Arachne (web browser)
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Arachne is an Internet suite containing a graphical web browser, email client, and dialer.[2] Originally, Arachne was developed by Michal Polák[1] under his xChaos label, a name he later changed into Arachne Labs. It was written in C and compiled using Borland C++ 3.1.[3] Arachne has since been released under the GPL as Arachne GPL.
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Developer(s) | Michael Polák[1] and contributors |
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Initial release | 22 December 1996; 27 years ago (1996-12-22) |
Stable release | 1.99
/ 23 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-23) |
Preview release | none [±] |
Written in | C |
Operating system | DOS, Linux |
Type | Internet suite |
License | GPL-2.0-only |
Website | www web |
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Arachne primarily runs on DOS-based operating systems, but there are also builds available for Linux.[4] The Linux version of Arachne utilizes SVGALib, allowing it to function without requiring a display server.