Creating my own web browser

Pahal Desai — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:41:41 +0000

Hey everyone! I am Pahal Desai, a 16 year old student who is trying to create my own open-source Chromium-based web browser called Neovex. I am a beginner in C++, and to be honest, a few weeks ago I had almost no idea how browser development actually worked.

So why am I building a browser when there are already Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and many others?

I kept asking myself a simple question: what if a browser felt more lightweight, cleaner and more focused while still keeping the power of Chromium?

That question slowly turned into Neovex.

Neovex is currently focused on things like:

A cleaner UI
Built-in ad blocking
Built-in Study mode to avoid distractions
Performance improvements
A more minimal browsing experience

I have a mixed kinda experience creating this browser some times it works and some times the build breaks. Moreover, there a some hardware limitations too...I am building it on a ~10 year old pc.

But I believe that's a part of learning

I'm still very early in this journey, and I'm learning C++, Chromium internals, Git, and browser development as I go.

If you're a developer, student, or just curious about browser development, feel free to follow along.

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Creating my own web browser

Creating my own web browser