A similar case is Firefox, which is also an open-source project.
Anyone can take the Chromium code and build their own browser from it, adding and removing whatever functionality they wish. These browsers, in most cases, follow the lead of Opera, which is based on the open-source Chromium project (as is Google Chrome). Meet the alternative browsers - an unofficial term for all browsers other than the Big Five.
Whichever statistics you check (NetMarketshare, StatCounter’s GlobalStats or W3Counter), you’ll notice that they often contradict each other in declaring which browser is leading the race. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera dominate the world’s desktop browser market. Whichever statistics you check ( NetMarketshare, StatCounter’s GlobalStats or W3Counter), you’ll notice that they often contradict each other in declaring which browser is leading the race. On the contrary, each year more desktop browsers appear, and some of them can change the way you browse the Internet for the better. Dedicated apps may be competing against browsers on mobile devices, but that is hardly the case in the desktop environment. It’s 2015 and your choice of browser has proven to be as important as your choice of operating system.