About, Privacy & Disclaimer
This is an independent reference site about Leaf Browser, the lightweight ChromeOS browser app that became popular with Chromebook users and students. Leaf Browser was an experimental, ChromeOS-focused project built around a simple idea: browsing should feel lighter, cleaner and easier to control, with a separate browsing window and tidy tab organization that suited the way Chromebook users actually work.
What began as a small, practical browsing tool spread through schools, forums and student communities as a fast way to open the web on managed Chromebooks. Over time, however, ChromeOS, school filtering systems and managed-device policies became much stricter, and the original Leaf Browser stopped working reliably. The project is no longer actively maintained, and there is no current official Leaf Browser site or supported download. This site exists to explain what Leaf Browser was, what happened to it, and what works now.
This is an independent information site. It is not the official Leaf Browser project page, and it is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Google, ChromeOS, the Chrome Web Store, any school or the original Leaf Browser developers. Product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
Privacy
This website is a static informational site. It does not run advertising, analytics or third-party tracking scripts, it does not set tracking cookies, and it does not ask for or collect personal information such as your name, email address or payment details.
Like virtually all websites, the hosting provider may keep standard server logs (for example IP address, browser type and the page requested) for security and reliability. These logs are handled by the host and are not used to build advertising or marketing profiles.
Some links lead to external resources, such as the updated Chromebook access guide. Those sites have their own privacy policies, which govern any data they collect once you leave this site. This website does not host, process or store any software, and it is not involved in what any external service does on your device.
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page.
Disclaimer & responsible use
The information on this site is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, express or implied. The site owner is not liable for any damages or data loss arising from following any information or links provided here. Leaf Browser is no longer reliably maintained; files found online that use its name may be outdated, modified, mislabeled or unsafe. Always review any software before running it and keep backups of important data.
This site is informational and does not encourage breaking any school policy, network rule, acceptable-use agreement or applicable law. Rules about what you may install or access vary by device, network and organization, and on managed Chromebooks they are often set by an administrator. You are responsible for determining what is permitted on your own device and network, and for complying with the rules that apply to you.
Contact
To keep this site free of spam, no public email address is published here. To reach the owner of this site, please use the registrant contact form available through the public WHOIS record for the leafbrowser.net domain, which forwards messages to the registered owner.