README.md

Ephemeral

The always-incognito web browser

Browse the Internet in private without leaving a trace of history on your computer. Ephemeral is a stripped down private browser that's perfect for avoiding persistent cookies or web trackers. Close the window and all traces of your browsing are removed from your device.

Made for elementary OS

Ephemeral is designed and developed on and for elementary OS. Purchasing through AppCenter directly supports the development and ensures instant updates straight from me. Get it on AppCenter for the best experience.

Versions of Ephemeral may have been built and made available elsewhere by third-parties. These builds may have modifications or changes and are not provided nor supported by me. The only supported version is distributed via AppCenter on elementary OS.

Developing and Building

Development is targeted at elementary OS Juno. If you want to hack on and build Ephemeral yourself, you'll need the following dependencies:

• libgranite-dev (>=5.5)
• libgtk-3-dev
• libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
• libdazzle-1.0-dev
• meson
• valac

You can install them on elementary OS Juno with:

sudo apt install elementary-sdk libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libdazzle-1.0-dev

Run meson build to configure the build environment and run ninja to build:

meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja

To install, use ninja install, then execute with com.github.cassidyjames.ephemeral:

sudo ninja install
com.github.cassidyjames.ephemeral