What it is
The “Iron” browser is based on the “Google Chromium” source code, but “Iron” does not send any user specific data to Google anymore and it does not contain a unique user ID. Iron is a product of “SRWare” – a german software company. In Iron the following Google Chrome features have been deactivated:
- no alternative error messages, when having entered a wrong URL
- no sending of collected data to Google, if Iron has crashed
- no unwanted Google updater
Iron is available for Microsoft Windows only. Download Iron here (german page!). Installing in CrossOver Mac sadly does not work out of the box…
[Update] Sep 26th, 2008 The language Thing
Although our screenshot shows Iron with german interface, it turns to english, when it’s gotten installed to an english Windows version.
[Update] Sep 27th, 2008 The Next Browser Wars (internal link)
You may find some background information about the Browser Wars in one of our recent articles here.


7 responses↓
1 Google Chrome Hacks Blog- Useful Tips, Hacks, and News about the Google Chrome Browser! » Blog Archive » Google Chrome without Spyware = Iron // Sep 26th, 2008 at 00:57
[...] metaparadigma, Iron Chrome Development, Chrome News, Chrome Resources, chrome tips, chromium, error messages, [...]
2 [Windows] SRWare Iron updated // Nov 4th, 2008 at 13:24
[...] just updated their Iron browser, which is based on Google’s Chromium source code. It now contains improved support for website embedded videos and PDF documents and it [...]
3 Go Go Gadget Boy » Blog Archive » Google Chrome Thoughts & Everything Chrome // Dec 14th, 2008 at 00:09
[...] (who probably have something to hide), a German security company created Iron. Quoted from the Incomplete News Project: The “Iron” browser is based on the “Google Chromium” source code, but “Iron” does not [...]
4 Iron – Chrome za one koji žele anonimno da pretražuju Internet | saša prudkov - saveti, vesti i trikovi // Dec 20th, 2008 at 16:52
[...] momci iz Incomplete-News Project su izbacili englesku verziju Iron-a. Oni kažu da je Iron u suštini izvorni kod Chromium-a sa [...]
5 mark h. // Jan 6th, 2009 at 04:47
Personally I’m still sticking with Firefox, mainly because of all it’s addons. I like what I’ve seen of Google Chrome, and will probably give it another go once it is out of beta (All Google software comes out of beta eventually, doesn’t it? :P)
6 Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa // Apr 8th, 2009 at 09:21
We TRUST Google implicity.
Google has been very good to us, and very goodfor us.
I intent to install the new Google Chrome Browser, and try it.
I will not lose any sleep at all.
I look at Google as my friend, certainly not my enemy.
7 u64 // Jan 29th, 2010 at 07:05
I’ve really loved Google upto this spyware hysteria.
Knowledge is Power.
And power always corrupts. Sooner rather then later.
I’m choosing between Opera Firefox Iron, they all have different strenghts.
I’ve also made bat files for starting each browser, that reset my cookie files.
My data is, well, mine.
Tell us, what do you think?