The Three Pillars of Nothing

The Nothing ecosystem consists of three distinct products, each serving a different use case — all sharing the same core engine.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         NOTHING ECOSYSTEM                                    │
├─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────┤
│      NOTHING BROWSER        │   NOTHING PRIVATE BROWSER    │      PIGGY      │
│        (UI Desktop)         │      (Privacy Focus)         │ (Scraper Lib)   │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│  • Full DevTools baked in   │  • Zero telemetry            │  • Headless     │
│  • Network/WS/Storage       │  • Zero session persistence  │  • TypeScript   │
│  • One-click export         │  • Fingerprint spoofing      │  • RPC via      │
│  • YouTube tab              │  • WebRTC leak protection    │    exposeFunction│
│  • Plugin system            │  • UA-CH spoofing            │  • Intercept API│
│  • Auto-update              │  • No black boxes            │  • Multi-site   │
│  • Session management       │  • Tor routing (planned)     │  • Human mode   │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
                                      │
                                      ▼
                          ┌───────────────────────┐
                          │  Qt6 WebEngine Core    │
                          │  • Real BoringSSL TLS  │
                          │  • Chromium engine     │
                          │  • DocumentCreation    │
                          │    injection           │
                          └───────────────────────┘

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When to Use Which

Use Case	Recommended Product
Reverse engineering an API	Nothing Browser (UI)
Building an automated scraper	Piggy
Anonymous browsing	Nothing Private Browser
Testing bot detection	Nothing Browser + Piggy
Researching WebSocket protocols	Nothing Browser (UI)
Production scraping pipeline	Piggy
Privacy-focused daily browsing	Nothing Private Browser
Learning how browsers work	Nothing Browser (source)

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Pillar 1: Nothing Browser (UI)

A full-featured desktop browser with developer tools baked in. Everything is captured automatically — no need to open DevTools at the right moment.

Key Features

Feature	What It Does
NETWORK tab	Every HTTP request/response with Firefox-style header view
WS tab	Every WebSocket frame, direction-tagged, JSON auto pretty-printed
COOKIES tab	Every cookie with the exact request that set it
STORAGE tab	localStorage and sessionStorage writes in real time
EXPORT tab	Python, curl_cffi, cURL, JavaScript fetch, raw HTTP
YOUTUBE tab	YouTube without API keys (via NewPipe Extractor)
PLUGINS tab	Community JS plugins installed in-browser
TECH HOUSE tab	Auto-updates, changelog, version info

Best For

• API reverse engineering
• Understanding how web apps work
• Capturing authentication flows
• Researching WebSocket protocols

Learn more →

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Pillar 2: Nothing Private Browser

A privacy-first browser that leaves no traces. Zero telemetry. Zero session persistence.

Key Features

Feature	What It Does
Zero telemetry	No analytics, no phoning home
Zero session persistence	Cookies, cache, storage wiped on close
Fingerprint spoofing	Randomised Chrome UA, hardware, WebGL
WebRTC leak protection	STUN servers stripped from ICE config
UA-CH spoofing	navigator.userAgentData and getHighEntropyValues()

Coming Soon

• Ad blocker (network-level, filter-list based)
• Tor routing — optional onion routing, one toggle
• ProtonVPN support — import .ovpn or WireGuard config

Best For

• Anonymous browsing
• Privacy research
• Testing tracking prevention
• Daily browsing without data collection

Learn more →

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Pillar 3: Piggy — Scraper Library

A Bun + TypeScript library that controls the Nothing Browser binary. Write scrapers in TypeScript, run them headlessly.

Quick Example

import piggy from "nothing-browser";

await piggy.launch({ mode: "tab" });
await piggy.register("books", "https://books.toscrape.com");

await piggy.books.navigate();
const books = await piggy.books.evaluate(() => 
  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".product_pod")).map(el => ({
    title: el.querySelector("h3 a")?.getAttribute("title"),
    price: el.querySelector(".price_color")?.textContent
  }))
);

console.log(books);
await piggy.close();

Key Features

Feature	Description
🔥 exposeFunction	Call Node.js from browser JS (RPC)
🔧 exposeAndInject	Expose + inject in one call
📡 intercept.respond	Serve custom responses to network requests
🎯 intercept.modifyResponse	Modify responses on the fly
💾 Session persistence	Save/load cookies, storage, state
🌐 Multi-site parallel	Control multiple tabs simultaneously
🧠 Human mode	Random delays, typos, natural patterns
🚀 Built-in API server	Turn your scraper into an API

Best For

• Automated web scraping
• Bot development
• API testing
• Production scraping pipelines

Quick Start →

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Shared Core Technology

All three products share the same underlying technology:

Qt6 WebEngine

• Full Chromium rendering engine
• Real BoringSSL TLS stack (same as Chrome)
• QWebEngineScript injection at DocumentCreation

Chrome-Identical TLS

Fingerprint Layer	Verdict
JA3	Chrome-identical
JA4	Chrome-identical
Akamai HTTP/2	Chrome-identical

Fingerprint Spoofing

Real machine values are used as the base. Only noise is added on top — the same approach as Brave Browser, but implemented at DocumentCreation phase.

// IdentityGenerator reads real values:
id.cpuCores      = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
id.ramGb         = readFromProcMeminfo();
id.screenW/H     = QGuiApplication::primaryScreen()->size();
id.timezone      = QTimeZone::systemTimeZoneId();
id.canvasSeed    = rng->generateDouble();  // random per session
id.audioSeed     = rng->generateDouble();  // random per session

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The Naming

"Nothing" comes from the philosophy: the browser does nothing on its own. No telemetry. No phoning home. No hidden data collection. It simply does what you tell it to do.

"Piggy" is the scraper library — because it piggybacks on the browser binary. Also, the logo is a pink pig.

"Private" is self-explanatory.

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Nothing Ecosystem · Ernest Tech House · Kenya · 2026