GNOME Web
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GNOME Web, called Epiphany until 2012 and still known by that code name,[8] is a free and open-source web browser based on the GTK port of Apple's WebKit rendering engine, called WebKitGTK. It is developed by the GNOME project for Unix-like systems. It is the default and official web browser of GNOME, and part of the GNOME Core Applications.
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Original author(s) | Marco Pesenti Gritti |
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Developer(s) | The GNOME Project (mostly by Michael Catanzaro and Xan Lopez, both from Igalia)[1] |
Initial release | 24 December 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-24)[2] |
Stable release(s) | |
Preview release(s) | |
Repository | |
Written in | C (GTK) |
Engine | WebKitGTK |
Operating system | Unix-like, Haiku[5] |
Platform | GNOME |
Size | 2.6 MB[6] (compiled package for AMD64, without dependencies) |
Available in | many languages with different translation percentage of User Interface and documents[7] |
Type | Web browser |
License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
Website | apps |
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Despite being a component of GNOME, Web has no dependency on GNOME components,[6] so it can be potentially installed on any system supporting GTK and WebKitGTK.
GNOME Web is the default web browser on elementary OS[9] and Bodhi Linux version 5.[10][11][12][13]