# Why did Brave pick Chromium vs Gecko?

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/why-did-brave-pick-chromium-vs-gecko/173093>\
**Category:** Browser Feedback\
**Tags:** privacy, browser\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/why-did-brave-pick-chromium-vs-gecko/173093 "2020-10-21T15:00:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![jolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@jolo](https://community.brave.app/u/jolo)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/why-did-brave-pick-chromium-vs-gecko/173093/1 "2020-10-21T15:00:11Z")

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Hey, Brave community!

I’ve been a long-time user of Brave. I love this project and what it stands for. And I just love the browser.

I haven’t thought to ask this before, but why did the Brave project choose to use Chromium instead of forking the Gecko engine since Eich was behind Firefox before?

Personally I prefer Chromium anyway: sites play nicer with it and I think it’s usually faster and smoother. But I’m just wondering what the team’s decision was based on.

Thanks!