Install Zen on Raspberry Pi

Zen

Privacy-focused browser based on Firefox
Zen Browser has side tabs by default and is very customizeable if you know a bit of CSS, or are willing to find someone else's mod files. It is said to run fast, and is competely open-source and takes design elements from Arc Browser.

To run: Menu -> Internet -> Zen Browser
To run in a terminal: zen-browser

Fortunately, Zen is very easy to install on your Raspberry Pi in just two steps.

  1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Raspberry Pi.
  2. Use Pi-Apps to install Zen.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, which is currently version Bookworm.
Raspberry Pi OS has 32-bit and 64-bit variants, both of which will run on most Raspberry Pi computers, including the Pi 3, Pi 4, and Pi5.
Zen will only run on PiOS 64-bit. Pi-Apps will not let you install Zen on PiOS 32-bit.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install Zen

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Zen.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the Internet category, which leads to the Browsers category.

Now scroll down to find Zen in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Zen for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io