Comparison of browser engines
Multi tool use
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
^ M. C. Straver. "About Moonchild Productions". Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2018-04-19..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ The Servo Project. "README.md". Github web repository. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
^ https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/184
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