Flatsonar

Helium Browser

by imputnet

Private, fast, and honest web browser

Dangerous permissions Unverified publisher BSD-3-Clause v0.17.2.1
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About

Helium is a lightweight and privacy-friendly Chromium-based web browser focused on speed, simplicity, and clean design. It ships without telemetry, ads, tracking, or analytics. This Flatpak package contains the official prebuilt binary from the upstream project helium-linux.

Permissions

10 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • smart card readers
    --socket=pcsc
  • talks to system service org.bluez
    --system-talk-name=org.bluez
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.Avahi
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.Avahi
  • sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH: changes which libraries or plugins get loaded
    --env=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app/lib/helium:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  • access to unrecognised path 'home/.local/share/applications:create'
    --filesystem=home/.local/share/applications:create
  • access to unrecognised path 'home/.local/share/icons:create'
    --filesystem=home/.local/share/icons:create
  • dconf: all GNOME settings
    --talk-name=ca.desrt.dconf
  • sets GIO_EXTRA_MODULES: changes which libraries or plugins get loaded
    --env=GIO_EXTRA_MODULES=/app/lib/gio/modules
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • printing
    --socket=cups
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Bluetooth
    --allow=bluetooth
  • battery status
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.UPower
  • talks to org.freedesktop.FileManager1
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • screensaver inhibit
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver
  • session inhibit
    --talk-name=org.gnome.SessionManager
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
  • registers as a media player (MPRIS)
    --own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium.*
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to your pictures folder
    --filesystem=xdg-pictures
  • access to your videos folder
    --filesystem=xdg-videos
  • access to your desktop folder
    --filesystem=xdg-desktop
  • keeps .pki between runs
    --persist=.pki
  • sets environment variable CHROME_DEVEL_SANDBOX_DISABLED
    --env=CHROME_DEVEL_SANDBOX_DISABLED=1
  • sets environment variable ICU_DATA_PATH
    --env=ICU_DATA_PATH=/app/lib/helium
  • access to xdg-run/dconf
    --filesystem=xdg-run/dconf
  • access to ~/.config/dconf
    --filesystem=~/.config/dconf:ro
  • sets environment variable DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR
    --env=DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR=.config/dconf
  • sets environment variable GSETTINGS_BACKEND
    --env=GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf
  • access to ~/.config/kioslaverc
    --filesystem=~/.config/kioslaverc
  • sets environment variable CHROME_VERSION_EXTRA
    --env=CHROME_VERSION_EXTRA="Flatpak"

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • net.imput.helium claims the domain imput.net; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

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