A place for every tab.
Keep your everyday sites in Hyperpins and Collections. Open what you need; let inactive tabs rest.
YOUR INTERNET. IN ORDER.BOREALIS / WINDOWS
DESIGN. TYPOGRAPHY. HYPERPINS.
For the
control freaks.
A browser for those who love design, good fonts,
and having everything exactly where it belongs.
v0.3.78 · PUBLIC BETA · WINDOWS x64
BUILT AROUND YOU
Everything in its place.
Room for what matters.
01 / THE EXPERIENCEYour space.
Your space.
Your kind of order.
Hyperpins that stay where you put them. Collections that make sense to you. A considered, boxed layout that keeps your everyday internet together.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME
PERSONAL＋
Your space. Your order.
YOUR HYPERPINS
◇ The Brand Identity ↗
⌘ Fonts In Use ↗
＋ NORTHERN ORDERWINTER NIGHT
Considered typography.
Calibrated proportions and clear hierarchy. Keep your interface considered, down to the smallest character.
An atmosphere of your own.
Morning, dusk, or a winter night. Choose a mood or let it follow your local time.
02 / BOREALIS IN MOTIONSmall gestures.
Small gestures.
A better flow.
Hyperpins, Collections and a little atmosphere. Explore the details through component demonstrations, rebuilt around the BOREALIS identity. These are feature guides, rather than recordings of a live browsing session.
01 / MAKE IT FEEL LIKE YOURS
Prism or Prism Crystal.
A clean white shimmer or violet reflections with a flash of convergence on click. Choose your Hyperpin animation during setup, then switch anytime in Settings.
WATCH YOUR WAY
02 / FIND YOUR WAY BACK
Double-click. Back to the start.
WATCH YOUR WAY
03 / GIVE EVERYTHING A PLACE
Hyperpins + Collections.
Keep your everyday sites within reach. Group them into Collections, then collapse a group when you want a clearer view. Your sites, organised your way.
WATCH YOUR WAY
04 / SPOTLIGHTSYour Collections.
Your Collections.
Your atmosphere.
One spotlight per Collection, hanging right after the Collection name on the same line. Drag it or use the arrow keys to aim the beam over your Hyperpins, and set its power from 0 to 160%. Adjust the beam focus and move from warm light to neutral white, or keep it softly purple.
The light fades before the end of each Collection. Your direction, focus, power and colour stay yours. The clip shows the earlier 0.3.69 rail demo; from 0.3.76 the lamp stays beside the Collection title in a more compact sidebar.
BOREALIS / COMPONENT DEMOWatch video ↗
03 / A POINT OF VIEW
YOUR WORLD. PINNED.
The details
are the whole point.
Some of us notice the spacing. The weight of a typeface. The way a panel sits against an edge.
BOREALIS is for us. A browser with a deliberate layout, room to personalise, and a little atmosphere. Because a space you spend your day in should feel like yours.
BOXED. CONSIDERED. YOURS.↘
Notes from the North
Beyond the last road,
there is room to begin again.
“The cold earth slept below,
Above the cold sky shone;”
“One must have a mind of winter”
“The mountains are calling & I must go & I will work on while I can, studying incessantly.”
“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
“And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,”
“But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.”
“Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean—roll!”
Snow softens the distance.
Nothing asks you to hurry.
“A better burden may no man bear
For wanderings wide than wisdom;”
04 / MAKE IT YOURSA new home
A new home
for your internet.
Start with njol borealis for Windows.
Bring your bookmarks. Find your own rhythm. Version 0.3.78 opens PDFs and attachments cleanly from same-origin blob links, keeps Preferences, Downloads, History and Bookmarks in the central workspace, and pins the Downloads button with a live circular progress ring in the top-right toolbar.
BOREALIS / PUBLIC BETA
njol borealis for Windows
PUBLIC BETA / x64- Release
- v0.3.78
- Platform
- Windows · 64-bit
- Engine
- Microsoft Edge WebView2
Free public beta. Windows lists the app as njol borealis. The installer is not Authenticode-signed; Windows may show an unknown-publisher warning. Preview terms · Privacy & external services
Release notes & all downloadsA FEW THINGS TO KNOW
Before you move in.
Can I bring my Chrome bookmarks?＋
Yes. Open the Bookmarks menu next to the address bar in BOREALIS and choose Import from Google Chrome. Folders are preserved and your Chrome bookmarks stay unchanged.
Does BOREALIS update automatically?＋
Public updates are available. Leave automatic updates enabled in Preferences, then close and reopen BOREALIS to check for a new release.
Can I use fullscreen?＋
Press F11 to fill the screen on the home page or a website. F11 or Escape restores your previous window. Ctrl+L brings the address bar back into view. A website’s video fullscreen can also be used inside F11 fullscreen.
Is there a Mac or Linux version?＋
The current release is for Windows x64. There is no Mac or Linux download available yet.
Do I need a BOREALIS account?＋
No. Your current profile lives on your PC. Account-based synchronisation between devices is not available in this beta.
LET’S TALK
Write to me.
Questions, ideas or feedback? Email Marco directly.
For privacy and security: admin@projectnjol.com.