Ketan Patil

I build Nav0 — a minimal, privacy-focused web browser that collects zero data. I also write most of what you'll find on this blog.

Why Nav0 exists

The browser is the most-used piece of software on most people's computers, and over the years it quietly turned into something else: a billboard for AI assistants nobody asked for, a funnel for accounts and sync, and a data pipeline pointed back at whoever shipped it. Almost every mainstream browser is made by a company that sells ads or runs a platform — and that shapes every decision it makes about your data.

I wanted a browser that does exactly one thing: let me browse the web. No telemetry, no accounts, no AI features, no crypto, no built-in VPN upsell — nothing that phones home. When I couldn't find one that drew that line and held it, I started building Nav0.

Nav0 is free and open source under the MIT License. Privacy isn't a setting you have to find and toggle; it's the architecture. There's nothing to opt out of because there's nothing being collected. If that sounds like the browser you've been wanting, the best place to start is the philosophy page or the getting-started guide.

Find me

Nav0's source code, issues, and discussions all live on GitHub. That's the best place to report a bug, request a feature, or read the code that backs up every privacy claim on this site.

• GitHub — github.com/ketansp
• X / Twitter — @ketnsp
• LinkedIn — in/ketansp
• Email — ketan@nav0.org