List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
The following is a list of web browsers for various Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Not all of these browsers are specific to these operating systems; some are available on non-Unix systems as well. Some, but not most, have a mobile version.
Graphical
Colored items in this table are discontinued.
| Web browser | Layout engine | UI toolkit
|
Source model | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abaco | Custom | Custom (Acme-like) | Closed source | Discontinued | For Plan 9 |
Amaya
|
Custom | wxWidgets | Closed source | Discontinued | Also a web page composer tool (HTML editor) |
| Angelfish | Blink | Qt
|
Open-source | Adaptive browser for KDE and Plasma Mobile using QtWebEngine. | |
| Arena | Custom | Xlib | Closed source | Discontinued | Discontinued W3C
|
| Arora | WebKit | Qt
|
Open-source | Discontinued | |
| Basilisk | Goanna | XUL | Open-source | Basilisk is a fork of Firefox with substantial divergence, especially for add-ons. | |
| Beonex Communicator | Gecko | GTK+
|
Open-source | Discontinued | A separate branch of the Mozilla Application Suite
|
| Brave | Blink | GTK | Open-source | Mozilla Public License, version 2 | |
| Camino | Gecko | Cocoa | Open-source | Discontinued | Formerly called Chimera; Requires Mac OS X |
| Conkeror | Gecko | XUL | Open-source | Discontinued | |
| Chromium | Blink
|
GTK | Open-source | Close affinity with Google Chrome | |
| Dillo | Dillo | FLTK | Open-source | Versions prior to 2.0 were built upon GTK+ .
| |
| Dooble | Qt WebEngine
|
Qt
|
Open-source | BSD License
| |
| Fifth | WebKit | FLTK | Open-source | Aimed at replicating the pre-v15 Opera user experience. | |
| Flock | Gecko | XUL | Open-source | Discontinued | Specialised version of Mozilla Firefox |
| Galeon | Gecko | GTK+
|
Open-source | Discontinued | |
| GNU IceCat | Gecko
|
XUL | Open-source | Rebranded Iceweasel
| |
| Google Chrome | Blink
|
GTK | Closed source | Based on Chromium - Freeware under Google Chrome Terms of Service | |
| iCab | WebKit | Cocoa | Closed source | Versions prior to 4 used custom layout engine | |
Iceape
|
Gecko | XUL | Open-source | Discontinued | Rebranded as SeaMonkey |
| Internet Explorer for Mac | Tasman
|
Carbon | Closed source | Discontinued | Using Tasman in version 5 |
| Internet Explorer for UNIX | Trident
|
Motif | Closed source | Discontinued | |
| Kazehakase | Gecko
|
GTK+
|
Open-source | Discontinued | Dormant since 2012 |
| Kirix Strata | Gecko | wxWidgets | Closed source | ||
| Konqueror | KHTML, WebKit | Qt
|
Open-source | Default web browser for KDE | |
| LibreWolf | Gecko
|
XUL | Open-source | Soft-fork of Mozilla Firefox with a focus on privacy and security
| |
Midori
|
Gecko | GTK | Open-source | Default browser for Xfce | |
Mosaic
|
Custom | Motif | Closed source | Discontinued | One of the first web browsers |
| Mozilla Application Suite | Gecko | XUL | Open-source | Discontinued | |
Mozilla Firefox
|
Gecko | XUL | Open-source | ||
| NetSurf | NetSurf | GTK, Framebuffer | Open-source | NetSurf is not tied to any particular UI toolkits. Currently GTK and framebuffer front end implementations exist. For RISC OS, Amiga and others. | |
| OmniWeb | WebKit | Cocoa | Closed source | Discontinued | Using WebKit since version 5.5 |
| Opera | Blink
|
Xlib | Closed source | Opera used its own renderer, Presto, through version 12.XX. Linux versions were suspended when Opera moved to Blink and resumed with version 26. | |
| Otter Browser | Blink (engine)
|
Qt | Open-source | Aimed at replicating the pre-v15 Opera user experience. | |
Pale Moon
|
Goanna | XUL | Open-source | Pale Moon is a fork of Firefox with substantial divergence, especially for add-ons and user interface. | |
| Falkon (QupZilla) | Qt WebEngine
|
Qt
|
Open-source | ||
| Rekonq | WebKit | Qt
|
Open-source | Discontinued | |
| Roccat Browser | WebKit | Cocoa | Closed source | ||
| Safari | WebKit | Cocoa | Closed source | ||
| SeaMonkey | Gecko | XUL | Open-source | Community-developed version of now abandoned Mozilla Application Suite codebase | |
| Shiira | WebKit | Cocoa | Open-source | Discontinued | For Mac OS X only |
| SRWare Iron | Blink
|
GTK | Closed-source | Based on Chromium, removes information transfer to third parties such as Google by default. Has had its source code available at various points in development but currently has a proprietary codebase | |
| Surf | WebKitGTK
|
keyboard-driven | Open-source | Minimalist web browser. | |
| Swiftfox | Gecko
|
XUL | Closed source | Discontinued | Proprietary optimised build of Mozilla Firefox |
| Swiftweasel | Gecko
|
XUL | Open-source | Discontinued | Optimised build of Mozilla Firefox |
TenFourFox
|
Gecko | XUL | Open-source | Discontinued | Mac OS X
|
| tkWWW | Custom | Tcl | Open-source | Discontinued | |
| Uzbl | WebKit | GTK+
|
Open-source | Discontinued | Follows the Unix philosophy |
| GNOME Web | WebKit | GTK | Open-source | Formerly called Epiphany; Versions prior to 2.27.0 were built upon Gecko
| |
| Waterfox | Gecko
|
XUL | Open-source | Firefox fork | |
| xombrero | WebKit | GTK+
|
Open-source | Discontinued | Renamed from xxxterm; originated from OpenBSD community
|
| Web browser | Layout engine | UI toolkit
|
Source model | Status | Notes |
Text-based
See also
References
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/