Aero Browser

WebView2 handles rendering inside a Tauri v2 shell, with a SvelteKit UI wrapping it. Scope stays tight on purpose: tabs, URL bar, bookmarks, history, ad blocking. The crypto wallets, AI sidepanels, news feeds, and rewards programmes that Brave and Arc keep shipping stay off.

It existed for two reasons: those browsers kept adding things I didn’t want, and I was curious how far WebView2 gets you before you need CEF. Far enough for a Phase 1 shell with navigation, tab management, find-in-page, and an address-bar suggestions popup.

I shelved it when Helium appeared doing the same thing. The repo still has a detailed PROJECT.md mapping out profiles, adblock-rust integration, and the rest of the phases I’d have built – I’ll probably come back to it one day just for fun.