Use your 1Password logins.
On macOS, the optional integration fills a matching login when you ask.
Off by default. Needs the 1Password app and account on macOS. Setup and shortcuts →
Blanc Browser
A little less browser.
Tabs, navigation and page controls fold into one compact Island in a slim band, leaving the rest of the window to the page. A desktop browser for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Blanc is a desktop browser for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Free and open source. Ad and tracker blocking is on by default.
Time-of-day wallpaper
Match your Start Page to the time of day.
Turn on Time-of-day wallpaper in Settings → General, and the Start Page artwork follows your computer’s clock through dawn, day, dusk and night. Drag the slider to preview each phase.
The Island
Tabs, search
and commands.
Open the Island to choose a tab, find a page or use a command. Close it to return to the page in front of you.
Each dot is a tab. Hover to see its icon and title. Keyboard focus shows the icon; a screen reader announces the tab title. Click or press Enter to switch. +N opens the full list. Use Cmd+L on Mac or Ctrl+L on Windows and Linux to search tabs by name.
Tabs and sessions
Organize tabs
into groups.
Bring related tabs together in named groups. Fold a group away when you want a quieter view. You choose what belongs together.
Tab groups are free. Patron adds saved Named Workspaces.
Privacy and control
Ad and tracker blocking,
on by default.
Blanc Blocker is on from first launch. Prefer uBlock Origin? On supported builds, you can choose it for regular tabs.
Private tabs and data settings.
Open a private tab when you choose. Optional connections start only after you save your setup choices.
Blocking reduces known ads and tracking; coverage is not universal. Connections, defaults and security evidence → Blocking details →
What Blanc sends
- Usage measurement, preselected: pseudonymous launch and fixed feature-use events to Blanc’s collector, with an optional Google Analytics mirror. No URLs, searches or page contents.
- Search suggestions, preselected: an eligible prefix you type in the Island goes to your selected search provider.
- Turn either off before saving, or later in Settings.
Start Page
Choose your
Start Page layout.
Choose Ledger, Billboard, Shelf or Tally. Keep a simple list, a large clock, a shelf of favorites or a view of blocking activity.
Everyday browser tools.
View two tabs with Glance.
Keep a city guide beside an exhibition page while you plan a trip. Resize the split, swap the tabs or close the reference.
Interactive demo
Drag the divider to resize.
Nyhavn
Copenhagen’s Colourful Harbour
GlanceKusama installation — Louisiana
Kusama
installation
Gleaming Lights of the Souls
Navigate with mouse gestures.
Go back, move forward or open a new tab with a simple mouse movement.
Drag left
Back.
Return to the previous page.
Gesture demo
Off by default. Right-drag with a mouse, or Option/Alt-drag with a trackpad. Enable mouse gestures
Free memory with Quiet Tabs.
Quiet Tabs can release memory from eligible inactive background pages while retaining their tabs.
Quiet pages reload when you return to them.
Switching to Blanc
Bring your bookmarks and tabs.
Bring your bookmarks.
Import Favorites from a detected browser profile or an HTML bookmarks file. How importing works →
Bring your tabs.
Bring Your Tabs reads the saved session of a Chromium-based browser profile you choose on this device.
Prefer a sidebar?
Switch to vertical tabs in View → Tab Layout. The setting stays on this device. Vertical tabs →
Make it your default.
First-run setup helps you choose a default browser.
Built onChromium + ElectronHow they fit together ↗
Open sourceMIT for Blanc’s own codeLicensing and exceptions ↗
Official downloadsRelease evidence, in publicCheck your download ↗
Built by Bananify, an independent software studio.
Blanc Patron.
Support Blanc and save named window sets with Named Workspaces. The browser remains free; Patron is an optional subscription.
Explore Named Workspaces →US$30 / year or US$4 / month, plus applicable tax.
Become a PatronCreating a named workspace requires an active Patron subscription. Renaming and removing existing workspaces continue to work if it lapses, and they stay openable, switchable and automatically updated.