A browser that respects your attention, privacy, and device.
Material 3 Expressive, powered by GeckoView 157.
No telemetry, no tracking, no bloat — built for ultimate speed and aesthetics.

Why Petal · Features · Install · Build · Under the Hood · License

Most browsers on Android are Chromium wrappers loaded with account sign-ins, news feeds, telemetry, and background trackers that drain battery and collect your browsing habits.

Petal is built differently. Powered by a modern GeckoView 157 engine, it delivers desktop-grade standards compliance, native ad blocking, and a fluid user experience adhering strictly to Material 3 Expressive guidelines. Featuring authentic adaptive morphing surfaces, smooth motion physics, and dynamic color palettes, Petal combines state-of-the-art aesthetics with zero-compromise privacy.

GeckoView 157 Powerhouse Runs on Mozilla's GeckoView 157 engine with full multi-process architecture, quantum rendering, and web standards compliance. Independent of the system Chromium WebView.	Material 3 Expressive UI Material 3 Expressive morphing surfaces with dynamic container transforms, adaptive corner smoothing, and expressive shape tokens. Seamlessly adapts to your dynamic color palette.
Zero Telemetry & Strict Isolation Strict tracking protection enabled by default. No analytics, no diagnostic pings, no proprietary clouds. Your history, tabs, and sessions stay encrypted locally on your device.	Built-in Ad & Tracker Blocker Block intrusive ads, banners, crypto miners, and fingerprinting scripts before they even reach your screen. Enjoy blazing fast page loads with lower cellular data consumption.
Inbuilt On-Device AI Hub Chat, summarize web pages, rewrite text, and query content directly inside the browser using your favorite provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, Ollama) or on-device local models.	Integrated Media & Download Manager Sniff and download streaming media, audio, and documents with multi-threaded downloads, resume support, background service persistence, and organized destination folders.
Tab Isolation & Visual Switcher Material 3 Expressive grid and carousel tab switchers, incognito private tabs, session persistence across restarts, and instant tab search with zero memory leaks.	WebExtension Add-on Ecosystem Install and run Mozilla add-ons and Firefox extensions natively. Customize your browsing experience with user scripts, password managers, and dark mode enhancers.

Grab the latest signed universal or architecture-specific APK directly from GitHub:

# Or install via ADB directly
adb install -r Petal-release.apk

Petal uses Gradle and the standard Android toolchain. Java 17+ and the Android SDK (API 34+) are required.

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/shreyagarwal72/petal.git
cd petal

# Build a debug APK
./gradlew assembleDebug

# Build an optimized release APK
./gradlew assembleRelease

The compiled APK will be located at: app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release-unsigned.apk

Petal is free and open-source software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0).

Petal Browser
Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Vanshu Agarwal and contributors.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.