XULRunner

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XULRunner
Basic data

developer Mozilla Foundation
Publishing year February 2006
Current  version 41.0
(October 14, 2015)
Current preliminary version 41.0b9
(September 11, 2015)
operating system POSIX compatible ( Linux , Mac OS ), Windows etc. a.
programming language C ++
category Runtime environment
License MPL / GPL / LGPL multiple licensing
German speaking Yes
XULRunner Documentation / XULRunner Development Wiki

XULRunner is a runtime environment for applications based on the " XML User Interface Language " (abbreviated: XUL). It is developed by the Mozilla Foundation . The program uses the Gecko Engine's library libxul for this . All XUL-based applications such as Mozilla Firefox , Mozilla Thunderbird or the Songbird media player can be ported to XULRunner. XULRunner also provides an environment for installing, deploying (i.e. distributing and installing, including configuration), updating and uninstalling these applications.

Applications that need the Gecko engine without the XULRunner runtime environment use the libxul library , for example Galeon or Liferea .

history

The first "Developer Preview" of XULRunner was released in February 2006. The Mozilla Foundation planned to port their XUL applications such as Mozilla Firefox to XULRunner. One advantage that would result from this would be that one would only have to install a XUL / Gecko runtime environment once with XULRunner, which all other XUL applications could then use. So far, a separate XUL / Gecko runtime environment has been installed for each individual program . Mozilla's first officially released XULRunner application was the Linux variant of Mozilla Firefox 3.0.

Versions

Legend: Older version; no longer supported Older version; still supported Current version Current preliminary version Future version
version publication Notes and important changes
Older version; no longer supported: 1.8 The published versions of XULRunner 1.8.0.1 to 1.8.0.4 were stable preview versions for developers. They are based on the same Gecko code as Firefox 1.5.0.x.
Older version; no longer supported: 1.8.1 Firefox 2 uses this version of the Gecko Engine.
Older version; no longer supported: 1.9 June 17, 2008 From this version on, the Gecko Engine passes the Acid2 test. The respective system theme is now better integrated into XULRunner. Firefox 3.0 uses this version
Older version; no longer supported: 1.9.1 June 30, 2009 This version is used by Firefox 3.5 and Thunderbird 3.0.x.
Older version; no longer supported: 1.9.2 January 21, 2010 This version is used by Firefox 3.6.
Older version; no longer supported: 2.0.0 March 23, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 4.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 5.0.0 June 21, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 5.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 6.0.0 August 12, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 6.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 7.0.1 September 29, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 7.0.1.
Older version; no longer supported: 8.0 November 8, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 8.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 8.0.1 November 20, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 8.0.1.
Older version; no longer supported: 9.0 December 17, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 9.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 9.0.1 December 21, 2011 This version is used by Firefox 9.0.1.
Older version; no longer supported: 10.0 January 29, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 10.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 10.0.1 February 9, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 10.0.1.
Older version; no longer supported: 10.0.2 February 16, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 10.0.2.
Older version; no longer supported: 10.0.3 March 13, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 10.0.3.
Older version; still supported: 10.0.4 April 24, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 10.0.4.
Older version; no longer supported: 11.0 March 12, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 11.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 12.0 April 20, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 12.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 13.0 May 1, 2012 This version is used by Firefox 13.0b2.
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Older version; no longer supported: 21.0 May 11th, 2013 This version is used by Firefox 21.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 22.0 19th June 2013 This version is used by Firefox 22.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 23.0 August 2, 2013 This version is used by Firefox 23.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 24.0 11th September 2013 This version is used by Firefox 24.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 25.0 October 26, 2013 This version is used by Firefox 25.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 26.0 5th December 2013 This version is used by Firefox 26.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 27.0 January 28, 2014 This version is used by Firefox 27.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 28.0 March 15, 2014 This version is used by Firefox 28.0.
Older version; no longer supported: 29.0 April 22, 2014 This version is used by Firefox 29.0.
Current version: 30.0 June 6, 2014 This version is used by Firefox 30.0.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The xulrunner Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page . In: Open Hub . (accessed on September 26, 2018).
  2. ↑ Mozilla Wiki: XUL: libxul , English
  3. ^ Benjamin Smedberg: XULRunner: What we are doing , May 15, 2007, English