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==General information==
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! Engine !! Creators !! License !! Used in
!scope="col"| Engine
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!scope="col"| [[Software license|License]]
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| [[WebKit]] || [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] || {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]], [[BSD licenses|BSD-style]]}} || [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] browser, plus[[GNOME Web]], [[Konqueror]], [[Kagi (search engine)#Orion Browser|Orion]] and all browsers for [[iOS]] ;.<ref name="only WebKit for iOS">{{cite web |title=Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS! |year=2017 |url= https://blog.chromium.org/2017/01/open-sourcing-chrome-on-ios.html |quote=Due to constraints of the iOS platform, all browsers must be built on top of the WebKit rendering engine. |access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref> [[GNOME Web]], [[Konqueror]], [[Kagi (search engine)#Orion Browser|Orion]]▼
!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[WebKit]]
|style="background-color:#9F9;"|Active
| [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
| {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]], [[BSD licenses|BSD-style]]}}
▲| [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] browser, plus all browsers for [[iOS]];<ref name="only WebKit for iOS">{{cite web |title=Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS! |year=2017 |url= https://blog.chromium.org/2017/01/open-sourcing-chrome-on-ios.html |quote=Due to constraints of the iOS platform, all browsers must be built on top of the WebKit rendering engine. |access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref> [[GNOME Web]], [[Konqueror]], [[Kagi (search engine)#Orion Browser|Orion]]
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| [[Blink (browser engine)|Blink]] || [[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
!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Blink (browser engine)|Blink]]
|style="background-color:#9F9;"|Active
| [[Google]]
| {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]], [[BSD licenses|BSD-style]]}}
| [[Google Chrome]] and all other [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based browsers including [[Microsoft Edge]], [[Brave (web browser)|Brave]], [[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]], [[Huawei Mobile Services|Huawei Browser]], [[Samsung Internet|Samsung Browser]], and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]]<ref name="browser market share">{{cite web |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/ |title=Current browser market share | publisher=[[StatCounter]] | access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Gecko (software)|Gecko]] || [[Mozilla]] || {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|Mozilla Public]]}} || [[Firefox]], [[SeaMonkey]], [[Waterfox]] and [[LibreWolf]] browsers, [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] email client
!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Gecko (software)|Gecko]]
|style="background-color:#9F9;"|Active
| [[Mozilla]]
| {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|Mozilla Public]]}}
|[[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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| [[Goanna (software)|Goanna]] || 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> || {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|Mozilla Public]]}} || [[Pale Moon]], [[Basilisk (web browser)|Basilisk]], [[K-Meleon]] browsers▼
!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Goanna (software)|Goanna]]{{efn|Goanna is an engine [[Fork (software development)|forked]] from Gecko in 2016. 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>
| {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|Mozilla Public]]}}
| [[Pale Moon]], [[Basilisk (web browser)|Basilisk]], and [[K-Meleon]] browsers
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| The[[NetSurf]] || NetSurf Developersdevelopers<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▼!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Trident (software)|Trident]]{{efn|[[Internet Explorer]] continues to receive security updates,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lifecycle FAQ – Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge – Microsoft Lifecycle|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-explorer-microsoft-edge|access-date=August 30, 2020|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us}}</ref> which means Trident (a.k.a. MSHTML) is still maintained.}}
|style="background-color:#FFB;"|Maintained
| [[Microsoft]]
| {{Proprietary}}
| [[Internet Explorer]] browser
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| experimental[[Servo (software)|Servo]] || [[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> ▼!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[EdgeHTML]]
|style="background-color:#FFB;"|Maintained <!-- still maintained for UWP apps, per https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/12/10/edgehtml-continues.aspx -->
| [[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]] 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> ▼|-
| [[Ladybird (web browser)|LibWeb]] || 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> ▼
!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Presto (browser engine)|Presto]]{{efn|name=presto}}
|style="background-color:#FFB;"|Maintained
| [[Opera (company)|Opera]]
| {{Proprietary}}
| [[server-side]] for low-end phones;{{efn|name=presto|In 2013, Opera replaced the Presto engine with Blink for its [[flagship]] desktop and mobile browser. But it still has<!--as reported on the talk page in Jan 2024--> a special niche usage of Presto as a server-side renderer for the [[Opera Mini]] browser, which provides a limited browsing capability on [[feature phone|low-end phones]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Opera Browsers, Modes & Engines |url=https://dev.opera.com/articles/browsers-modes-engines/ |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Have you heard about Opera mini extreme mode? |url=https://markdarabos.medium.com/did-you-hear-about-opera-mini-extreme-mode-b814fca0dbf0 |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> Presto was last updated in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |title=Opera Mini server upgrade |url=https://dev.opera.com/blog/opera-mini-server-upgrade/ |website=dev.opera.com |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> but is considered Maintained here because of its usage.}} formerly in the Opera browser
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!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[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> || [[KDE]] || {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]]}} || Discontinued; 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> ▼!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Flow (web browser)|Flow]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.ekioh.com/download/|website=Ekioh|title=Flow Preview Builds |quote=Flow's goal is to render every website correctly... but there is currently a long way left to go. |accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref> ▼|style="background-color:#FFB;"|Maintained
| 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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| [[Trident (software)|Trident]] || [[Microsoft]] || {{Proprietary}} || [[Internet Explorer]] browser
!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 | 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>
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU GPLv2]]}}
| [[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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▲| some[[EdgeHTML]] || [[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>
! {{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]]
| {{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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| [[Presto (browser engine)|Presto]] || [[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>
!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>
| {{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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▲!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[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>
|style="background-color:#F99;"|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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▲!scope="row" {{rh}} | [[Flow (web browser)|Flow]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.ekioh.com/download/|website=Ekioh|title=Flow Preview Builds |quote=Flow's goal is to render every website correctly... but there is currently a long way left to go. |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref> || 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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