WebKit. Extensions. Privacy. Check icon Pick all three.
Orion — a web browser designed from the ground-up. Native WebKit speed, full extension compatibility, and absolute privacy is finally together in one browser that respects you.
Orion builds on Apple's WebKit engine for faster performance than Chrome, with built-in ad blocking, no telemetry, and support for extensions from Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Starting as a solo project around 2020, it grew through a million downloads and tester feedback to add features like customizable profiles and Focus Mode. Free to download, it's funded by optional subscriptions, with iOS versions already stable and Windows planned for late 2026.
“WebKit. Extensions. Privacy. Check icon Pick all three.”
Orion 1.0 launched on Product Hunt on November 26th, 2025 and earned 245 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #4 on the daily leaderboard. Orion — a web browser designed from the ground-up. Native WebKit speed, full extension compatibility, and absolute privacy is finally together in one browser that respects you.
On the analytics side, Orion 1.0 competes within Mac — topics that collectively have 103.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Orion 1.0 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Orion 1.0?
Orion 1.0 was hunted by Chris Messina. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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