List of web browsers
Lists of web browsers by platform or operating system .
Multiplatform
Most important
Web browser | last 1 version | Base | HTML rendering | Haupt- Pr.-Spr. |
Manufacturer | from 2 | until 3 | Liz. | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amaya | 11.4.4 | C. | W3C | 1996 | 2013 | Predecessor arena; often used for demonstration purposes regarding W3C standards | |||
AvantGo | 5.7 | Java | 1997 | 2005 | Windows CE, Palm OS, Symbian OS | ||||
Cliqz | 1.28 | Mozilla Codebase | Gecko | C , C ++ , JavaScript | Cliqz | 2015 | 5/2020 | LGPL u. a. m. | for Windows, Android, iOS, macOS |
ELeft | C. | 2001 | current | only text; Splitting off links | |||||
Google Chrome | 76.0 | Chromium | Blink 4 | C ++ | Google Inc. | 2008 | current | Windows , macOS , Linux , Android (4.0+); Market leader worldwide from the mid-2010s | |
Internet Explorer | 5.2 / Mac; 5.0 / Unix |
Trident / Tasman |
C ++ | Microsoft | 1996 | 2003 | since 2003 (as in 1995) only for Windows ; was the market leader after winning the browser war | ||
Microsoft Edge | 79.0.309.65 | Chromium (since January 15, 2020) | Blink 4 | C ++ | Microsoft | 2019 | current | The newly revised browser has been available as a beta version since 2019. The official version has been available since January 15, 2020 | |
Konqueror | 08/19 | KHTML | C ++ | KDE project | 2000 | current | LGPL | for Unix derivatives ( Linux etc.), Windows | |
Line mode browser | 5.4.1 | C. | W3C / CERN | 1991 | 2006 | only text; closely related to the emergence of the World Wide Web ; ousted by Lynx | |||
Left | 1.03 | C. | 1999 | 2011 | GPL | Text with frame capability, optional graphics | |||
Left (2.x) | 2.19 | C. | 2005 | current | GPL | not just text; Splitting off links | |||
Lynx | 2.8.9 | C. | 1992 | current | GPL | only text | |||
Mozilla Firefox | 68.0 | Mozilla Codebase | Gecko | C , C ++ , JavaScript | Mozilla Corporation | 2004 | current | first named Phoenix and Firebird ; "Inherited" navigator ; Market leader in Germany as of 2015 | |
NCSA Mosaic | 3.0 | Mosaic | NCSA | 1993 | 1997 | historically significant graphical browser (4th ever) | |||
Netscape Navigator | 4.08 | Netscape Classic | Netscape Communications | 1994 | 2002 | named as a spin-off from NSCA Mosaic Netscape ; in the Netscape Communicator package ; Market leader until Microsoft's browser war | |||
Netscape Navigator 6.0 ff. | 9.0 | Gecko | Netscape Communications | 2000 | 2008 | first Netscape , sometimes called Netscape Browser ; in the Netscape Communicator package | |||
Opera | 12.18 | Presto | C ++ | Opera software | 1996 | (2014) | Jump to version 15 gave rise to Vivaldi | ||
Opera 15 ff. | 62.0 | Chromium | Blink 4 | C ++ | Opera software | 2013 | current | leading browser in Sub-Saharan Africa except Southern Africa as of 2015 | |
Opera Mini | Varies depending on the operating system | Presto | C ++ | Opera software | 2005 | current | for J2ME -compatible cell phones / smartphones | ||
Opera Mobile | Varies depending on the operating system | Presto | C ++ | Opera software | 2011 | current | Symbian , Android , Windows Mobile devices | ||
SRWare Iron | 75.0 | Chromium | Blink 4 | C ++ | SRware | 2008 | current | like Chrome, but waiver of tracking etc. | |
UC browser | 12.12 (Android) | Blink 4 | Java | UCWeb | 2004 | current | for Android, BlackBerry OS , iOS, Windows and W. Mobile, Java ME ; leader in India , Mali as of 2015 | ||
Vivaldi | 2.6 | Chromium | Blink 4 | C ++ | Vivaldi Technologies | 2015 | current | Was developed as the successor to Opera 12; End of 2015 beta versions , from 2016 Rel. 1.0 ff. | |
Yandex.Browser | 19.9 | Chromium | Blink 4 | Yandex | 2012 | current | (often Cyrillic script) for Windows , Android , iOS , macOS 10.9 (or later) | ||
Current graphical browser Mobile browser Available and useful, but text browser is outdated without further development |
1 As of August 16, 2019
2 Publishing year
3 Development attitude
Further
Alphabetical order.
- Arora (based on Qt , programmed in C ++ , Renderer WebKit )
- Chromium (HTML renderer Blink , a spin-off from WebKit )
- Based on Chromium:
- Ano Browser (new "anonymous browser" from 2018)
- Aviator
- Baidu Spark Browser
- Biscuit (without tabs, with grouped apps)
- Blisk (especially for web developers, including emulation of common smartphones and tablets)
- Brave (focus: unification of privacy and advertising for the benefit of the user, includes the crypto currency Basic Attention Token (BAT))
- CoolNovo (previously ChromePlus)
- Coowon Browser (advanced functions for online games)
- Epic
- Flock (development discontinued)
- Iridium Browser (values privacy and security)
- Naver Whale ( South Korean web browser)
- Puffin Browser
- RockMelt (development discontinued)
- Slimjet
- Torch
- Yandex.Browser
- Contiki (also on 8-bit systems), (is out of date)
- CyberDragon ( platform-independent based on Qt , privacy-friendly)
- Dillo (further development discontinued in 2015)
- Dooble
- emacs-w3m ( Emacs )
- Emissary
- Falcon
- gazelle
- Hv3 - Html Viewer 3 (based on Tkhtml3; for Windows and Linux)
- Midori
- MSN Explorer
- Based on Mozilla source code
- HTML renderer Gecko
- Aphrodite
- Beonex Communicator
- Browsezilla
- Cyberfox (64-bit extraction )
- Flock (up to version 2.6)
- Kirix Strata
- Lolifox
- Mozilla Minimo (Familiar Linux and Windows CE)
- SeaMonkey (successor to Mozilla Application Suite ) / Iceape (at Debian )
- SlimBrowser (Jan. 2020: Trident (IE) >> migrate to Gecko engine 72)
- Telekom browser
- Waterfox (64 bit decoupling)
- Wyzo
- HTML renderer Goanna
- basilisk
- Pale moon
- HTML renderer Gecko
- NetFront (Windows CE, Palm OS, Symbian OS, Linux)
- Netrics (text, optional graphics)
- NetSurf (RISC OS, Linux / GTK +, Amiga, Atari)
- OmniWeb (Mac OS X, NeXTStep)
- Otter Browser (QtWebKit-Fork, GNU GPL v3 , Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
- QtWeb (WebKit engine, open source, GNU General Public License)
- QupZilla (Linux, Windows, BeOS / Haiku)
- rekonq (based on QtWebKit and KDE )
- Sleipnir
- Surf
- WinWeb
- xombrero (until mid-2012 "xxxterm", uses WebKit and GTK +, ISCL )
More (Mobile)
- Dolphin Browser for Android and iOS
- Maemo Browser (also MicroB ) and Mozilla Firefox Mobile for Nokia's Linux smartphone N900 and its predecessor
- Nokia Xpress for Series 40 and Windows Phone
- Skyfire for Symbian OS (3rd Edition) and Windows Mobile smartphones
Java browser
- HotJava
- ICE Browser from the Norwegian company ICESoft
- Jazilla (Mozilla clone)
- Joca
- JRex (core piece comes from Mozilla)
- Just
- Lobo
Only for Linux , Unix / derivatives
- chimera2
- edbrowse
- Encompass (GtkHTML-based)
- Erwise
- Galeon (gecko-based, development discontinued)
- Kazehakase (gecko-based, development discontinued)
- Skipstone (gecko based)
- Luakite
- uzbl
- ViolaWWW
- w3m
- Mothra (for plan 9 )
- retawq
- Web (formerly Epiphany ; part of Gnome , WebKit -based)
For macOS only
Surname | developer | License | comment |
---|---|---|---|
Browser | MOApp Software Manufactory | Freeware | from Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) |
iCab | Alexander Clauss | Proprietary | also Mac OS Classic |
MacWeb | meanwhile discontinued | ||
Mozilla Camino | Mozilla Foundation | MPL / GPL / LGPL multiple licensing | formerly Chimera ; Gecko -based; Development stopped in mid-2013. |
OmniWeb | The Omni Group | Freeware | since February 2009 freeware |
Roccat | Runecats | Freeware | from Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) |
Apple Safari | Apple | Proprietary, parts under LGPL and BSDL | no longer available for Microsoft Windows since version 6.0 |
Shiira | Shiira Project | BSD | WebKit is KHTML-based; no further development since August 2009 |
Sunrise | Atsushi Jike | GPL | |
Stainless | Danny Espinoza |
For Mac OS PPC only
Surname | last version | developer | License | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
AuroraFox | 10.5 | 2013 | ||
Classilla | 8.6, 9.x | Floodgap | Mozilla Public License | 2014 |
Cyberdog | 7.x-9.x | Apple computer | proprietary | 1997 |
Leopard web kit | 10.5, 10.6 | Tobias Netzel | Open Software License , Apple Public Source License | 2015 |
TenFourFox | 10.4, 10.5 | Floodgap | Mozilla Public License | 2015 |
For Microsoft Windows only
Surname | Last version | Manufacturer | from | to | Liz. | comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Explorer | 11.x | Microsoft | 1995 | current | Unix and Mac OS versions with version 5.x discontinued | |
Microsoft Edge | 44.x | Microsoft | 2015 | 2020 | Subsequent versions from January 2020 are multiplatform |
Status: March 12, 2020
Further
Alphabetical order.
- Avira Scout, based on Chromium, but with additional security features
- CometBird , based on Firefox, with extensions for video download and cross-browser online bookmark management
- Comodo Dragon , based on Chromium, similar to SRWare Iron, but with additional security features
- Comodo IceDragon , based on Firefox / Gecko, additionally with Comodo's SiteInspector, SecureDNS service and social media integration
- K-Meleon , gecko engine
- Off By One Webster Pro Controls
- Orca Browser , Gecko Engine, sister product of the Avant Browser
- The Other Internet Package , own browser development by Pixelogic Inc. with mail and news support
- TheWorld Browser
- Worldwide web browser , WebKit-based open source browser
Internet Explorer essays
These products are browsers based on Trident , the rendering engine of Windows Internet Explorer , and provide functions that IE does not offer by default, such as advertising filters.
- Abolimba multibrowser
- Acoo browser
- AOL browser (formerly AOL Explorer ) ( proprietary access software with integrated browser)
- Avant browser
- Browzar
- Cayman Browser (Speech Engine)
- Crazy Browser (also under AM Browser)
- CubicEye (3D browser)
- DeepNet Explorer
- DX browser
- Exxoo browser
- FastSurfX
- GreenBrowser
- haiseb browser
- IE7Pro
- Iniqu
- Lunascape
- Maxthon (formerly: MyIE2)
- NeoPlanet
- NetCaptor
- NetDino
- Netscape Navigator 8 (combines Firefox and IE's gecko engine)
- NG browser
- SiteKiosk
- SlimBrowser (Jan. 2020 >> Migrate to Gecko engine 72)
- S Network
- Sovereign
- SphereXPlorer (3D browser)
- T-Online browser
- The World Browser
- WoidBrowser
For DOS only
- Arachne
- DOSLYNX, based on Lynx
- Lineo's Embrowser, based on DR-WebSpyder
- Skipper, PC / GEOS 3.x browser
- WebMagic, PC / GEOS 4.x browser
- (DR-) WebSpyder from Caldera, originally based on Arachne
For PDAs, cell phones, smartphones
Only for certain operating systems, not multi-platform .
For Android only
- AOSP browser (up to Android 4.4 standard browser for Android)
- Baidu Explorer
- Maxthon
For iOS only
- iCab Mobile
- Mercury
For Newton OS only
- Nethopper
- Newtscape (by Steve Weyer)
- PocketWeb
For Palm OS only
Other
- Doris Browser for Symbian OS -based phones
- WebKit based browser for Series 60 (3rd Edition) smartphones
For AmigaOS only
- AMosaic
- AWeb (not yet KHTML-based)
- IBrowse
- Origyn web browser
- Sputnik ( MorphOS only )
- Timberwolf
- Voyager
For Atari TOS only
For BeOS / Haiku only
- NetPositive
- Net plus plus (also Net ++; NetPositive clone)
- Themis (Net Positive Clone)
- Bezilla (Mozilla clone)
- WebPositive (based on WebKit)
For game consoles
For Sega Dreamcast only
Other
- Nintendo DS Browser (Opera for Nintendo DS)
- PSP Browser for Sony PlayStation Portable (NetFront)
- PS3 Browser for Sony PlayStation 3 (NetFront)
For RISC OS only
- Acorn Browse
- Oregano 2
- Webster XL
For other platforms
- ABrowse for Syllable
- AS / 400 Terminal WWW Browser for OS / 400
- IBM Web Explorer for OS / 2
- QNX Voyager
- Spectrum Internet Suite for Apple IIgs
- WorldWideWeb for NeXTStep
C64
- HyperLink for Commodore C64
- Singular Browser for Commodore C64
- The Wave for Commodore C64 / C128 under GEOS Wheels
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burda: Aus for privacy browser Cliqz. In: heise online. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Comparison of Chrome and Iron for data protection on the srware website.
- ↑ Vivaldi as the natural successor to Opera 12. golem.de, February 5, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2015 .
- ↑ New technical preview brings improvements. golem.de, March 6, 2015, accessed on March 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Tatsuki Tomita: Vivaldi launches its first beta. (No longer available online.) November 3, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved November 3, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ History of Yandex. Retrieved September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ M. C. Straver: The Goanna layout engine. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 25, 2017 ; accessed on February 2, 2018 .
- ^ Basilisk website.
- ↑ Otter Browser website.
- ↑ suckless web presence
- ↑ Classilla on the Floodgap website.
- ↑ Leopard Webkit on the Sourceforge website.
- ↑ TenFourFox on the Floodgap website.
- ↑ Microsoft: Frequently Asked Questions about the Internet Explorer Lifecycle. In: IE. April 19, 2018, accessed March 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Web archive theother.com