same as Arc, except for mods and few other things 🤷🏻‍♂️

**@hemanthsaikumarp** · 2 upvotes

> Ima brave user

**@francoratovoson** · 1 upvotes

> Welcome to the exciting world of Zen. It have been months now since I switched and never regret it!

**@jamiecarl** · 1 upvotes

> Been using zen for a while now.  As a developer, built in containers are the shizz.

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