On the Midori browser, you can now create an Astian account to access more features. It’s a similar concept to creating a Brave account to access features like Email Aliases or the upcoming sync feature.
Astian officially posted this information in a blog post, which announces that various services will soon be accessible via an account. You can view a screenshot of the announcement below.
The post further elaborates that work on Midori version 12 has been progressing steadily. They’re “preparing something big” for that update as well. Some of the features are beginning to finally take shape, and one of them is the Astian Account.
An Astian Account is basically a service based on Authentik. It consolidates Astian’s services. If you have an Astian account, you can use:
- Midori Sync
- MidoriVPN
- Astian Cloud
- Astian Contact
- Astian Calendar
- Marketplace Midori and more
It’s basically a gateway to this “ecosystem” that the company is building. The marketing is centered on privacy and on being open-source and transparent. As proof of transparency, Astian offers its public GitHub repository.
It’s worth noting that using an Astian account remains completely optional. The services are also free at the time of writing, and you can use one login across all Astian/Midori services. Signing in is presented as a choice, and you can continue to use the browser normally without an account.
For those unaware of Midori and Astian, Midori is a free, open-source browser. It’s privacy-centric, offering no telemetry by default, built-in ad blocking, built-in VPN, and more. Astian is the company behind Midori, and it’s a small open-source software group. Other products under the company are AstianGO, MidoriVPN, and more.
We’re not sure what the “big” changes are that the company has planned for future versions. For now, they’ve publicly teased a built-in ad blocker.
The browser is also available on Android, and a recent update there rolled out some features as well. More on that here.
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