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** ] is the engine developed by Microsoft for ]. It is a largely rewritten fork of Trident with all legacy code removed. ** ] is the engine developed by Microsoft for ]. It is a largely rewritten fork of Trident with all legacy code removed.
* ] was developed by Microsoft for use in ]. * ] was developed by Microsoft for use in ].
* ] is developed by the ] project. * ] was developed by the ] project but has since been discontinued.
** ] is a fork of KHTML by ] used in Apple ], and formerly in ] and ]. ** ] is a fork of KHTML by ] used in Apple ], and formerly in ] and ].
*** ] is a 2013 fork of WebKit's WebCore component by Google used in Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and ].<ref name="ars-blink">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-going-its-own-way-forking-webkit-rendering-engine/ |title=Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine |date=April 3, 2013 |publisher=Ars Technica |access-date=4 April 2013}}</ref> *** ] is a 2013 fork of WebKit's WebCore component by Google used in Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and ].<ref name="ars-blink">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-going-its-own-way-forking-webkit-rendering-engine/ |title=Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine |date=April 3, 2013 |publisher=Ars Technica |access-date=4 April 2013}}</ref>
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* ] (]) * ] (])
** ] (for Windows based on K-Meleon core, mostly written in ]) ** ] (for Windows based on K-Meleon core, mostly written in ])
** ] for Windows (based on K-Meleon) ** ] (for Windows based on K-Meleon)
* ] (for ]) * ] (for ])
* ] (for mobile) * ] (for mobile)
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** ''']''' (Firefox-based web browser for Windows, macOS, and Linux) ** ''']''' (Firefox-based web browser for Windows, macOS, and Linux)
** ] (formerly XeroBank Browser and Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing, originally based on Firefox ** ] (formerly XeroBank Browser and Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing, originally based on Firefox
* ''']''' (codenamed ''Fennec'') * ''']''' (codenamed ''Fennec'')
* ] * ]
** ] (separate ], based on Mozilla Application Suite) ** ] (separate ], based on Mozilla Application Suite)
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=== Goanna-based === === Goanna-based ===
* ] – similar to Pale Moon, but with the interface of Firefox 29–56 and a few other differences * ] – similar to Pale Moon, but with the interface of Firefox 29–56 and a few other differences
* ''']''' – starting from version 77 (2019) * ''']''' – starting from version 77 (2019)
* ''']''' – a fork of Firefox that maintains support for ]/] extensions and retains the user interface of the Firefox 4–28 era * ''']''' – a fork of Firefox that maintains support for ]/] extensions and retains the user interface of the Firefox 4–28 era
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* ''']''' * ''']'''
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=== Presto-based === === Presto-based ===
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| discontinued || ] (qtwebkit version discontinued) (up to Version 1.56) | discontinued || ] (qtwebkit version discontinued) (up to Version 1.56)
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| || ] for Mac<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-duckduckgo-for-mac/|title=Introducing DuckDuckGo for Mac: A Private, Fast, and Secure Browsing App|date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> | || ] for ], ], ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2022 |title=Introducing DuckDuckGo for Mac: A Private, Fast, and Secure Browsing App |url=https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-duckduckgo-for-mac/}}</ref>, ]
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| discontinued || ] (version 3.0 and above) | discontinued || ] (version 3.0 and above)
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| || ''']''' (version 3.0 to 5.0. Since version 6 Maxthon uses Chromium<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxthon.com/mx6/changelog/|title=Maxthon Browser|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211062458/https://www.maxthon.com/mx6/changelog/|url-status=dead}}</ref>) | || ''']''' (version 3.0 to 5.0. Since version 6 Maxthon uses Chromium<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxthon.com/mx6/changelog/|title=Maxthon Browser|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211062458/https://www.maxthon.com/mx6/changelog/|url-status=dead}}</ref>)
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| || ] for iOS | || ] for iOS
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|] NetFront Browser NX |] NetFront Browser NX
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| || ''']''' (uses Blink and WebKit; aims to recreate the features of old Opera) | || ''']''' (uses Blink and WebKit; aims to recreate the features of old Opera)
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| || ''']''' (a ]-based backend is currently used by default) | || ''']''' (a ]-based backend is currently used by default)
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| discontinued || Rekonq | discontinued || Rekonq
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| discontinued || ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slimboat.com/en/ |title=Slimboat |website=slimboat.com |access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> | || ''']'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slimboat.com/en/ |title=Slimboat |website=slimboat.com |access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> (versions released since 2019 use Gecko)
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| discontinued || ] for ] | discontinued || ] for ]
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** ''']''' ** ''']'''
** ''']''' ** ''']'''
** ''']'''<ref>{{cite web|author=JoWa, Product Translator, Global Moderator|date=2 May 2014|title=Blink, since v. 28|url=https://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cd/comodo-dragon-33-vs-opera-20-vs-firefox-29-t104231.0.html;msg757861#msg757861|access-date=21 Apr 2017|publisher=Comodo Group, Inc.|archive-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317110435/https://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cd/comodo-dragon-33-vs-opera-20-vs-firefox-29-t104231.0.html;msg757861#msg757861|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** ''']'''<ref>{{cite web|author=JoWa|date=2 May 2014|title=Blink, since v. 28|url=https://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cd/comodo-dragon-33-vs-opera-20-vs-firefox-29-t104231.0.html;msg757861#msg757861|access-date=21 Apr 2017|publisher=Comodo Group, Inc.|archive-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317110435/https://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cd/comodo-dragon-33-vs-opera-20-vs-firefox-29-t104231.0.html;msg757861#msg757861|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** ''']''' ** ''']'''
** ''']''' (based on ] since Chrome v. 28) ** ''']''' (based on ] since Chrome v. 28)
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** ''']''' (Blink backend mostly stable) ** ''']''' (Blink backend mostly stable)
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* ''']''' * ''']''' (only the Android version is actively developed as of 2022)
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* ] (for children with ], ] disorders such as ], pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and PDD-NOS)
* ] (Search the web in 3D)
* ] (For children with ], ] disorders such as ], pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and PDD-NOS)


====Discontinued==== ====Discontinued====
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* ] (To enhance social networking, ], photo-sharing, and ] news-reading) * ] (to enhance social networking, ], photo-sharing, and ] news-reading)
* ] (Blends into the ] to hide activity) * ] (blends into the ] to hide activity)
* ] (Created specially for browsing Misplaced Pages) * ] (created specially for browsing Misplaced Pages)
* ] (Designed for data analytics) * ] (designed for data analytics)
* ] (A media browser that integrates BitTorrent add-on) * ] (a media browser that integrates a ] addon)
* ] (open source ] and web browser based on the Songbird (see below) media player source code) * ] (open source ] and web browser based on the Songbird (see below) media player source code)
* ] (Executable only within the application) * ] (executable only within the application)
* ] (Designed to combine web browsing, and social activities such as ] and ] into a unified one window experience) * ] (designed to combine web browsing, and social activities such as ] and ] into a unified one window experience)
* ] (browser with advanced audio streaming features and built-in media player with library.) * ] (browser with advanced audio streaming features and built-in media player with library)
* ] (search the web in 3D)


=== Mosaic-based === === Mosaic-based ===

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Timeline representing the history of various web browsers

The following is a list of web browsers that are notable.

Historical

Usage share of web browsers according to StatCounter till 2019-05. See HTML5 beginnings, Presto rendering engine deprecation and Chrome's dominance.
See also: Timeline of web browsers

This is a table of personal computer web browsers by year of release of major version. The increased growth of the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s means that current browsers with small market shares have more total users than the entire market early on. For example, 90% market share in 1997 would be roughly 60 million users, but by the start of 2007 9% market share would equate to over 90 million users.

Year Web browsers
1990 WorldWideWeb (Nexus)
1991 Line Mode Browser
1992 Erwise, MacWWW (Samba), MidasWWW, ViolaWWW
1993 AMosaic 1.0, Arena, Cello, Lynx 2.0, Mosaic
1994 Agora (Argo), IBM WebExplorer, IBrowse, MacWeb, Minuet, Netscape Navigator, SlipKnot 1.0
1995 Grail, Internet Explorer 1, Internet Explorer 2, Netscape Navigator 2.0, OmniWeb, UdiWWW,
1996 Amaya 0.9, Arachne 1.0, AWeb, Cyberdog, Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, Opera 2.0, PowerBrowser 1.5, Voyager
1997 Amaya 1.0, Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0, Opera 3.0
1998 iCab, Mozilla
1999 Amaya 2.0, Mozilla M3, Internet Explorer 5.0
2000 Amaya 3.0, Amaya 4.0, K-Meleon 0.2, Konqueror, Netscape 6, Opera 4, Opera 5,
2001 Amaya 5.0, Internet Explorer 6, Galeon 1.0, Opera 6,
2002 Amaya 6.0, Amaya 7.0,Phoenix 0.1, Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.0, Links 2.0
2003 Amaya 8.0, Epiphany 1.0, Opera 7, Apple Safari 1.0,
2004 Firefox 1.0, Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0
2005 Amaya 9.0, AOL Explorer 1.0, Epiphany 1.8, Maxthon 1.0, Netscape Browser 8.0, Opera 8, Apple Safari 2.0, Shiira 1.0
2006 Camino 1.0, Galeon 2.0, iCab 3, K-Meleon 1.0, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 7, Opera 9,, SeaMonkey 1.0
2007 Conkeror, Flock 1.0, Apple Safari 3.0, Netscape Navigator 9, NetSurf 1.0
2008 Google Chrome 1, Maxthon 2.0, Mozilla Firefox 3, Opera 9.5,, Apple Safari 3.1, Konqueror 4, Amaya 10.0, Flock 2, Amaya 11.0
2009 Google Chrome 2–3, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 8, Opera 10,, Apple Safari 4, SeaMonkey 2, Camino 2, surf, Pale Moon 3.0
2010 Google Chrome 4–8, Mozilla Firefox 3.6, Opera 10.50,, Opera 11, Apple Safari 5, K-Meleon 1.5.4, xxxterm
2011 Google Chrome 9–16, Mozilla Firefox 4–9, Internet Explorer 9, Opera 11.50, Apple Safari 5.1, Maxthon 3.0, SeaMonkey 2.1–2.6
2012 Google Chrome 17–23, Mozilla Firefox 10–17, Internet Explorer 10, Opera 12, Apple Safari 6, Maxthon 4.0, SeaMonkey 2.7–2.14
2013 Google Chrome 24–31, Mozilla Firefox 18–26, Internet Explorer 11, Opera 15–18, Pale Moon 15.4–24.2.2, Apple Safari 7, SeaMonkey 2.15–2.23
2014 Google Chrome 32–39, Mozilla Firefox 27–34, Opera 19–26, Pale Moon 24.3.0–25.1.0, Apple Safari 8, SeaMonkey 2.24–2.30
2015 Google Chrome 40–47, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox 35–43, Opera 27–34, Pale Moon 25.2.0–25.8.1, Vivaldi
2016 Google Chrome 48–55, Mozilla Firefox 44–50, Microsoft Edge 14, Opera 35–42, Pale Moon 26.0.0–27.0.3, Apple Safari 9–10, SeaMonkey 2.24–2.30
2017 Google Chrome 56–60, Microsoft Edge 15, Mozilla Firefox 51–55.0.2, Opera 43–45, Opera Neon, Pale Moon 27.1.0–27.6.2, Safari 10–11
2018 Chrome 64–71, Firefox 58–64, Microsoft Edge 42–44, Opera 50–57, Pale Moon 27.7.0–28.2.2, Safari 11–12, Vivaldi 1.14–2.2
2019 Chrome 72–79, Firefox 65–71, Microsoft Edge, Opera 58–65, Pale Moon 28.3.0–28.8.0, Safari 12–13, SeaMonkey, Vivaldi 2.2–2.10, Yandex.browser
2020 Chrome 80–87, Firefox 72–84, Microsoft Edge, Opera 66–73, Pale Moon 28.8.1–28.17.0, Safari 13–14, SeaMonkey, Vivaldi 2.10–3.5, Yandex.browser
2021 Chrome 88–96, Firefox 85–95, Microsoft Edge 88–96, Opera 74–82, Pale Moon 29.0.0–29.4.3, Safari 15, Vivaldi 3.6–5.0
2022 Chrome 97–107, Firefox 96–107, Microsoft Edge 97–107, Opera 83–93, Pale Moon 29.4.4-31.4.2, Safari 15.4–16.2, Vivaldi 5.1–5.6
2023 Chrome 108–120.0.6099.129, Firefox 108–121.0, Microsoft Edge 108–120.0.2210.61, Opera 94–106.0.4998.19, Pale Moon 31.4.3-32.5.2, Safari 16.3–17.2, Vivaldi 5.7–6.5, Arc 1.10-1.21.0
2024 Chrome 120–Current, Firefox 122–Current, Microsoft Edge 121–Current, Opera 106-Current, Pale Moon 33-Current, Safari 17.3–Current, Vivaldi 6.6-Current, Arc 1.21.1-Current, Ecosia Browser 1.0.0.31–Current

Layout engines

Graphical

Current and maintained projects are listed in boldface.

Trident shells

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Other software publishers have built browsers and other products around Microsoft's Trident engine. The following browsers are all based on that rendering engine:

Gecko-based

Goanna-based

  • Basilisk – similar to Pale Moon, but with the interface of Firefox 29–56 and a few other differences
  • K-Meleon – starting from version 77 (2019)
  • Pale Moon – a fork of Firefox that maintains support for XUL/XPCOM extensions and retains the user interface of the Firefox 4–28 era

Gecko- and Trident-based

Browsers that use both Trident and Gecko include:

Webkit- and Trident-based

Blink- and Trident-based

Gecko-, Trident-, and Blink-based

Browsers that can use Trident, Gecko and Blink include:

KHTML-based

Presto-based

WebKit-based

Status Browser
Aloha Browser (iOS and Android)
experimental Amazon Kindle NetFront Browser
discontinued Arora
discontinued BOLT browser
Google Chrome for iOS
Dolphin Browser (Android and Bada)
discontinued Dooble (qtwebkit version discontinued) (up to Version 1.56)
DuckDuckGo for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows
Firefox for iOS
discontinued Flock (version 3.0 and above)
GNOME Web (Epiphany)
iCab (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine)
discontinued Iris Browser
Konqueror (version 4 can use WebKit as an alternative to its native KHTML)
Maxthon (version 3.0 to 5.0. Since version 6 Maxthon uses Chromium)
Midori (versions released after acquisition in 2019 use Gecko)
Microsoft Edge for iOS
Nintendo 3DS NetFront Browser
Nintendo Wii U NetFront Browser NX
discontinued OmniWeb
Orion
Otter Browser (uses Blink and WebKit; aims to recreate the features of old Opera)
discontinued OWB
discontinued QtWeb
qutebrowser (a Blink-based backend is currently used by default)
discontinued Rekonq
Safari
discontinued PhantomJS (a headless browser)
discontinued Shiira
SlimBoat (versions released since 2019 use Gecko)
discontinued Steel for Android
surf
discontinued Uzbl
discontinued Web Browser for S60, used in all Nokia Symbian smartphones
discontinued webOS, used in the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi, Pre 2, HP Veer, Pre 3, and TouchPad mobile devices
WebPositive, browser in Haiku
discontinued xombrero

Blink-based

EdgeHTML-based

For Java platform

Specialty browsers

See also: Augmented browsing, List of augmented browsing software, and Site-specific browser

Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.

Current

Discontinued

Mosaic-based

Mosaic was the first widely used web browser. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) licensed the technology and many companies built their own web browser on Mosaic. The best known are the first versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape.

Others

Mobile browsers

Main article: Mobile browser

Text-based

Main article: Text-based web browser

See also

References

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  11. "Speed, Security and Simplicity: Opera 8 Web Browser Released Today" (Press release). Opera Software. April 19, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
  12. "Your Web, Your Choice: Opera 9 Gives You the Control" (Press release). Opera Software. June 20, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
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