rekonq

rekonq
	rekonq 0.7.0 running on Kubuntu 11.04
Developer(s)	Andrea Diamantini and other KDE developers
Initial release	2 December 2008
Final release	2.4.2 / 12 January 2014; 9 years ago
Repository	anongit.kde.org/rekonq.git ;
Written in	MiB[citation needed]
Type	Web browser
License	GNU GPL v3
Website	userbase.kde.org/Rekonq

rekonq was a lightweight,

Extragear since 25 May 2010.^[8] In contrast to Konqueror, a web browser and file manager

also developed by KDE, rekonq aims to be a standalone and simple web browser. Its code was initially based on

Git repository.^[9]

As of January 2014, there has been no further development of rekonq, and there is no manpower or sponsorship to restart development.[10]

Features

rekonq integrates into the KDE desktop, e.g. downloading files through KDE download system, sharing bookmarks with Konqueror, KIO support, etc. rekonq possesses most of the features of a modern web browser, specifically:

Tabbed browsing
Unique loading address bar
Ad blocker
Support for plugins (Flash, Java)
Proxy support

rekonq uses the WebKit

HTML rendering engine

provided in QtWebKit.

References

^ "rekonq authors". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ Andrea Diamantini (2 December 2008). "rekonq 0.0.1". Kde-announce-apps (Mailing list). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
^ "rekonq 2.4.2". 12 January 2014.
^ Andrea Diamantini. "rekonq license". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ "Chakra Edn 2011.11 review". LinuxBSDos. 11 November 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 27 December 2011. Unless you chose to install Firefox and/or Chromium during the installation process, the lone installed browser will be reKonq, a native Web browser for KDE.
^ Kubuntu.org (10 October 2010). "Kubuntu 10.10 Release". Archived from the original on 12 October 2010.
^ "Kubuntu 14.04 LTS". Kubuntu.org. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ adjam (2010). "rekonq 0.5 beta, in extragear!".
^ "rekonq.git - rekonq is a web browser for KDE based on WebKit". projects.kde.org. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^ "Lead developer's blog, adjam.weblog()". 12 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[1] "rekonq authors". Retrieved 4 February 2011.

[2] Andrea Diamantini (2 December 2008). "rekonq 0.0.1". Kde-announce-apps (Mailing list). Retrieved 14 October 2010.

[wikidata-7ad8cddb392d8711314f28b6ed13fb325b16edf4-v8-3] "rekonq 2.4.2". 12 January 2014.

[4] Andrea Diamantini. "rekonq license". Retrieved 4 February 2011.

[5] "Chakra Edn 2011.11 review". LinuxBSDos. 11 November 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 27 December 2011. Unless you chose to install Firefox and/or Chromium during the installation process, the lone installed browser will be reKonq, a native Web browser for KDE.

[6] Kubuntu.org (10 October 2010). "Kubuntu 10.10 Release". Archived from the original on 12 October 2010.

[7] "Kubuntu 14.04 LTS". Kubuntu.org. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[8] (2010). "rekonq 0.5 beta, in extragear!".

[9] "rekonq.git - rekonq is a web browser for KDE based on WebKit". projects.kde.org. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[10] "Lead developer's blog, adjam.weblog()". 12 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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Features

See also

References