Quick Answer
- Orion 1.0 is Kagi’s first stable, privacy‑focused WebKit browser for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, now out of beta.
- It blocks ads and trackers by default, runs with zero telemetry
- it expands Kagi’s ecosystem of privacy-respecting, user-centric products: Search, Assistant, Browser, Translate, News.
Orion 1.0 is Kagi’s milestone release of its WebKit‑based browser, now considered production‑ready after years in beta. Here’s the blog post with the announcement. It sits alongside Kagi Search and Kagi Assistant — tools that try to get away from ad‑funded browsing.
Instead of chasing market share with telemetry and experiments, Orion leans on a user‑funded model and optional paid extras through Orion+.
Privacy and security model
Orion ships with zero telemetry, no hidden background data collection, and aggressive anti‑tracking and ad‑blocking turned on from the start. The idea is that your browsing history should stay on your machine, not feed some remote profiling system.
Features power users will care about
Under the hood, Orion combines native WebKit performance with broad extension compatibility, including many Chrome and Firefox extensions that normally only work on Chromium‑based browsers. That’s a big deal if you want something Safari‑like but rely on “must‑have” extensions from other ecosystems.
Right now, Orion 1.0 is stable on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, with Linux in alpha and a Windows build under active development. So it’s clearly Apple‑first, but they’re signaling a longer‑term cross‑platform plan.
