Vivaldi is a fast, ultra customizable browser that prioritizes your privacy (not our own profit). An Internet browser that adapts to you, not the other way around. Vivaldi browser comes packed with smart features. From a focused, minimalist encounter to building a command center for life online – we’ve got you covered.

Is Vivaldi a safe browser?

Vivaldi is considered a safe browser. It features built-in ad tracking protection and a dedicated privacy menu. Additionally, Vivaldi lets you enable/disable Google services, hide your typed history, and tweak default website permissions.

Why try Vivaldi?

The best thing about Vivaldi is how customizable it is. You can set the main menu to be a drop-down vertical menu or a horizontal bar, add actions, create or change keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures for any action, it even lets you stack tabs within tabs in different ways.

What are the differences between Vivaldi and Google Chrome?

Vivaldi and Google Chrome are based on Chromium, both browsers are compatible with most major OS, but Vivaldi is not available for iPhone while Chrome is. Vivaldi is much more customizable and comes with built-in anti-tracking by default.

Who owns Vivaldi?

Vivaldi was launched in 2015 as a Chromium-based browser aimed at power users, developed by the creators of Opera. Vivaldi continues to be employee-owned with headquarters located in Oslo, Norway.

What are key features of Vivaldi?

  • Full-on user customization of how the browser looks and works
  • A pause button in the status bar for pausing all media and site activity, saving system resources.
  • Take screenshots of full web pages or a selection of the screen and save it as either PNG or JPEG.
  • Built-in ad blocker and tracking protection.
  • Lets you disable website images entirely, or only show the ones already cached on your computer when using slow connections.
  • Compatible with RGB effects from Razer Chroma and Philips Hue.
  • Chromium-based so it is compatible with all Chrome extensions, if you need them.

Features

New and improved tab functionality, reader mode and a smart-home lighting integration. With each update we continue on our mission to shape the world’s best user-centric browser.

Quick Commands

Are you a keyboard person? Then you’re in luck. Quick Commands allow you to quickly seek through various settings, history, open tabs, bookmarks and more with a single keyboard shortcut. We aim to make the Quick Command menu highly customisable, allowing you to make your own commands and run them quickly.

Notes

Take notes while browsing and add screenshots right in the handy Notes panel. The notes will automatically recall which site you were browsing at the time and allow you to add tags, to easily organize and find them later.

Speed Dials

All of your favourite sites easily accessible from one place. You can also create multiple Speed dial groups. Organize your sites based on interests such as Sports, News and Tech, or different context such as Work, School etc. It’s also possible to add a folder as a Speed dial entry. It’s a pretty powerful feature.

Tab Stacks

Too many unorganized tabs can become a bit messy, making it hard to find the tab you are looking for quickly. Organize your tabs using Tab stacks! It lets you group multiple tabs under a single tab. Just drag a tab over to another for easy grouping.

Built on Web Technology

Vivaldi has a powerful feature set, but thats not all. One of the things that makes Vivaldi unique is that it’s built on modern Web technologies. We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface — with the help of Node.js, Browserify and a long list of NPM modules. Vivaldi is the web built with the web.

What’s New

Wrapping up 2023 on a high note, we gift you a string of features including the Sessions Panel, Synced Open Tabs, Full History Sync, Workspace Rules, and improved Notes. Download Vivaldi 6.5 on desktops and notebooks.

We are ringing in the Holidays with a powerful version of Vivaldi wrapped up with new features and improvements you’ll love.

In our latest version, we are introducing the Sessions Panel, a new panel on the sidebar for managing saved sessions – your collections of organized tabs. With the Sessions Panel, you can view, reopen, and even edit your Sessions.

Our Sync (encrypted) functionality now makes your complete browsing history available on all your devices.

From this update onwards, you can find and open your synced tabs from the Address Field or Windows Panel on your current device.

Furthermore, you no longer need to manually proceed and organize tabs into the desired Workspace. The new Workspace Rules automatically moves tabs to a predefined Workspace based on your easy-to-configure rulesets.

Additionally, there’s a new option to the built-in Notes that helps you add more text to an existing note.

Today, we’ve also launched our new version on iOS with Address and Tab Bars that can be at the top or bottom, custom wallpapers, and full history Sync encrypted. More details here.

Vivaldi 6.5 on desktop is ready for download and helps you keep focused and organized during the holiday chaos.

Previous Release Notes:

New

  • [New][Portal] Enable Browser windows in Portal by default (VB-98481)
  • [New][Address Field][Settings] Customize drop-down category prioritization (VB-92814)
  • [New][Geolocation][macOS] Enable native CoreLocation/Apple Location Service (VB-64414)
  • [New][History][Panels] Add a Clear Browsing Data button (VB-98708)
  • [New][Mail][Calendar] maintain FastMail OAuth login method (VB-97422)
  • [New][Mail] View Filters are confused for being a Mail Action Toolbar (VB-95308)

Address Bar

  • [Address Bar] Keep best result when typing new text (VB-96015)
  • [Address Bar] eradicate dropdown category “From …” (VB-98029)
  • [Address Bar][Settings] Disabling “seek in Address Field” and Autocomplete is not working as intended (VB-97928)
  • [Address Bar] Best/top result not updated when pasting (VB-98423)
  • [Address Bar] Can not Undo (Ctrl+Z) after pasting (Ctrl+V) in the Address Field (VB-98733)
  • [Address Bar] Do not auto-complete on known redirects (except typed history items) (VB-96345)
  • [Address Bar] Address field text does not align (VB-99208)
  • [Address Bar] Cannot drag and drop from textbox on web page to seek box (VB-87410)
  • [Address Bar] Ctrl+Enter use typedUrl instead of autocomplete value (VB-99136)
  • [Address Bar] Emojis as favicons appear blank (VB-81544)
  • [Address Bar] Engine icon is often not displayed in seek field (VB-94157)
  • [Address Bar] seek Field dropdown remains opened (VB-98720)
  • [Address Bar] Text drag-over lacks highlight styling (VB-99335)
  • [Address Bar] Trailing slashes are removed from URLs (VB-94032)
  • [Address Bar][Bookmarks] Bookmark nicknames trigger seek sometimes (VB-99105)
  • [Address Bar][Bookmarks] Display folder nickname (VB-98925)

Bookmarks

  • [Bookmarks] Bookmarking on Youtube saves the wrong name and description (VB-90350)
  • [Bookmarks] Need tooltips for bookmarks panel when the title is too long to be displayed (VB-32884)
  • [Bookmarks] URL is displayed twice for non
  • [Bookmarks] URL is displayed twice for non https protocol (VB-99093)
  • [Bookmarks] URL stored in title field (VB-55938)
  • [Bookmarks] Wrong placeholder at creation (VB-99094)

Downloads

  • [Downloads][Panels] The eradicate All Finished button constantly cycles between on/off while downloading (VB-98500)
  • [Downloads][Panels] Use decimal SI units instead of legacy binary units (VB-98728)
  • [Downloads][Panels] Various performance improvements
  • [Downloads][Panels] Google Safe Browsing causes downloading to get struck (VB-96539)

History

  • [History] Dates are out of order (VB-99506)
  • [History] Shows [History] Shows http entry after
  • [History] Shows http entry after https entry on a redirect (VB-26114)
  • [History] Sorted by date not listed in correct order (VB-99167)
  • [History] Two entries as you click links (VB-99148)

Keyboard

  • [Keyboard] Cycling focus stuck when tab bar is hidden (VB-95976)
  • [Keyboard] F6 focus cycling stuck (VB-95976)
  • [Keyboard] Focus Panel Controls has stopped working (VB-93688)

macOS

  • [macOS] Fullscreen state has extra space (VB-96235)
  • [macOS] Title bar is shown when window is in fullscreen (VB-96235)
  • [macOS][Media] Poor video performance (VB-81757)

Menus

  • [Menus] In the event of corruption, better handle reset to defaults (VB-98722)
  • [Menus] The Vivaldi button uses the wrong background color in combined Address Bar mode (VB-98312)
  • [Menus] Update the Report a Problem link (VB-98537)
  • [Menus] layout can be out of sync with UI language (VB-99272)
  • [Menus][Bookmarks][Windows][Linux] Bookmark menu does not layout correctly (VB-99378)
  • [Menus][Keyboard] Shortcuts for Japanese UI gone after renaming (VB-98661)

Notes

  • [Notes] Blockquotes are not rendered correctly (VB-99468)
  • [Notes] Can display the “Write your first note” message again when there notes present (VB-98901)
  • [Notes] Checkboxes display a bullet point as well (VB-99376)
  • [Notes] Clicking new note creation notification is not working properly (VB-99312)
  • [Notes] Deleted from the notes panel are not deselected from the notes manager (VB-98902)
  • [Notes] Editor always uses white background (VB-98723)
  • [Notes] Scrolling gets stuck upon holding down arrow button in Notes Manager (VB-83855)
  • [Notes] Text is not updated when creating a new note (VB-94169)

Panels

  • [Panels] Close button should protect the Panel Bar toggle status (VB-89637)
  • [Panels] Closing floating web panel hides the sidebar unexpectedly (VB-98621)
  • [Panels] Content dragged over should open it (VB-96532)
  • [Panels] Content reflows when opening (VB-98671)
  • [Panels] New window opens with empty panel if a panel was already open (VB-98270)
  • [Panels] Opens when going full screen (VB-98440)
  • [Panels] Panel contents are incorrectly displayed when the system resizes the window (VB-85105)
  • [Panels] The panel drawer is expanded with no active panel on first-run (VB-98701)
  • [Panels] The scroll bar is covered by the side panel handle when it is set on the right side. (VB-98065)
  • [Panels] Toolbar not hidden when floating panel is closed (VB-99195)
  • [Panels] Unexpectedly opens when opening a new window (VB-98625)
  • [Panels][Menus] Add “Copy All Links” context menu item to window panel (VB-98931)
  • [Panels][Settings] Separate width option not saved (VB-98231)
  • [Panels][Tabs] Gap with tabs and panel toggle on right side (VB-99209)
  • [Panels][Workspaces] Not all Workspace functionality is available in the Window Panel (VB-98479)

Settings

  • [Settings] Keyboard access in saved passwords (VB-52423)
  • [Settings] Preferences reset on window close during Speed Dial thumbnail bulk refresh (VB-99255)
  • [Settings] [Address Bar] Drop-Down Menu Priority settings appear in all searches (VB-98669)
  • [Settings] [Feeds] Some Feed Settings appear in all searches (VB-98790)
  • [Settings] [Mail] Mail toolbar buttons not rendered in the Settings window (VB-98700)
  • [Settings][Sync] Account details verification checks falter when creating account (VB-98441)

Speed Dial

  • [Speed Dial] Accidental drag leads to entries removal after Esc (VB-97785)
  • [Speed Dial] Can’t proceed item back to its Parent Folder (VB-99459)
  • [Speed Dial] Fast bookmark drag+click may block pointer events (VB-98930)
  • [Speed Dial] Rearrange some default Speed Dials (region-specific) (VB-98516)
  • [Speed Dial] Title is not editable when a folder is created (VB-97854)
  • [Speed Dial] Use font-size-small and centered text for Icon size entries (VB-98091)

Tabs

  • [Tabs] Closing tab in tab stack does not go to last open tab (VB-98021)
  • [Tabs] Pinned tabs background overflows with horizontal scroll enabled (VB-99000)
  • [Tabs] Vertically tiled tabs get horizontally upon relaunch (VB-99237)
  • [Tabs][Workspaces] Alignment issues (VB-98220)

Toolbars

  • [Toolbars] Hide the “Update Status” button in the Toolbar Editor on Linux (VB-96638)
  • [Toolbars] Reordering extensions in popup may eradicate toolbar button (VB-98412)
  • [Toolbars][Mail] Buttons are visible in toolbar edit mode even if mail is disabled (VB-98386)

Web Panels

  • [Web Panels] Hijacks keyboard focus on document.title changes (VB-37747)
  • [Web Panels] Show desktop mode is broken (VB-98617)
  • [Web Panels] Title notification badges not updated on document.title changes (VB-98620)

Windows

  • [Windows] Dragging file attachment to desktop corrupts the file (VB-97745)
  • [Windows] Window controls get a white box when new window opens (VB-99314)
  • [Windows][Linux][Menus] Make Vivaldi menu icon look more obviously intractable (VB-98025)

Workspaces

  • [Workspaces] Button shows audio icon when none is playing (VB-98524)
  • [Workspaces] Button shows audio indicator when it shouldn’t (VB-99342)
  • [Workspaces] Button title spacing wrong (VB-99111)
  • [Workspaces] Creating a workspace in a private window creates an empty “Restored Workspace” in normal windows (VB-98506)
  • [Workspaces] Loudspeaker icon on Workspace tab keeps appearing and disappearing (VB-97425)
  • [Workspaces] Make sure tab opens in the last-open workspace when started (VB-96702)
  • [Workspaces] Moving tab to new window switches workspace in existing window (VB-98804)
  • [Workspaces] Replacement tab from root workspace moved into active workspace when moving original tab in Window Panel (VB-99014)
  • [Workspaces] [Tab Stacks] Duplicated Tab Stack tab opens inside the root- instead of the active Workspace (VB-98749)
  • [Workspaces][Panels] better Drag and drop in windows panel (VB-97871)

Other

  • [Chromium] Upgraded to 116.0.5845.168
  • [Clock] Use highlight color for clock second hand (VB-69141)
  • [Extensions] The counters on the extension icons are always the same color (VB-98002)
  • [Linux] Vary Process names to ease use of tools appreciate killall and top (VB-99065)
  • [Performance][Clock] Button can slow down the creation of tabs (VB-83297)
  • [Performance][Downloads] Progress animation stresses GPU (VB-98841)
  • [Periodic Reload] Repeated reloads when waking device from sleep (VB-82978)
  • [Periodic Reload][Menus] Add 60 and 90 mins
  • [Pop out Video] PiP button not conformant to WCAG / WAI standards (VB-99465)
  • [Private Window][macOS] New Private Window does not open maximized (VB-98689)
  • [Profiles] exchange Google graphics in Profile selector dialog (VB-93927)
  • [Quick Commands] Navigating to a page while a page is loading steals focus (VB-98453)
  • [Search Field] Run seek button uses wrong value (VB-98535)
  • [Search] Update Ecosia favicon for regional variants (VB-99377)
  • [Spatial Navigation] Box is moved on scroll (VB-89443)
  • [Sync][Tabs] Do not sync tab bar position setting (VB-98075)
  • [Themes] [macOS] Window control buttons have the wrong background color while in fullscreen (VB-98508)
  • [Tracker Blocker] Counts of blocked items in pop-out not centred (VB-98684)
  • [Website compatibility] JavaScript method window.resizeTo and resizeBy not working. (VB-51077)
  • [Welcome page] Link to themes.vivaldi.net front page instead of /featured
  • [Windows Panel] Window/Workspace root level reports wrong number of tabs (VB-96966)

Crashes

  • [Crash] Loading chrome://extensions in Private Window (VB-99456)
  • [Crash] Trying to use WebToEpub (VB-95640)
  • [Crash] When adding vivaldi://discards as a speed dial (VB-98877)
  • [Crash] When trying to close one of the profiles (VB-98511)
  • [Crash] When updating the sync thumbnail reference for a deleted bookmark (VB-97997)
  • [Crash][Mail] With large attachment (VB-37883)
  • [Crash][Popout Video] Google confront page is crashing after enable PiP on a meeting (VB-98251)

Mail, Calendar and Feeds 1.7

Mail

  • [Mail] Button should be shown on the Start Page (VB-98294)
  • [Mail] Cannot mark all mails as read in custom folder (VB-94347)
  • [Mail] Cannot mark entire IMAP folders as read (VB-94347)
  • [Mail] Cannot scroll to the bottom of message bodies on short screens (VB-98673)
  • [Mail] Consistently say “spam” rather than “junk” (VB-67226)
  • [Mail] Do not show spoofing warning when sender name is identical to sender email address
  • [Mail] Don’t hide From/Reply-To mismatch warnings for common emailer domains (appreciate GMail) (VB-97929)
  • [Mail] Flagging database can get in a state that impede syncing read status up to IMAP (VB-99449)
  • [Mail] Full/part body not shown in some messages: workaround, proper fix later (VB-83204)
  • [Mail] IMAP folder names not decoded from UTF-7 (VB-98829)
  • [Mail] boost the size of the unread message indicator in mail lists (VB-98532)
  • [Mail] Keep the size of the list and message view constant (VB-96009)
  • [Mail] Message saved to disk before it’s inserted into seek DB (VB-99549)
  • [Mail] Multiple From addresses bring about Reply-To warning (VB-97930)
  • [Mail] Offer a shortcut to open Mail window when info message is shown (VB-98319)
  • [Mail] Opening IMAP/Draft discards body text (VB-98306)
  • [Mail] Renamed Flags use Colour Name instead of Custom Name in Context Menu (VB-98499)
  • [Mail] furnish the Size column in human-readable decimal SI units instead of raw bytes (VB-98728)
  • [Mail] Reply will result in replying to yourself if the Sent tab is selected (VB-94632)
  • [Mail] seek bar is not positioned correctly when tabs are not on top (VB-96227)
  • [Mail] seek doesn’t find IMAP sent messages (VB-99108)
  • [Mail] Sequentialize connections to multiple IMAP servers (VB-98605)
  • [Mail] Warning about name containing an email address is too sensitive (VB-95869)
  • [Mail][Calendar] Buttons don’t migrate to a new window (VB-98380)
  • [Mail][Calendar] Vivaldi accounts are using OAuth but re-prompted for passwords (VB-96224)
  • [Mail][Panels][Toolbars] seek not rotated when editing toolbar (VB-96985)

Calendar

  • [Calendar] Completed tasks still appear in Calendar Status Upcoming Events popup (VB-97451)
  • [Calendar] Dialog shows for a split second and then disappears – event is added for current time (VB-99477)
  • [Calendar] Drag and drop to clone event should work (VB-96592)
  • [Calendar] ICS import dialog too narrow (VB-98337)
  • [Calendar] It should not be possible to create new tasks in the agenda by clicking between items in the sidebar (VB-97381)
  • [Calendar] Long title of event flows out of notification (VB-98739)
  • [Calendar] Parse calendar name or description for use during importing (VB-98338)
  • [Calendar] Plus sign when dragging to proceed event (VB-89980)
  • [Calendar] Sometimes focus gets lost in agenda view (VB-97379)
  • [Calendar] Subject of event not visible in the reminder window (VB-98736)
  • [Calendar] Wrong Time Zone inherited from Operating System (VB-96629)
  • [Calendar] webcal(s):// URI protocol dialog revamp: maintain for WebCAL subscriptions (VB-93544)
  • [Calendar][Tasks] There should be an edit on the context menu for tasks (VB-92085)

Feeds

  • [Feeds] Deduplicate Mail addresses; use item authors then feed authors (VB-97748)
  • [Feeds] Enable Feed Discovery by default (VB-98393)
  • [Feeds] Icon disappears when page loads (VB-50729)
  • [Feeds] Offline accounts and RSS feeds removed from panel after update (VB-96072)
  • [Feeds][Performance] Cache revalidation, backoff failing, reduce redundant parsing (VB-97849)
  • [Feeds][Performance] Poll immediately after adding new feeds (VB-98392)

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