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! Engine !! Status !! Creators !! License !! Used in
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| [[WebKit]] || Stable || [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], initially forked from KHTML || {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]], [[BSD licenses|BSD-style]]}} || [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] browser, [[GNOME Web]], [[Konqueror]], [[Kagi (search engine)#Orion Browser|Orion]] and all browsers for [[iOS]]<ref name="
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| [[Blink (browser engine)|Blink]] || Stable || [[Google]], initially forked from WebKit || {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]], [[BSD licenses|BSD-style]]}} || All [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based browsers
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| [[NetSurf]] || Stable || NetSurf developers<ref>{{cite web |title=NetSurf Developer page |url=http://www.netsurf-browser.org/developers/ |website=Netsurf-browser.org|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref> || {{open source|[[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU GPLv2]]}} || [[NetSurf]] browser
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| [[Servo (software)|Servo]] || Experimental<ref>{{Cite web |last=Developers |first=The Servo Project |title=Two months in Servo: CSS nesting, Shadow DOM, Clipboard API, and more! - Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications. |url=https://servo.org/blog/2025/05/09/this-month-in-servo/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Servo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Servo engines written in Rust deliver memory safety and multithreading|url=https://research.mozilla.org/servo-engines|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Mozilla Research|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611192314/https://research.mozilla.org/servo-engines/|url-status=dead}}</ref> || [[Linux Foundation]] || {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|Mozilla Public]]}} || Experimental browsers<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.mozvr.com/a-new-browser-for-magic-leap/ |title=A new browser for Magic Leap |date=2018-12-03 |access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.mozvr.com/firefox-reality-hololens/ |title=Firefox Reality for HoloLens 2 |date=2020-05-21 |access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref>
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| [[Ladybird (web browser)|LibWeb]] || Experimental; in pre-alpha<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/blob/master/README.md|title=Breadcrumbs/README.MD|website=[[GitHub]] |date=2024-11-25|access-date=2025-04-17|archive-date=2025-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330233620/https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/blob/master/README.md|url-status=live}}</ref> || Ladybird Browser Initiative<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kling |first=Andreas |title=Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative |url=https://ladybird.org/posts/announcement/ |date=2024-07-01 |website=ladybird.org |language=en}}</ref> || {{open source|[[BSD licenses#2-clause license ("Simplified BSD License" or "FreeBSD License")|2-clause BSD]]}} || [[Ladybird (web browser)|Ladybird]] browser<ref name="Ladybird announcement">{{cite web |author=Andreas Kling |title=Ladybird: A new cross-platform browser project |date=September 2022 |url=https://awesomekling.github.io/Ladybird-a-new-cross-platform-browser-project/ |quote=Please note that we’re still early in development, and many web platform features are missing or broken. It’s going to take a long time before Ladybird is ready for day-to-day browsing.}}</ref>
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| [[KHTML]]<ref>{{cite web |title=KHTML repository |quote=Removed for KF6, the 'kf5' branch contains the last maintained state. |url=https://github.com/KDE/khtml/tree/6d89b39ddb93aa5b655508c0b5295f3f4db626b8 |website=GitHub |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> || Discontinued || [[KDE]] || {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]]}} || Formerly in the [[Konqueror]] browser<ref>{{cite web |url=https://phabricator.kde.org/T11543| title=Port Konqueror away from KHTML|website=phabricator.kde.org|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
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| [[Tkhtml]] || Discontinued || Liem Bahneman<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[iX (magazine)|iX]]|title=Weberknechte - WWW Dokumente komfortabel erstellen|language=German|first=Stefan|last=Mintert|publisher=[[Heinz Heise]]|issue=8|year=1995}}</ref> || {{open source|[[BSD license|BSD]]}} || Formerly in Html Viewer 3 browser
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| [[Trident (software)|Trident]] || Stable || [[Microsoft]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Internet Explorer]] browser; [[Microsoft Edge]] IE mode
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| [[Flow (web browser)|Flow]]<ref name="flow">{{Cite web|url=https://support.ekioh.com/download/|website=Ekioh|title=Flow Preview Builds|accessdate=2025-04-17}}</ref> || Experimental; in beta<ref name="flow" /> || Ekioh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ekioh.com/company/|title=About Ekioh|website=Ekioh}}</ref> || {{Proprietary}} || [[Flow (web browser)|Flow]] browser<ref name="Flow browser homepage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ekioh.com/flow-browser/|title=Flow Browser|website=Ekioh}}</ref>
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| [[EdgeHTML]] || Discontinued || Microsoft || {{Proprietary}} || Some [[Universal Windows Platform apps|UWP apps]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.ailon.org/you-think-you-can-forget-about-the-legacy-microsoft-edge-not-so-fast-28ce91270a22|title=You Think You Can Forget About the "Legacy" Microsoft Edge? Not So Fast!|first=Alan|last=Mendelevich|date=14 May 2021}}</ref> [[Microsoft Edge Legacy|formerly Microsoft Edge]] browser<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mackie |first1=Kurt |title=Microsoft Edge Browser To Get New Rendering Engine but EdgeHTML Continues |url=https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/12/10/edgehtml-continues.aspx |website=Redmond Mag |date=10 December 2018 |accessdate=21 December 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Presto (browser engine)|Presto]] || Discontinued || [[Opera (company)|Opera]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Opera Mini]] browser in Extreme/Mini mode, where contents arrive pre-rendered using this engine server-side<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dev.opera.com/articles/browsers-modes-engines/|title=Opera Browsers, Modes & Engines|website=dev.opera.com|date=2015-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614113901/https://dev.opera.com/articles/browsers-modes-engines/|archive-date=2015-06-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[NetFront]] || Discontinued || [[Access (company)|Access Co., Ltd.]] || {{Proprietary}} || Formerly in the [[NetFront]] browser, [[Blazer (web browser)#Blazer 3|Palm Blazer 3]] and up, the [[Dreamcast online functionality|Dreamcast web browser]], the [[PlayStation Portable system software#Web browser|PSP web browser]], and [[PlayStation 3 system software|PS3 web browser]] versions prior to system software 4.10.
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| [[Tasman (browser engine)|Tasman]] || Discontinued || Microsoft || {{Proprietary}} || [[Internet_Explorer_for_Mac#Internet_Explorer_5_Macintosh_Edition|Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition]]
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| [[Mariner (browser engine)|Mariner]] || Discontinued || [[Netscape|Netscape Communications]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Netscape_(web_browser)#Netscape_Communicator_5.0_(Canceled)|Netscape Communicator 5.0]]
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==Support==
These tables summarize what stable engines support.
===Operating systems===
The [[operating system]]s that engines can run on without emulation.
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! Engine !! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] !! [[macOS]] !! [[Linux]] !! [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] !! [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]] !! [[Android (operating system)|Android]] !! [[iOS]]<ref name="ioswebkit" />
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| WebKit || {{yes}}<ref group="note" name="webkitwindows">Must be built from source code.</ref> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Blink || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<ref group="note" name="qtwebengine">Only available via [[QtWebEngine]].</ref> || {{yes}} || {{no}}
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| Gecko || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}
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| Goanna || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<ref name="palemoonmacos">{{cite web |url=https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/1829 |title=#1829 Restore Mac OS X code and buildability |date=2022-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506231130/https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/1829 |archive-date=2022-05-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=14723&start=20#p165642|title=Pale Moon for Android is dead|website=forum.palemoon.org |date=April 2019 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref> || {{no}}
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| NetSurf<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netsurf-browser.org/downloads/|title=NetSurf Downloads|access-date=2025-04-17|date=2009|website=NetSurf}}</ref> || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| Trident || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
|}
===Image formats ===
{| class="wikitable
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! Engine !! [[JPEG]] !! [[JPEG 2000]] !! [[JPEG XL]] !! [[JPEG XL|JPEG XL HDR]] !! [[High_dynamic_range|JPEG ISO HDR]] !! [[High_dynamic_range|JPEG Adobe HDR]] !! [[GIF]] !! [[BMP_file_format|BMP]] !! [[PNG]] !! [[APNG]] !! [[SVG]] !! [[WebP]] !! [[AVIF]] !! [[High_dynamic_range|AVIF HDR]] !! [[High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format|HEIC]] !! [[High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format|HEIC HDR]]
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| WebKit || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}<ref name="wkhdr">{{cite news |title=Bug 282299: [HDR] Support HDR Images |url=https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282299 |access-date=1 Aug 2025 |publisher=Webkit Team |date=29 October 2024}}</ref> || {{no}} <ref name="wkhdr" /> || {{no}} <ref name="wkhdr" /> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} <ref name="wkhdr" />
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| Blink || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}<ref name="xl1">{{cite news |title=Google kills forthcoming JPEG XL image format in Chromium |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/31/jpeg_xl_axed_chrome/ |access-date=7 August 2023 |publisher=The Register |date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="xl2">{{cite web |last1=Purdy |first1=Kevin |title=FSF: Chrome's JPEG XL killing shows how the web works under browser hegemony |date=17 April 2023 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/free-software-group-decries-google-dropping-space-saving-jpeg-xl-format/ |publisher=Ars Technica |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| Gecko || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| Goanna || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| NetSurf<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netsurf-browser.org/|title=NetSurf|access-date=2025-04-17|website=NetSurf|date=2023-12-28}}</ref> || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| Trident || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/jpegxl|title=JPEG XL image format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401031933/https://caniuse.com/jpegxl|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{partial}} || {{no}} || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/avif|title=AVIF image format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405014502/https://caniuse.com/avif|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}} || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/heif|title=HEIF/HEIC image format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408005525/https://caniuse.com/heif|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}}
|}
=== Media formats===
{| class="
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! Engine !! [[VP9]] !! [[AV1]] !! [[HEVC]] !! [[H264]] !! [[Opus (audio format)|Opus]] !! [[FLAC]]
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| WebKit || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}}
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| Blink || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Gecko || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Goanna || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| NetSurf || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{dunno}} || {{no}} || {{dunno}}
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| Trident || {{no}}<ref name="helgeklein">{{cite web|url=https://helgeklein.com/blog/browser-video-codecs-formats-hardware-acceleration/|title=Browser Video: Codecs, Formats & Hardware Acceleration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325100454/https://helgeklein.com/blog/browser-video-codecs-formats-hardware-acceleration/|archive-date=2025-03-25|date=2017-12-04|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Helge Klein|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/av1|title=AV1 video format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404030234/https://caniuse.com/av1|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{partial}}<ref name="helgeklein" /> || {{yes}}<ref name="helgeklein" /> || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/opus|title= Opus audio format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409131959/https://caniuse.com/opus|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/flac|title=FLAC audio format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330191453/https://caniuse.com/flac|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
=== Typography ===
{| class="
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! Engine !! [[TrueType|TTF]] !! [[OpenType|OTF]] !! [[Web Open Font Format|WOFF]] !! WOFF2 !! @font-face CSS rule !! Ligatures (font-variant-ligatures CSS property)
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| WebKit || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Blink || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Gecko || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Goanna || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| NetSurf || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{partial}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://download.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf/releases/ChangeLog.txt|title=NetSurf 2.9|work=Change Log|publisher=NetSurf|access-date=2025-04-17}}</ref> || {{no}}
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| Trident || {{partial}}<ref name="caniusettf">{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/ttf|title=TTF/OTF - TrueType and OpenType font support|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117085425/https://caniuse.com/ttf|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{partial}}<ref name="caniusettf" /> || {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/woff|title=WOFF - Web Open Font Format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209012908/https://caniuse.com/woff|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/woff2|title=WOFF 2.0 - Web Open Font Format|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130172635/https://caniuse.com/woff2|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/fontface|title=@font-face Web fonts|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321044920/https://caniuse.com/fontface|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_properties_font-variant-ligatures|title=CSS property: font-variant-ligatures|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2024-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228210145/https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_properties_font-variant-ligatures|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Other items ===
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! Engine !! [[Web Components]] !! [[WebGL]] !! [[WebGPU]]<ref>{{cite web |title=WebGPU Implementation Status |url=https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/wiki/Implementation-Status |website=GitHub |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> !! [[XHTML]]
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| WebKit || {{partial}}<ref name="caniusewc" /> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Blink || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Gecko || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
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| Goanna || {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-archived.shtml|title=v32.1.0 (2023-03-21)|work=Release notes for version 33 releases|date=2023-03-21|access-date=2025-04-17|archive-date=2025-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401032502/https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-archived.shtml|publisher=Pale Moon}}</ref> || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}
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| NetSurf || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{dunno}}
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| Trident || {{no}}<ref name="caniusewc">{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/custom-elementsv1|title=Custom Elements (V1)|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302025218/https://caniuse.com/custom-elementsv1|url-status=live}}</ref>|| {{yes}}<ref name="caniusewg">{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/webgl|title=WebGL - 3D Canvas graphics|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2023-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705195206/https://caniuse.com/webgl|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{no}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/webgpu|title=WebGPU|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2025-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405092019/https://caniuse.com/webgpu|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/xhtml|title=XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml|access-date=2025-04-17|website=Can I use...|archive-date=2024-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212101843/https://caniuse.com/xhtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Notes==
{{reflist|group="note"}}
==References==
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