MKBHD spotted using Ardia, an open-source Arc alternative that cuts agent browser token use in half
BLCNYY · x · 2026-11-12
A frame from Marques Brownlee's latest review video shows he uses Ardia, a free and open-source Mac sidebar browser positioning itself as an Arc alternative with Dia's polish, built on real Chromium — already at 1.8k GitHub stars.
Ardia is agent-native: you can plug in your own Claude Code or Codex, driving the browser (logins included) via ardia browse and other Mac apps via ardia computer. The site publishes benchmarks across 8 browser tasks: with Codex, Ardia consumed 3.66M tokens vs 4.93M for Aside and 7.59M for OpenCode Browse; with Claude Code + Opus 5.5, Ardia used 5.00M vs 6.01M and 8.47M, while mostly matching competitors on pass rates.
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