List of web browsers
The following is a list of web browsers.
Historical
Historically important browsers
In order of release:
- WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
- Erwise, April 1992
- ViolaWWW, May 1992, see Erwise
- WWW - The Libwww Line-Mode Browser, before February 11, 1991
- Mosaic, April 22, 1993
- Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator, October 13, 1994
- Internet Explorer (including Internet Explorer for Mac and Internet Explorer for UNIX), August 1995, see History of Internet Explorer
- Opera, 1996, see History of the Opera Internet suite
Early browsers
- Act
- AMosaic
- Arena
- Cello
- CyberDog
- Grail
- IBM Web Explorer
- Lynx
- MacWeb
- MidasWWW
- NetShark
- Oracle PowerBrowser June 18, 1996 (version 1.5)[1]
- SlipKnot
- WebRouser September 18, 1995[2]
Graphical
Trident & Gecko-based browsers
The Trident layout engine was developed by Microsoft for use in the Windows version of their web browser, Internet Explorer.
The Gecko layout engine is developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
Browsers that use both engines include:
- Maxthon (formerly known as MyIE2)
- Netscape Browser 8
- NotJustBrowsing (v1.0.10)
Trident-based browsers
Other software publishers have extended the functionality of Microsoft's Trident engine by creating Internet Explorer shells. The following browsers are all based on the Trident rendering engine:
- Acoo Browser
- AM Browser, (formerly known as Crazy Browser)
- AOL Explorer
- Altimit OS Web Browser
- Avant Browser
- Bento Browser (Built into Winamp)
- Browzar
- Cayman Browser
- Enigma (super fast browser)
- Maxthon
- Slim Browser
- NeoPlanet
- NetCaptor
- Many other Internet Explorer shells
- Yahoo! Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "AT&T Yahoo! Browser"; "Verizon Yahoo! Browser"; "BT Yahoo! Browser" etc.)
- iRider
- Smart Bro
- UltraBrowser
- Souvergin
- TheWorld Browser
- Triumf Internet
Gecko-based browsers
- Alefox
- Beonex Communicator
- Camino for Mac OS X (formerly Chimera)
- Cloud Web Browser
- CompuServe
- DocZilla, a SGML browser
- Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
- e-Capsule Private Browser - encrypted browser with anonymous surfing
- Flock (based on Firefox)
- Galeon, GNOME's former default browser
- IceWeasel, Debian's free fork of Firefox
- K-Meleon for Windows
- K-MeleonCCF for Windows (based on K-Meleon)
- K-Ninja for Windows (based on K-Meleon)
- Kazehakase, a very light GTK2 web browser for GNU/Linux
- Madfox (based on Firefox)
- ManyOne
- Mozilla Firefox (formerly Firebird and Phoenix)
- Netscape (version 6 and newer)
- Salamander
- SeaMonkey (internal name for Mozilla Application Suite, now public name.)
- Skipstone
- XeroBank Browser (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing
- Deepnet (Built with p2p)
KHTML and WebKit-based browsers
The KHTML layout engine is developed by the KDE project. WebKit is an open-source fork of that engine by Apple Inc..
- ABrowse
- Web Browser for Android (mobile phone platform)
- DeskBrowse
- Konqueror
- OmniWeb
- Safari
- Web Browser for S60 (for mobile)
- Shiira
- SkyKruzer
- Sunrise
- Swift
- Sputnik (for MorphOS)
Presto based browsers
Browsers for the Java platform
- HotJava (discontinued)
- ICE Browser
- Jazilla
- Lobo
- WebRenderer
- X-Smiles (experimental)
Specialty browsers (current)
Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.
- BloinkBOX ( For building bookmark libraries and channel-scanning websites using a slider system [patent pending])
- BrailleSurf (For rendering pages in braille)
- Deck-It (WML website viewing | for developers)
- Flock (To enhance blogging, photosharing, and RSS newsreading)
- Ghostzilla (Blends into the GUI to hide activity)
- Heatseek (Designed to hide adult web browsing activity behind encryption)
- Public Web Browser (Designed for unenhancement of specific browsing activities.)
- Songbird (software) (browser with advanced audio streaming features and built in media player with library.)
- SpaceTime (Search the web in 3D)
- Swoot (the first web-based browser, build your own browser)
- Wyzo (A media browser that integrates BitTorrent)
Specialty browsers (discontinued)
Other browsers
- 3B (3D browser)
- Abaco (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
- Amaya
- Arachne (DOS)
- AWeb
- Charon (for Inferno)
- Dillo (Small, fast, free, minimalistic, and multi-platform)
- Dreamkey Dreamcast European browser
- Emacs/W3
- Gollum browser
- IBrowse
- iCab
- Krozilo
- ProSyst mBrowser
- Mothra (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
- NetPositive
- NetSurf (An open source web browser for RISC OS and GTK+ written in C)
- Off By One
- Oregano
- Planetweb browser (discont. for Dreamcast)
- PlayStation Portable web browser
- Right Web Monitor (Browser, bookmark manager, RSS reader and web change monitor.)
- Sleipnir
- SPIN (DOS)
- VMS Mosaic
- Voyager
Mobile browsers
See Microbrowser
Text-based
- Abaco
- Alynx
- cURL (Line-mode browser)
- DosLynx
- ELinks (active version of Links)
- Links (not currently active)
- Lynx
- Netrik
- Net-Tamer
- Retawq
- w3m
- WebbIE
- wget (Line-mode browser)
See also
- List of layout engines
- Comparison of web browsers
- List of web browsers for Unix/Linux
- Browser timeline
Notes
- ^ "Oracle Introduces PowerBrowser". Oracle Corporation. June 18, 1996. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Eolas releases WebRouser via the Internet". Eolas Information. September 18, 1995. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
External links
- Adrian Roselli, evolt.org Browser Archive (2004). List and archive of many current and obsolete web browsers.
- Daniel R. Tobias, Brand-X Browsers (2002).
- WebRenderer, Java browser component
- Michael Bernadi, DOS Applications for Internet Use (2006).