NetSurf
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NetSurf is an open-source web browser which uses its own layout engine. Its design goal is to be lightweight and portable. NetSurf provides features including tabbed browsing, bookmarks and page thumbnailing.
Developer(s) | The NetSurf Developers |
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Initial release | May 19, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-05-19) |
Stable release | |
Preview release | Public Autobuilder (n/a) [±] |
Repository | |
Written in | ANSI C |
Operating system | Official:[2] RISC OS, AmigaOS 4, Windows; Linux/Unix-like, BeOS/Haiku, Atari TOS, macOS 3rd party ports: AmigaOS 3, Caanoo, MorphOS, Samsung TVs, Redox OS, Plan 9; KolibriOS port in development |
Size | 4.0 MB (RISC OS) 6.9 MB (AmigaOS) |
Type | Web browser |
License | GPL-2.0-only |
Website | www |
The NetSurf project was started in April 2002 in response to a discussion of the deficiencies of the RISC OS platform's existing web browsers.[3] Shortly after the project's inception, development versions for RISC OS users were made available for download by the project's automated build system. NetSurf was voted "Best non-commercial software" four times in Drobe Launchpad's annual RISC OS awards between 2004 and 2008.[4][5][6][7]
NetSurf supports both mainstream systems (e.g. macOS and Unix-like) and older or uncommon platforms (e.g. AmigaOS, Haiku, Atari TOS, RISC OS, and Redox[8]).
The browser was ranked in 2011 as number 8 in an article highlighting 10 browsers for Linux published in TechRepublic and ZDNet.[9][10] In 2010 it was referred to as a CLI browser superior to w3m.[11]