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Arc rewrote how browsers work. Then it went quiet.
Dia replaced it. Dia is an AI agent, not a browser.
If you want the organization Arc taught you, without the cloud sync or the chatbot, there's a third option.
Step. Native. Local-first. macOS.
Step tracks Chromium 136+ with an automated CVE pipeline. Upstream security patches ship within days.
Most fork browsers lag months behind. Some lag years.
We rebase every week.
If you've been looking for the browser Arc could have become, try Step.
Private beta is open.
step-browser.com
Your SEO workflow is a pile of tabs.
One SERP. 12 competitors. 40 docs.
You don’t need more bookmarks.
You need a Space.
Tabs, groups, scroll positions.
Highlights, snippets, sources.
What’s your current system. Chaos or checklists.
Arc Browser shutdown in 2026 left a lot of users looking for alternatives.
Step is what we built for ourselves: a native macOS browser that keeps your entire workspace intact.
No subscriptions. No accounts. Just your tabs and context, exactly as you left them.
Every icon in Step Browser is from @huge_icons
We tried a dozen libraries before landing here. Nothing else felt native enough for a macOS app.
Most icon packs look fine in isolation. Put twelve of them in a sidebar and the rhythm falls apart.
Huge Icons draws on one grid. Weights match. Corners match. You can mix styles without it looking patched together.
Building a premium app means every square inch has to hold up. This is the kind of work that lets the rest of the design breathe.
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Close your browser. Reopen it 8 hours later.
Everything is exactly where you left it.
Every tab. Every group. Every scroll position.
This sounds obvious. No browser does it right.
Step saves your entire Space state to disk — tabs, groups, split layouts, active tab, scroll positions. Crash recovery included.
Local-first. No account needed. No cloud.
Early access → step-browser.com
Step Marginalia is a native annotation layer. Select any passage, pick a color, add a note.
Everything lives in your Space — searchable, resurfaced, yours.
Early access → step-browser.com
⌘F in Step searches across your entire Space — every page, every annotation, every snippet.
Results come back with context: where you were, when, and how to jump back.
Early access → step-browser.com