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title: "Kort vs Helium: an honest comparison"
canonical: https://kortbrowser.com/vs/helium
description: "Kort and Helium side by side: what Kort adds, then engine, platforms, price, ad blocking, cookie pop-ups, usage data and AI. With sources and dates."
updated: 2026-11-01
language: en
---

# Kort vs Helium

> Kort and Helium side by side: what Kort adds, then engine, platforms, price, ad blocking, cookie pop-ups, usage data and AI. With sources and dates.

Helium is a Chromium browser built from ungoogled-chromium by imput. It ships uBlock Origin on by default and is in beta.

## Kort adds 7 things

- Apple's WebKit, the engine in Safari
- Vertical tabs and colored Spaces
- Split View, up to four pages
- Glance link previews
- AI Overviews hidden in search
- Made in the EU
- Import from Helium in one step
- iPhone and iPad app (coming)

## Scorecard

|  | Kort | Helium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apple's WebKit engine | Yes | No |
| Ad blocker, built in and on | Yes | Yes |
| Cookie pop-ups answered | Yes | Yes |
| No usage data sent | Yes | Yes |
| No account needed | Yes | Yes |
| No AI in the browser | Yes | Yes |
| Vertical tabs and Spaces | Yes | Partly |
| iPhone and iPad app | Coming | No |
| Made in the EU | Yes | Not confirmed |

"Not confirmed" means we could not check it in a primary source. 

Switching: Kort imports your bookmarks and history from Helium in one step.

## What both have

- Ads and trackers blocked by default.
- Cookie pop-ups handled by default.
- No telemetry.
- No account.
- Vertical tabs.

## Side by side

|  | Kort | Helium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engine on Mac | WebKit, Apple's engine (the same as Safari) | Blink, based on ungoogled-chromium |
| Platforms | Mac. iPhone and iPad coming to the App Store | Mac, Windows, Linux. No mobile |
| Made by | Made in the EU | imput |
| Price and business model | 5 € once, no subscription. One license per iCloud account. | Free, sponsorships |
| Ad and tracker blocking | Built in and on by default. Blocked inside WebKit before the request is sent. No extension needed | uBlock Origin on by default |
| Cookie pop-ups | Answered for you: "Reject all" or "Only necessary", or hidden | Cookie banners blocked by default |
| Usage data | None. Crash reports only if you choose to e-mail them | None |
| Account | None. No sign-in | None |
| AI features | No AI. Google's AI Overviews hidden by default | None advertised |
| Vertical tabs and spaces | Vertical sidebar, Spaces, split view with up to four pages on Mac | Vertical tabs as a layout option |

Helium: Blink (ungoogled-chromium), made by imput (Not confirmed), on Mac, Windows, Linux. Facts about Helium checked on 2026-11-01. Kort's price is shown in euros; [every currency](https://kortbrowser.com/pricing.md).

## Questions

### Helium and Kort both block by default. What differs?

Helium is a de-Googled Chromium for the desktop. Kort runs on WebKit, adds Spaces and split view, and has an iPhone and iPad app coming.

## Sources

- <https://github.com/imputnet/helium> (as of 2026-11-01)
- <https://helium.computer/> (as of 2026-11-01)

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