Comparison of browser engines
This article provides general information for notable browser engines.
Contents
1 General information
2 Operating system support
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
General information
| Engine | Status | Steward | License | Embedded in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WebKit | Active | Apple | GNU LGPL, BSD-style | Safari browser, plus all browsers hosted on the iOS App Store |
Blink | Active | GNU LGPL, BSD-style | Google Chrome and all other Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave and Opera | |
Gecko | Active | Mozilla | Mozilla Public | Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client, plus forks such as SeaMonkey and Waterfox |
Servo | Active | Mozilla | Mozilla Public | experimental browser |
Goanna | Active | M. C. Straver[1] | Mozilla Public | Pale Moon and Basilisk browsers |
KHTML | Discontinued | KDE | GNU LGPL | Konqueror browser |
Presto | Discontinued | Opera Software | Proprietary | formerly in the Opera browser |
EdgeHTML | Discontinued | Microsoft | Proprietary | formerly in the Microsoft Edge browser |
Trident | Discontinued | Microsoft | Proprietary | Internet Explorer browser and Microsoft Outlook email client |
Tasman | Discontinued | Microsoft | Proprietary | Internet Explorer for Mac and Microsoft Entourage |
Operating system support
The operating systems that actively-developed engines can run on without emulation.
| Engine | Windows | macOS | iOS | Android | Linux | BSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WebKit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Blink[note 1] | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gecko | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Servo[2] | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
Goanna[3] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
See also
- Comparison of web browsers
- Comparison of email clients
- Comparison of browser engines (HTML support)
- Comparison of browser engines (CSS support)
- Comparison of browser engines (graphics support)
- Comparison of browser engines (typography support)
Notes
^ Blink must be embedded as part of Chromium's content layer, which has wide platform support. See here for more info.
References
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^ The Servo Project. "README.md". Github web repository. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
^ https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/184
