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title: "Vivaldi"
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category: "Web browsers"
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tagline: "A Chromium-based browser you can rearrange to suit you, with mail and calendar built in."
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source: "Flathub"
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package: "com.vivaldi.Vivaldi"
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website: "https://vivaldi.com/"
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---
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## What it is
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Vivaldi is a web browser built on Chromium by Vivaldi Technologies, a company started by former Opera developers. Its focus is customization: tabs can go on any side of the window and stack into groups, toolbars and keyboard shortcuts can be rearranged, and pages can be tiled side by side.
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It also includes a built-in ad and tracker blocker, notes, and optional mail, calendar and feed reader apps. Vivaldi's interface is not open source, though the Chromium code it builds on is.
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## Why it's here
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- **Arrange it your way.** Almost every part of the interface can be moved, hidden or remapped.
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- **More in one window.** Mail, calendar and feeds sit alongside your tabs if you want them.
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- **Chrome-compatible.** Chrome extensions install and Chrome-only sites work.
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## On CoreDesktop
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CoreDesktop installs Vivaldi as a Flatpak from Flathub. Open it from the app grid. Helium is CoreDesktop's default browser; to make Vivaldi the default instead, pick it in **Settings › Apps › Default Apps**.
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The sandboxed AI agents can't read Vivaldi's profile, as they can't read any Flatpak app's data. `update` keeps Vivaldi current along with your other Flatpaks.
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