Google and the Linux Foundation are launching the Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers initiative. Its goal is to create a “neutral environment” for work, promote the development of the Chromium ecosystem, and provide financial support to developers who contribute to this project.
The funds of the new initiative will be managed by the Linux Foundation, which will continue to follow its practice of open governance, maintaining the priorities of transparency, inclusiveness, and community-oriented development. Meta, Microsoft, and Opera have already announced their support for the new foundation.
According to the Linux Foundation’s press release, the new initiative will create a “neutral space” where industry leaders, researchers, developers, and the open source community can collaborate. This initiative, implemented jointly with Google, aims to remove barriers to innovation, promote adoption, and provide projects in the Chromium ecosystem with the necessary resources.
In its blog, Google notes that in 2024, it contributed more than 100 thousand commits to Chromium, which is about 94% of all contributions. The company also promises to continue investing heavily in the project’s shared infrastructure to support development.
Google first announced the Chromium project in 2008. For more than 15 years, its technologies have become the basis for such major browsers as Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, Arc Browser, and many others. In addition, Chromium is used in LG consumer electronics, in software frameworks such as Electron, and in specialized applications such as Bloomberg terminals and SpaceX capsule management software.
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