The private Octo Browser alternative

Profiles are folders on your own machine. Nothing meters them, nothing charges you to take one out, and nothing deletes them when you stop paying.

Download Donut Browser

Import: Free on every plan
Profiles: On your disk
Account: Not needed
App licence: AGPL-3.0

What moves when you leave Octo Browser

No antidetect browser exports a profile that another one can open. Your logins travel in the cookie file.

Moves across Cookies and logins Octo Browser exports them as JSON. Donut imports JSON and Netscape files.
Moves across Proxy list Hosts, ports and passwords. Paste the list once and assign it to many profiles.
Stays behind The profile itself Octo Browser exports a .octo file that another Octo account can import once, for 0.5 tokens per profile.
Made new Fingerprint Each browser builds its own. Donut makes a fresh, consistent one for every profile.

Switch in three steps

Today Install Donut Browser. Rebuild your least important Octo Browser profile, import its cookies, and check that the site still knows you.
This week Move the rest. Export cookies from Octo Browser, create matching profiles, and assign your proxies in one pass.
Before you cancel Keep Octo Browser until every new profile has stayed signed in for a few days. Then cancel.

Read the import guide

Octo Browser vs Donut Browser

Each Octo Browser cell restates its own website, read on August 9, 2026. The numbers point to the sources below.

Topic	Donut Browser	Octo Browser
Source code	The app (profile manager, local API, MCP tooling, sync server) is AGPL-3.0 on GitHub. The Wayfern engine is proprietary.	Proprietary. The EULA grants a personal licence, excludes the source code and forbids reverse engineering. 1
Free plan	Unlimited local profiles, per-profile proxies and the local API. No account, no card, no trial.	No free plan. The lowest plan is Lite: €10 a month for 3 profiles, before VAT. 2
What you pay for	Features, not profiles. Profiles are folders on your disk, so nothing counts them.	The plan, and each export: 0.5 tokens per profile, and the file imports once. 3
Browser engine	One engine, Wayfern: an anti-detect Chromium, now on Chromium 150.	Octium, on Chromium 151 since 30 July 2026, level with Chrome stable. 4
Automation	A local REST API on the free plan, remote MCP for AI agents from Solo, and browser automation on Pro and up.	API from the €79 Base plan up, at 50 to 200 requests a minute by plan. No API below that. 5

Sources

1 octobrowser.net/eula read August 9, 2026
2 octobrowser.net/pricing read August 9, 2026
3 docs.octobrowser.net/en/profiles/export-import-octo-browser-profile read August 9, 2026
4 docs.octobrowser.net/en/changelog/octium-changelog read August 9, 2026
5 octobrowser.net/pricing read August 9, 2026
6 docs.octobrowser.net/en/profiles/export-import-octo-browser-profile read August 9, 2026
7 octobrowser.net read August 9, 2026

What happens if you stop paying?

A vendor that stores your profiles also decides when to delete them. A folder on your disk has no such clock.

Octo Browser Cloud only. Profiles live in the Octo account. No local-only mode is documented.

Plan ends Deleted

Kept 6 months without a subscription, then every profile is deleted.
Donut Browser On your disk. Sync is optional, and the sync server is open source.

Plan ends Kept

Nothing is deleted. There is no second copy.

From Octo Browser's own documentation, read August 9, 2026.

When Octo Browser is the better choice

Real limits of Donut Browser. If one of these describes your work, stay where you are.

You need each new Chromium version on day one. Octium was on 151 on 30 July 2026. Wayfern ships 150. 4
You hand whole profiles to other people. An Octo export moves the fingerprint and cookies to another Octo account in one file. Donut moves cookies, and the profile is rebuilt. 6
You want to open the same profile on any machine with no setup. Donut keeps profiles on the device. Syncing them needs a paid plan or your own sync server.
You work from an iPhone or iPad. Octo Browser has an iOS app. Donut Browser is desktop only. 7

Common questions

Is there a free Octo Browser alternative?

Yes. The Donut Browser free plan has unlimited local profiles, per-profile proxies and the local REST API. No account, no card, no trial. Paid plans add cloud backups, fingerprints for other operating systems, team seats and commercial use.

Is there an open source Octo Browser alternative?

The Donut Browser app is AGPL-3.0 on GitHub: the profile manager, the local REST API, the MCP tooling and the sync server. The Wayfern engine it runs is proprietary.

What Octo Browser alternative do people recommend on Reddit?

We do not quote threads here. You can check the facts yourself instead: the app source is on GitHub, the prices are public, and each claim about Octo Browser on this page names its source.

Can I import my Octo Browser profiles into Donut Browser?

Not as profiles. No antidetect browser exports a profile that another one can open. Export your cookies from Octo Browser, create the profiles in Donut, and import the cookie file in the app, over the REST API or through MCP. Each profile gets a fresh fingerprint.

Do I need an account to replace Octo Browser?

No. The free plan runs without an account, because profiles are folders on your disk. You sign in only to buy a plan or to turn on cloud sync.