chromium

#!/bin/sh -eu
#
# Run the Chromium web browser in a sandbox, opening a new window,
# limiting memory usage to half the available memory or 1 GiB max.
#
# Written in 2011 by Suraj N. Kurapati <https://github.com/sunaku>

memory=$(
  free --bytes | awk '
    BEGIN {
      GiB = 2 ^ 30
      print 1 * GiB
    }
    /Mem:/ {
      total=$2
      avail=$7
      print total/2
      print avail/2
    }
  ' | sort -n | head -1
)

exec \
nice \
prlimit --data=$memory --rss=$memory \
/usr/bin/chromium --new-window "$@"