Software update: Vivaldi 5.6

Version 5.6 of the Vivaldi web browser has been released. Vivaldi is a web browser developed by former employees of Opera. It mainly targets power users and Opera users before switching to Chromium, although this browser is also based on it. Vivaldi has extensive capabilities, such as mouse gestures, tab stacking, extensive keyboard shortcuts and taking notes on web pages. The browser is free and is being developed for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android. The release notes for this release can be found below.

Vivaldi integrates Mastodon into its desktop browser.

Vivaldi recently became the first browser to have its own Mastodon instance, Vivaldi Social. Now, the new version on the desktop is the first to integrate Mastodon into the browser itself, along with the ability to pin tab groups and other UI improvements. We believe in providing alternatives to Big Tech while putting your privacy first and launched Vivaldi Social, our Mastodon instance. And today we are integrating Vivaldi Social into the sidebar of our desktop browser becoming the first browser to offer this functionality.

The new version – Vivaldi 5.6 – also allows you to pin your tab stacks. We’ve added a new private search engine You.com for select countries, helping to broaden your choices for searching the web.