Arc alternatives

Arc set out to become an operating system for the internet, with a whole collection of tools built around that idea. Horse wants to be an excellent browser. It focuses on one browser problem: too many tabs.

Arc organises tabs into Spaces. Horse replaces tabs with Trails®: vertical journeys where every page stays connected to the page that led you there. Inspired by Notion’s nested pages, its sidebar is the browser’s navigation, not a place where tabs happen to live.

Arc made browsers feel exciting, and many people still love it. There is no true replacement.

If the part of Arc you most need is a way back through unfinished work, Horse may suit you. If it was something else, begin there instead.

Choose the two closest to the part of Arc you miss and spend one ordinary afternoon in each. Leave Arc installed while you decide. The useful test is the browser that still makes sense after your day changes direction and one interesting link becomes six.

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Start with Zen if Arc’s calm sidebar and Spaces were the part you touched all day.

Zen is Firefox-based and brings together vertical tabs, Workspaces, Split View, and a Compact Mode that can hide almost the entire interface.zen Its sidebar feels like part of the browser rather than a tab strip moved ninety degrees.

Zen is still in beta. Open the websites you depend on and install your essential extensions before moving everything in.

Vivaldi is for the part of you that enjoyed making Arc yours.

Vivaldi includes vertical tabs, two-level Tab Stacks, tree-style tabs, Workspaces, saved sessions, and Tab Tiling for keeping several pages visible together.vivaldi It can become quiet and minimal or magnificently peculiar.

All that freedom asks for setup time. That is either the pleasure or the price, depending on how you like to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Dia carries The Browser Company’s design taste into its next browser.

Dia is the AI-first browser the company is building now. It combines Profiles, Splits, organised tabs, and AI that can work with your open pages and connected tools.dia AI sits at the centre, where Arc put its sidebar and Spaces.

Dia makes the most sense if Arc Max felt like the beginning of the browser you wanted next. It currently requires an Apple-silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later.

Edge is the practical Chromium option for people who used Arc to keep projects apart.

Edge offers vertical tabs, Workspaces, tab groups, Profiles, and Split Screen.edge Workspaces create dedicated windows for projects and keep their tabs ready for you. Chromium and Chrome extension compatibility make the move gentler.

Workspaces require a signed-in Microsoft account. The trade is a familiar foundation with many of Arc’s practical comforts already built in.

Horse does not organise tabs. Inspired by Notion’s nested pages, it replaces them with Trails®, keeping every page connected to the page that led you there. Follow a thought, get interrupted, and you can still see exactly where to continue.

Search for a hotel and open several promising options. Each hotel stays beneath the search that found it. Open the booking rules and they stay beneath that hotel. When somebody calls and you return tomorrow, the whole route is still visible. You do not have to remember how the pages belonged together because the computer kept that part for you.

Horse runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It supports seven tested extensions today, rather than the whole Chrome Web Store. If you need Arc’s Boosts, broad extension support, or built-in Split View, another browser on this page will fit better.

Horse is for the page you opened three clicks ago and still need tomorrow.

Safari may be the easiest new home if Arc made the web feel calm and your day already moves between Apple devices.

Safari has Tab Groups, separate Profiles, extensions, password integration, and continuity across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.safari A page opened on your phone can be waiting when you sit down at your Mac. Your passwords and Tab Groups can travel with you too.

Safari’s gift is continuity rather than Arc’s vertical workspace. It asks for very little setup when the Apple ecosystem already holds the rest of your day.

Brave is a comfortable Chromium landing place when you want privacy handled before you have to think about it.

Brave blocks ads and trackers by default. It also includes vertical tabs, a sidebar, tab groups, syncing, and compatibility with Chrome Web Store extensions.brave Familiar websites and extensions come with you, while less of the advertising machinery does.

It keeps Chromium compatibility while changing the privacy defaults beneath it.

Chrome may be more different from the browser you left than you remember.

It now includes built-in vertical tabs and Split View, alongside tab groups, Profiles, broad website compatibility, and the complete Chrome Web Store.chrome You no longer need an extension simply to move the tabs to the side or put two pages beside each other.

Chrome does not recreate Arc’s Spaces or personality. What it offers is the gentlest possible move for websites, accounts, and extensions that already expect Chrome.

Arc still works and receives Chromium maintenance.arc If it does everything you need, keep using it.

Keep Arc until your new browser has survived one real week. Check your password manager, blocker, essential extensions, saved pages, and the websites you rely on. A browser becomes home through ordinary days, not an import button.

If the part you most want to keep is returning to a task and seeing exactly how you got there, try Horse free. Bring one thing you genuinely want to finish. Follow every useful link, close Horse for the night, and come back tomorrow. If the whole route is waiting for you, you will know whether that is the part you most want to carry forward.