HELMET WEB BROWSER FIREWALL
Technical Specifications
A privacy and security-focused Chromium fork for macOS, distributed exclusively through the Mac App Store under full App Sandbox. URL threat-defense is routed through a proprietary Helmet gateway; the build ships with a jitless V8, the DrumBrake WebAssembly interpreter, Google-side telemetry removed, and GAIA password hash monitoring is disabled (removed from the source code).
Product
Helmet Web Browser Firewall
Version
1.0.14 (GA)
Build release
7977.3310
Release date
2026-08-27
Chromium base
152.0.7977.65
Distribution
Only on Mac App Store (General Availability)
Architecture
ARM64 | x86_64 (Universal Release)
File name
Helmet-v1_0_14-7977.3310.pkg
File size
287 MB (300,890,480 bytes)
File timestamp
2026-08-26 20:04:51 UTC
SHA256 checksum
5ea33137a127e679e0358e84a079384853e710858d699377c2779d02f9bc8b46
Update schedule (estimated)
Thu, Sep 10, 2026
Helmet version / Chromium engine (on TestFlight)
Our internal beta test window is 1–2 weeks. Once a beta version is approved and ready to distribute on the Mac App Store, it is automatically promoted to General Availability status.