Balance Browser is a modern, productivity-focused web browser for macOS built with SwiftUI and WebKit. It combines a native macOS experience with integrated productivity tools—including AI, notes, history, and maps—all inside a customizable sidebar with a beautiful Liquid Glass interface.
Instantly search for browser commands, execute actions, and navigate efficiently.
Access Notes, History, Downloads, and your favorite pinned websites from a single customizable sidebar.
Browse two websites side by side.
- Focus Mode for distraction-free browsing
- Built-in Notepad for quick notes
- Advanced tab management with Tab Search and detachable windows
Interact with a private, on-device AI assistant directly from your browser.
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Quickly summarize long articles using local Apple Foundation Models.
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Event Extraction with one-click export to macOS Calendar
Extract locations and real-world entities from open tabs and visualize them on an interactive map.
A clean reading experience powered by Readability.js.
Additional browsing features include:
- Smart Address Bar
- Native PDF Viewer
- Chrome Extension support
- Multiple browser profiles
- User Agent switching
- Bookmark Bar customization
- Persistent browser settings
- Privacy controls with content blocking and site permissions
- Native Liquid Glass interface
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Palette | ⌘ K |
| Go Back | ⌘ → |
| Go Forward | ⌘ ← |
| Reload Page | ⌘ R |
| Find in Page | ⌘ F |
| Share Link | ⌘ ⇧ S |
| Copy Page URL | ⌘ ⌃ C |
- SwiftUI
- WebKit (
WKWebView) - SwiftData
- AppStorage
- AppKit
- PDFKit
- Readability.js
- macOS 26.0 (Tahoe) or later
- Xcode 26 or later
- Clone the repository.
- Open the project in Xcode.
- Select the macOS target.
- Build and run (
⌘ R).
Customize the browser from Settings, including:
- Homepage
- User Agent
- History recording
- Bookmark Bar mode
- Browser preferences
Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Use discussions here, or email at support@coolstone.dev