This directory contains documentation for the Brave Browser. For additional resources outside this repository, go to:

• brave-browser/wiki

• Upgrading Chromium Upgrading brave-core to a newer Chromium version.
• Patching with plaster A patching engine for semantical patching of upstream Chromium.
• WebUI Overriding
• DevTools Frontend Patching Managing changes to the upstream project.

• Claude Code Skills - Slash commands for automating common development tasks (commit, review, preflight, CI, and more).

• Premium Account Privacy - How blind tokens decouple payment identity from service usage.
• Cryptographic Features - Cryptographic features in Brave beyond standard Chromium encryption.

• Running test suites - Selectively execute unit, browser and typescript tests.
• gni notes - Brief notes on the use of source.gni files in our code base.
• Rust notes - General recommendations on integrating rust code into brave-core
• Adapting Chromium tests to the Brave Codebase - Suggestions on how to make chromium test work on our test targets.
• Ship a File to All Clients - How to ship a file to all clients via component updater.
• Git Configuration - General recommendations for setting up and optimizing your Git environment.
• Ignoring Files from Format and Presubmit Checks - How to exclude files from format and presubmit checks.
• Siso Customization - How we customize Siso to work for us.
• WebUI Frontend - General Web UI, React, webpack overview.
• WebUI Testing - Guide to creating and running *.test.ts(x) suites.
• WebUI Strings Overview - Including strings in a Web UI frontend.

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