New browsers keep launching, usually with an AI focus. But a new option from the team behind the Kagi search engine takes a different approach. Orion is built on WebKit and emphasizes speed and user privacy—in other words, it’s a browser built primarily to attract Apple users. After a lengthy beta, the Orion Mac app just launched. Here are the details.
Orion for Mac launches 1.0 app, joining iPhone and iPad versions
Today Kagi has announced the 1.0 launch of Orion for Mac, a new browser you can download here.
Why another browser? Orion isn’t focused on AI, though it says it does integrate with other AI tools.
Instead, it aims to create a lightning-fast browsing experience on Apple platforms, and prioritize user privacy.
Here are some of the distinguishing features Orion’s website highlights:
Focus Mode : Instantly transform any website into a distraction‑free web app. Perfect for documentation, writing, or web apps you run all day.
: Instantly transform any website into a distraction‑free web app. Perfect for documentation, writing, or web apps you run all day. Link Preview : Peek at content from any app – email, notes, chat – without fully committing to opening a tab, keeping your workspace tidy.
: Peek at content from any app – email, notes, chat – without fully committing to opening a tab, keeping your workspace tidy. Mini Toolbar, Overflow Menu, and Page Tweak : Fine‑tune each page’s appearance and controls, so the web adapts to you, not the other way around.
: Fine‑tune each page’s appearance and controls, so the web adapts to you, not the other way around. Profiles as Apps: Isolate your work, personal, and hobby browsing into completely separate profiles, each with its own extensions, cookies, and settings.
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