Comparison of browser engines: Difference between revisions

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|[[Firefox]] browser and [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] email client <!-- don't list SeaMonkey or Waterfox, which use un-named forks of older versions of Gecko -->

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!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Goanna (software)|Goanna]]{{efn|Goanna is aan engine [[Fork (software development)|forkforked]] offrom an old versionGecko ofin Gecko2016. It has less web compatibility, but still renders normally the vast majority of websites.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Re: YouTube SLOW!|url=https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?t=28644#p230762|website=forum.palemoon.org|date=July 2022|author=M.C. Straver (a.k.a. Moonchild) |quote=For the record, even I am not exclusively using Pale Moon either, because the web simply is too Google-centric at the moment. I do use it for the vast majority of sites but there are a few like Youtube and some sites which are simply not interested in being browser agnostic where I use Edge, instead.}}</ref>}}

|style="background-color:#9F9;"|Active

| M. C. Straver<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moonchildproductions.info/about.shtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313050503/http://www.moonchildproductions.info/about.shtml |title=About Moonchild Productions |author=M. C. Straver |archivedate=2017-03-13 |accessdate=2018-04-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| [[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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!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[NetSurf]]{{efn|NetSurf does not fully support [[HTML5]] or other recent Web standards,.<ref>{{cite web |title=Development Progress |url=http://www.netsurf-browser.org/documentation/progress.html |website=NetSurf |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netsurf-browser.org/about/news.html |publisher=NetSurf |access-date=11 May 2022|title=NetSurf &#124; News }}</ref>.}}

|style="background-color:#FFB;"|Maintained

| The 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>

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| [[NetSurf]] browser<ref>{{cite web |title=NetSurf web browser homepage |url=http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ |website=Netsurf-browser.org|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref>

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! {{rh}} | [[Servo (software)|Servo]]{{efn|Servo has the goal of being a viable alternative to the major engines. However, it is still under heavy development.<ref>{{cite web |title=Servo Projects |url=https://github.com/servo/servo/projects?query=is%3Aopen |website=GitHub}}</ref>.}}

|style="background-color:#FDB;"|In development

| [[Linux Foundation]]

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| 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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!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Ladybird (web browser)|LibWeb]]{{efn|LibWeb will not be ready for general browsing until at least 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kling |first=Andreas |title=Ladybird FAQ's |url=https://ladybird.org/#faq |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=ladybird.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ladybird announcement"/>.}}

|style="background-color:#FDB;"|In development

| 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>