Perplexity Comet
55 comments
·July 9, 2025bachittle
AI-based chromium forks are becoming as common as AI-based visual studio code forks. I wouldn't be surprised if AI-based Linux distros started becoming popular too. Seems the ideal workflow is to fork off of existing open-source solutions, add paid features and lock behind paywall, make profit.
Spartan-S63
I want more Webkit forks rather than more Chromium forks. That battery life is critical for me on my Mac and I think Webkit returning to Windows would be interesting too!
sea-gold
Have you checked out Orion? It is WebKit based.
xnx
I thought the battery-life meme was a myth? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41542413
samrus
anything but chromium forks. i want real competition in the browser engine space
daft_pink
Is there a simple english summary of what this is and what it does before I download it?
pjm331
this is a much better page about it imo https://www.perplexity.ai/comet/gettingstarted
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aitacobell
Cautiously optimistic that Browser Wars 2 will right many wrongs. Chrome is so bloated now.
poisonborz
Don't expect these companies to be interested in the actual browser / DOM rendering technologies and the betterment of standards. They'll be run of the mill Chromium forks.
rylan-talerico
Excited for this & curious how it will compare with Dia.
Launch site feels busy, though.
andrewinardeer
Am I overlooking something or is this just a link to a waitlist? There isn't actually a release yet, right?
pjm331
correct unless you are on the perplexity max plan
pona-a
This has to be among the least informative landing pages I've seen yet. Vague marketing woo, giant hero images, scroll hijacking, sound effects, and zero screenshots.
They literally have a sliding section taking up significant scroll height that's dedicated to our solar system, and when I clicked one of the planets, expecting it to maybe reveal a usage example—I did actually get a full spiel about Mars, with still no hint of the product.
xnx
A "new" browser in the '20s is the equivalent of a browser toolbar in the '00s. It's not a product, it's a feature.
woadwarrior01
IMO, we're back to the late 90s when every kid (I was one of them) would slap the IE ActiveX control onto a VB6 form and call it a browser.
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lousken
is that the spyware browser?
I have a year subscription with perplexity and use it everyday for search. Honest reaction from getting started page demos for comet “I would not want that”