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
1.0.10 (GA)
Build release
7871.3289
Release date
2026-07-17
Chromium base
150.0.7871.125
Distribution
Only on Mac App Store (General Availability)
Architecture
ARM64 | x86_64 (Universal Release)
File name
Helmet-1_0_10-7871.3289.pkg
File size
279 MB (292,757,782 bytes)
File timestamp
2026-07-16 13:28:40 UTC
SHA256 checksum
8c022f98713494807f8d58a3961289c0fa44ffbfae06ee7e086f60602043d3ca
Update schedule (estimated)
Tue, Jul 21, 2026
Helmet version / Chromium engine (on TestFlight)
1.0.11 (beta) | 150.0.7871.129
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.