Chromium Development

A collection of resources for learning about Chromium and tracking its development.

See also V8 Development

Contributing to Chromium

• Checking Out and Building

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

• Contributing - This document outlines the process of getting a code change merged to the Chromium source tree.

  • Assumes a working Chromium checkout and build.

Resources for Chromium Development

Code Resources

• Code Search - Indexed and searchable source code for Chromium and associated projects.
• Source Code - The source code for Chromium itself.
• Chromium Review - The searchable code host which facilitates code reviews for Chromium and related projects.

Informational Resources

• Chromium Dash - Chromium Dash ties together multiple data sources in order to present a consolidated view of what's going on in Chromium and Chrome, plus related projects like V8, WebRTC & Skia.
  • Schedule - Review upcoming Chromium release schedule.
  • Branches - Look up which branch corresponds to which milestone.
  • Releases - See what version of Chromium is shipping to each release channel and look up changes between each version.
  • Commits - See and search for commits to the Chromium source tree by commit SHA or committer username.
• Discussion Groups - Subscribe to the following groups to get project updates and discuss the Chromium projects, and to get help in developing for Chromium-based browsers.
• Chromium Slack - a virtual meeting place where Chromium ecosystem developers can foster community and coordinate work.

Social Links

• Blog - News and developments from Chromium.
• @ChromiumDev - Twitter account containing news & guidance for developers from the Google Chrome Developer Relations team.
• @googlechrome - Official Twitter account for the Google Chrome browser.