15 Portable Web Browsers For Windows Users

by Ricky on November 2, 2009

USB stick/flash drives has been the inevitable integral part of our life for a while now. It is really nice to have some portable USB edition/pocket edition of our favorite software so we can use it with ease at our work place. I usually carry my favorite browsers with me as I hate age old and vulnerable IE6 at my college. Here I am sharing 15 of the best portable web browsers that will be helpful to you all.

usb portable web browsers

usb portable web browsers

Portable Google Chrome:

No matter what Firefox lovers say but Google chrome is the best fastest web browser available. Although I am a big fan of Firefox I prefer to carry portable Google chrome web browser with me. Carry the lightnening fast browser with you by downloading Google chrome. You can add different themes to the portable Google chrome application as well.

Google Chrome portable web browser

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 portable web browser:

When it comes to power and usability Firefox has upperhand over other web browsers. Why I like mozill firefox portable web browser is that I can carry my favorite add-ons as well which really helps with my every day need.

Download portable Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 portable

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 portable web browser:

As I have already mentioned in my previous post on “Firefox 3.6 beta 1 ready for download” that Firefox 3.6 beta 1 is now available for download. You can download the portable version of Mozilla Firefox 3.6 alpha 1 named as “Namoroka” which is based on Gecko 1.9.2 engine is also available for download.

Download Namoroka alpha 1 potable

SeaMonkey Portable Edition:

Seamonkey is a famous internet suite (browser, email, newgroup, chat) which is a bundled application which gives you the power of whole internet in your hand.

Download Seamonkey 2.0 portable edition

Portable Opera USB edition

Opera is a powerful web browser based on Opera technology which is one of the most famous web browser. It has many features like pop up blocking, email program, RSS news feeds and lot more. You can also add editional widgets.

Download Opera portable web browser

PocketFlock portable social browser

Pocketflock is a portable social web browser which supports many services like Flickr, Magnolia, twitter, Youtube and many more.

Download Pocketflock 2.0 portable edition

Avant web browser portable edition

Avant Portable application is the version of famous Avant web browser. It performs much like Firefox with functionalities like pop-up blocker, auto form filler, RSS reader, tabbed browsing and much more

Download Avant portable web browser

xB Anonymous portable web browser

xb Browser is a portable web browser that lets you surf the internet anonymously. xB browser cleans up the recent history and cookies automatically for more privacy.

Download xB anonymous portable web browser

Torpark Anonymous portable web browser

Torpark anonymous web browser is based on the famous TOR project. Torpark lets you surf the internet anonymously by masking your IP address and encrypting your data.

Download Torpark Anonymous portable web browser

OperaTor anonymous browser:

OperaTor is a portable web browser that is based on the technology of opera and TOR project. OperaTOR lets you surf anonymously with the power of opera web browser.

Download OperaTor 3.5 portable web browser

Qt portable web browser:

Qtweb is a lightweight, fast and secure portable web browser. It is based on the Appkle’s webkit rendering engine which supports mulitple languahe, tabbed browsing, download manager and many more features.

Download Qt portable web browser

Green portable Internet browser:

Green browser offers many features like ad filters, inbuilt download manager, proxy setup, selectable skins and lot more. It functions much like internet explorer.

Download Green browser portable application

Maxthon portable web browser:

Maxthon is one of the most powerful web browser with many features like secure browsing, skins, layouts, hot keys support, plugins and much more.

Download Maxthon portable web browser

Portable K-Meleon web browser:

Many of you have not heard about the K-Meleon web browser but it a one of the powerful web browser based on Gecko technology which is adopted by Firefox as well. It supports tabbed browsing, mouse gesture, context menu, shortcut customization, skins and much more

Download portable K-Meleon web browser

SRWare Iron: The browser of the future:

SRWare developer who calls their browser the browser of future is based on Chromium source code. It is known for its sleek design, fast rendering, unique user interface and many features.

Download SRWare portable web browser

Well I tried searching for portable application of Internet Explorer 8 but I couldn’t find any legal version of it. I’ll add it to the list whenever I find the legal version from trusted source.

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George Serradinho November 2, 2009 at 12:57 pm

There are so many available now days that sometimes it’s hard to choose which one to use. Thanks for listing them, glad to see the different types.
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Ricky November 2, 2009 at 9:27 pm

@George Serradinho
Yes there are many browsers available now a days. I will stick to FF as I love the flexibility provided by it plus add-ons it offers.

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izzat aziz November 2, 2009 at 5:20 pm

all my lab in university using ie, and make it worse old ie.. i can’t install new browser because i have no privilege, so i using portable really help me out.

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Surender Sharma November 2, 2009 at 9:33 pm

Hi there,
You have collected very informative resources of the mini web browsers.
But I like Google Chrome due to its simplicity.
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 9:10 am

@Surender sharma
Google chrome is really cool when it comes to speed. Good to see you here. Keep in touch ;)

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crazy blogger November 2, 2009 at 9:46 pm

Good list dude.

i too hate internet explorer.

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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 9:09 am

@crazy blogger
I said I hate the old age IE6. If it comes to IE8 then I will say that it is really good. I’ll still prefer Firefox over IE.

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Mike Taylor November 2, 2009 at 10:41 pm

Great blog! I will be back!

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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 9:08 am

@Mike Taylor
Thank you for commenting. Hope to see you around :smile:

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Gabe | freebloghelp.com November 3, 2009 at 3:40 am

These would’ve been extremely helpful when I used to travel for business. I’ll definitely have to keep them in mind in the future.
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 9:07 am

@Gabe
I am sure that it will help you out a lot in the future :smile:

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Dana @ Online Knowledge November 3, 2009 at 3:51 am

I just know that there are so many portable web browser. Portable web browser surely make us can browse internet with our fav web browser any time any where.
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 9:05 am

@Dana
Portable web browsers are really helpful at work place or college. I can’t survive without them.lol

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Diabetis November 3, 2009 at 10:47 am

I still prefer Firefox as my browser.
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 9:01 am

@Diabetis
I also prefer Firefox as my favorite portable web browser. The main reason behind this is huge list of useful add-ons.

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Rahul November 3, 2009 at 4:52 pm

Portable web browser has its own market. Opera mini is very famous. I think because of early entry in market.

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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 8:59 am

@Rahul
You are right buddy. Portable application has its own market. BTW opera mini is a mobile web browser which is different from portable web browser. Thank you for commenting

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zeesu November 3, 2009 at 6:33 pm

so many browsers out there.I am with ff since i love the plugin which comes with it

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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 8:55 am

@zeesu
I am also with FF. It is the best browser available.

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Hesham November 3, 2009 at 10:43 pm

I like the portable applications, and I use them some times specially on my USB memory stick! some times you need it!
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 8:54 am

@Hesham
I always keep firefox with my favorite addon with me. It is really helpful for me. Thank you for commenting :smile:

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steppinout November 4, 2009 at 1:59 am

Wow! This is awesome collections Ricky. Thanks
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 8:53 am

@steppinout
Thank you for liking the post buddy.

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Ricky November 4, 2009 at 11:00 am

@izzat aziz
I am having the same problem that’s why I use portable applications. Hope you find it useful :smile:
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nitesh patel November 4, 2009 at 11:34 am

great list mate i even not aware of some of these. nice post
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 8:52 am

@nitesh patel
Thank you for liking the post. Hope you found it useful :smile: . Keep in touch

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SaurabhStar November 4, 2009 at 12:09 pm

Hey, wow.. such a long list! I really didn’t know that so many different browsers existed even -:P
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 8:51 am

@Saurabhstar
There are many browsers out there. The only problem is that they are not that famous. Which browser(s) did you try from the list?

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Neo November 5, 2009 at 10:57 am

I never knew the idea of these portable browsers…Thanks for letting me know about it.
Really so much I can know from you bloggers.

Thanks
TC

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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 4:35 pm

@Neo
Glad to hear that you liked it. Thank you for commenting :smile:

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Ruchi November 5, 2009 at 11:00 am

Great list. I was using firefox portable but was aware about Chrome portable . Thanks for Sharing. :)

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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm

@Ruchi
Chromium is a good browser as it is very simple and fastest. Have you tied any other portable application?

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Tinh November 5, 2009 at 2:22 pm

I have known many browsers before and now I knew them. Thanks for sharing and I will download theme to bring with me. Thanks again
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 4:32 pm

@Tinh
Let us know which one do you find useful?

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James Moralde November 5, 2009 at 3:18 pm

Wow, I honestly didn’t know about portable browsers. I carry around 3 USB flash drives everywhere I go like it’s part of my anatomy. The only portable application I have in one USB is mowes portable (a portable LAMP for my PHP web development). And among your list, I only am familiar with 5.

I’m sure glad to find this info because I need to test my website creations with several browsers. Thanks
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Ricky November 5, 2009 at 4:24 pm

@James Moralde
Glad to hear that you find it useful :smile: . I’ll soon post about add-ons so it will help the readers as well.

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Sahil Kotak November 7, 2009 at 5:59 pm

Really big list, I have never seen some of them. Thanks for listing here.
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Simran November 7, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Nice collection mate… Stumbled the article for you :)
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Ricky November 9, 2009 at 5:23 pm

@Simran
Thank you for the stumble buddy. It is really helpful :smile:

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