macOS packaging & development tooling for the Air Browser (derived from
Helium).
macOS is our primary development platform, so it's the recommended environment for developing new Helium features.
Before contributing to this repo, please read the guidelines in the main repo's CONTRIBUTING.md.
The project is called "Air" (sometimes referenced historically as "Air Browser"). The name reflects our heritage and intent: the codebase is derived from Helium and incorporates influences from Arc, so the short, lightweight name "Air" represents a blend of those inspirations and the project's focus on a clean, lightweight browsing experience.
Big thank you to Depot for sponsoring our runners, which handle the macOS builds of Helium. Their high-performance infrastructure lets us compile, package, and release new builds of Helium within hours, not days.
This repo is based on ungoogled-chromium-macos, but heavily modified for Helium. Special thanks to everyone behind ungoogled-chromium, they made working with Chromium infinitely easier.
All code, patches, modified portions of imported code or patches, and any other content that is unique to Helium and not imported from other repositories is licensed under GPL-3.0. See LICENSE.
Any content imported from other projects retains its original license (for example, any original unmodified code imported from ungoogled-chromium remains licensed under their BSD 3-Clause license).
Air Browser uses the official logo stored in the repository at resources/assets/air-browser.ai.
We keep a single, canonical logo source to ensure consistent branding across the application and distribution artifacts (app bundle, DMG, website). Using the repository asset prevents accidental redesigns, simplifies icon generation for different sizes and platforms, and helps users recognize the app quickly.