Support

How can we help?

Answers to common questions, and help for the warnings and errors Hominis can show.

Getting started

Download and installHominis for Macs with Apple silicon, macOS 11 Big Sur or later. System requirementsWhat you need, and which platforms follow soon. What’s newRelease notes for every version, newest first. Try it in your browserA working model of Hominis to explore before you install.

Common questions

How do I update Hominis?

Hominis downloads updates in the background and applies them the next time you restart it. To check now, open Settings → About Hominis and choose Check for updates.

Which version do I have?

Open Settings → About Hominis. The version number is a date: 26.09.18 means 18 September 2026.

Can I use my Firefox extensions?

Yes. Hominis is built on Firefox, so extensions from addons.mozilla.org work. Their buttons appear on each tile’s header, and extensions pause in private sessions.

What’s the difference between a workspace and an identity?

A workspace is one canvas: its tiles, where they sit and how big they are. An identity is a separate set of cookies, so you stay signed in to different accounts. Several workspaces can share one identity.

Does anything from a private session stay on my Mac?

No. Tiles, history and downloads list entries from a private session are kept in memory only and discarded when you end the session. Files you download stay in your Downloads folder.

How do I take my data with me?

Open Settings → General and choose Export all data. Hominis saves workspaces, tiles, notes, sketches, bookmarks and history in open formats in one .zip file. Nothing is uploaded.

How do I turn off the AI features?

They stay off until you add your own API key in Settings → Applets. Removing the key turns all of them off again, and the applets and chat conversations they generated can be deleted from the same place. A coming update adds one switch for all of them and one for each feature, so you can keep some on and others off. They never run in a private session.

Does Hominis run on Windows or Linux?

Not yet. Windows and Linux (Flatpak) versions follow soon. Today Hominis needs a Mac with Apple silicon.

Connections and certificates

“Warning: Security Risk” pagesWhy Hominis stops before loading a site whose certificate it can’t trust, and what to do.“Secure connection failed” errorsWhen the site and Hominis can’t agree on a secure way to talk, and why there’s no button to skip it.Fixing errors caused by a wrong clockA wrong date or time on your Mac makes valid certificates look expired or not yet valid.“Hominis can’t open this page” inside another pageSome sites refuse to be shown inside another site. Open them in a tile of their own.Certificates added by your organisation or security softwareWhy a site can be verified by a certificate authority that isn’t in Hominis’s built-in list.

Privacy and protection

Mixed content: secure pages with insecure partsWhat the trust panel means when a secure page loads parts over an insecure connection.Sharing your screen safelyWhat a site can see when you share a screen or a window, and how to limit it.Sites asking to use their cookies on another siteWhat happens when an embedded service asks for access to its cookies, and how to change your answer.When tracking protection changes how a page worksHow Hominis keeps pages working while blocking trackers, and how to relax protection for one site.

Extensions

Why an extension couldn’t be installedHominis only installs extensions that have been checked and signed by addons.mozilla.org.

Still stuck? Report a problem, including your Hominis version from Settings → About Hominis.