Epichrome alternatives in 2026

Updated 2026-09-17 · 5 min read · by Okie Dockie

What happened to Epichrome

Epichrome built small Mac apps, each running its own copy of a Chromium browser with its own data. Its developer has announced the end of development; the final release is 2.4.27. The developer explained that the project would need major updates for upcoming macOS and Chrome extension changes, and suggested other apps for existing users.

What did you use it for?

People used Epichrome for two different things, and what to look at depends on which:

1. A Dock icon per Chrome profile — Work, Personal, a client — to get to each one in a click.
2. A website as its own app — Gmail, Slack, a dashboard — kept apart from the main browser.

For Chrome profiles in the Dock

With Epichrome, each app was a separate browser with its own data, so sign-ins, extensions, history and passwords were kept separately from your main Chrome — useful when you want that separation.

Okie Dockie puts the Chrome profiles you already have into the Dock:

• Each profile gets its own icon, marked with its profile picture.
• It is your real Chrome profile — logins, extensions, bookmarks and passwords are all there.
• Clicking the icon goes back to that profile's existing window instead of opening a new one.
• Chrome updates as normal; there is nothing to rebuild.
• Each profile icon is a launcher of under 1 MB, because it opens the Chrome you already have rather than containing a browser of its own.

You choose the profiles you want in its menu. It costs $19 once for up to 3 Macs, with a 7-day free trial that needs no sign-up. The rest of Okie Dockie — snap layouts, an Option-Tab window switcher and more — is free.

For websites as apps

If the separation was the point, these make site-specific apps:

• Chrome's Install page as app — free, built into Chrome (the Cast, save and share menu). The app uses the Chrome profile it was installed from.
• Safari's Add to Dock — free, in Safari's File menu on macOS Sonoma and later.
• Unite, Coherence and WebCatalog — dedicated site-to-app tools, among those Epichrome's developer suggested.

Moving over

Before deleting Epichrome apps, check whether any hold data you need — saved passwords or bookmarks live inside each app's own browser data, not in Chrome. Export passwords from the app's password settings, then import them into Chrome under Settings → Passwords. See also every way to get Chrome profiles in the Dock compared.