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by layer8 480 days ago
WebKit is a browser engine, not a browser. There is no open-source browser based on it that you could use as an alternative to Firefox.
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figomore 480 days ago
Gnome Web is based on WebKit.
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layer8 480 days ago
I should have added “cross-platform”. It’s not a viable alternative for most Firefox users.
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ranger_danger 480 days ago
There are several, just none that are still maintained. But webkit is still open source and there's no reason someone could not fork or start up a new browser project with 90% of the work already done by webkit, you just need a GUI.
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eadmund 480 days ago
Emacs supports browsing with WebKit: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Em...

This is distinct from its own Emacs Web Wowser, which is a more primitive browser (but quite good for quite a lot!).

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kmlx 480 days ago
> There is no open-source browser based on it that you could use as an alternative to Firefox.

here you go:

https://github.com/duckduckgo/apple-browsers

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