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A lightweight web browser is a web browser that sacrifices some of the features of a mainstream web browser in order to reduce the consumption of system resources, and especially to minimize the memory footprint.[1][2][3]
The tables below compare 17 lightweight web browsers. Several of them use a common layout engine, but each has a unique combination of features and a potential niche. The minimal user interface in surf, for example, does not have tabs,[4] whereas xombrero can be driven with vi-like keyboard commands.[5]
Four of the browsers compared—Lynx, w3m, Links, and ELinks—are designed for text mode, and can function in a terminal emulator. Links 2 has both a text-based user interface and a graphical user interface. w3m is, in addition to being a web browser, also a terminal pager.[6]
Overview
Operating system support
Browser | BSD | Haiku | Linux | OpenIndiana | OS X | OS/2 | QNX | RISC OS | Windows | Android |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arora | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[12] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
Dillo | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[13] | Yes | No | No | Yes[13] | Cygwin[13][14] | ? |
ELinks | Yes[15] | ? | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | No[15] | Dropped[15] | ? | ? |
K-Meleon | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
Links | Unofficial | No | Yes | ? | Unofficial | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
Lynx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[16][17] | Yes | ? |
Midori | Yes | No | Yes | Unofficial[i] | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
NetSurf | Yes[18] | Yes[ii] | Yes[18] | Yes[18] | Yes[18] | No | ? | Yes[20] | No | ? |
Pale Moon | Unofficial[21] | No | Yes | No | Unofficial | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
QtWeb | Yes | Unofficial[22] | Yes | Unofficial[iii] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
QupZilla | Yes[23] | Yes[23] | Yes[23] | No | Yes[23] | Yes[23] | No | No | Yes[23] | ? |
rekonq | Yes | No | Yes | Unofficial[iii] | No | No | No | No | Inactive[iv] | ? |
surf | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? |
w3m | Unofficial | Unofficial | Unofficial | Unofficial | Unofficial | Inactive | No | No | Cygwin | ? |
WebPositive | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
xombrero | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
- Notes
- ^ Must be built from source code with a Vala compiler.[12]
- ^ A binary for NetSurf v2.0 for Haiku is available. For v2.1 and higher, one must build it from source.[19]
- ^ a b Must be built from source code; requires a compatible version of Qt.
- ^ rekonq v1.1 for Windows was published in September 2012. As of June 2014, it is the only published version for Windows.[24]
Features
Test scores reflect the version of the browser engine in use. Generally, a lower score indicates an older version of the browser engine.
Image formats | Advanced | Test scores | Plug-in APIs | |||||
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Browser | GIF, JPEG, PNG | WebP | JavaScript | Frames | Acid3 | HTML5test | Netscape | Pepper |
Arora | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 100/100[i] | 359/550[25] | No[ii] | No |
Dillo | Yes | No | No | Partial | —[iii] | —[iii] | No | No |
ELinks | No | No | Partial[iv] | Partial | —[iii] | —[iii] | No | No |
K-Meleon | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 100/100[i] | 416/555[27] | Partial[28] | No |
Links | Yes[v] | No | Partial | Partial | —[iii] | —[iii] | No | No |
Lynx | No | No | No | Partial | —[iii] | —[iii] | No | No |
Midori | Yes | Yes[vi] | Yes | Yes | 100/100 | 325/555[30] | Yes | Yes |
NetSurf | Yes[31] | Yes | No | Yes | —[iii] | —[iii] | No[32] | No |
Pale Moon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 95/100 | 408/555[33] | Yes | No |
QtWeb | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 100/100[i][vii] | 234/550[34] | No[ii] | No |
QupZilla | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 100/100[i] | 385/550[35] | Partial | No |
rekonq | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 100/100[i] | 385/555[36] | No[ii] | Partial[37] |
surf | Yes | Yes[vi] | Yes | Yes | 100/100[i] | 385/500[38] | Yes | ? |
w3m | Yes[39] | No | Partial | Yes | —[iii] | —[iii] | No | No |
WebPositive | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 96/100[i] | 253/500[40] | No | No |
xombrero | Yes | Yes[vi] | Yes | Yes | 100/100 | 385/500[41] | Yes | ? |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Some tests take too much time to complete.
- ^ a b c NPAPI is ported to QtWebKit, but is not implemented in this browser.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The test requires JavaScript, which is not sufficiently supported by this browser.
- ^ ELinks implements Mozilla's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine.[26]
- ^ Only Links 2 supports graphics.
- ^ a b c WebP is supported via the WebKitGTK+ browser engine.[29]
- ^ The final state does not match the reference rendering.
See also
References
- ^ Arora, Himanshu (6 November 2013). "5 lesser-known browsers: Free, lightweight and low-maintenance". Computerworld. International Data Group. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ Klimkiewicz, Kamil (18 January 2003). "Lightweight Web Browsers". Freecode. Dice Holdings. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ Arimbra, Krishnan (16 July 2013). "Memory usage of the browsers – Lightest browser". Geekiest.Net. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "surf". Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Peereboom, Marco; Hill, David; et al. (1 March 2012). "xombrero wiki § Quick-Start Tutorial". Conformal Systems. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Ito, Akinori. "w3m". w3m.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Meyer, Benjamin (2 October 2009). "Arora 0.10.0!". Arora Development. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ a b Poulain, Benjamin; et al. (10 May 2010). "Applications Using QtWebKit". Qt Wiki. Qt Project Hosting. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Arora 0.11.0". Arora Repository Releases Tags. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "The NetSurf Developers". netsurf-browser.org. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "About QtWeb". QtWeb.NET. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Spec Files Extra Repository". OpenIndiana Wiki. 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "Dillo Web Browser Compatibility". Dillo.org. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Vibber, Kelson (28 April 2005). "Installing Dillo on Cygwin". Hyperborea. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "About ELinks". elinks.cz. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Nettle". nettle.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "New Telnet Client and Web Browser for RISC OS". My RISC OS. 2 September 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d "GTK NetSurf Downloads". netsurf-browser.org. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Haiku and BeOS NetSurf Downloads". netsurf-browser.org. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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- ^ "Pale Moon for FreeBSD". Pale Moon Forums. 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "QtWeb - Web Browser". Haikuware. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Qupzilla - Lightweight multiplatform browser: Download". Qupzilla.com. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ Papp, Laszlo (24 September 2012). "Randa: Rekonq installer for Windows". KDE (Laszlo Papp's blog). Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.21 (KHTML, like Gecko) Arora/0.11.0 Safari/537.21". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ Inge Bolso, Erik (8 March 2005). "2005 Text Mode Browser Roundup". Linux Journal. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ https://html5test.com/s/553a452871cce107.html
- ^ "ThirdPartyPlugins". kmeleonbrowser.org. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Jáquez, Víctor (31 December 2013). "Boosting WebKitGTK+ compilation for armhf with icecream". Herostratus’ legacy. Igalia. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Midori_(web_browser)#HTML5_score
- ^ Auza, Jun (27 June 2009). "5 Free and Open Source Web Browsers That You May Have Never Heard Of". TechSource. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "0001896: NPAPI plugin support". NetSurf Bug Report System. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:25.8) Gecko/20151123 Firefox/31.9 PaleMoon/25.8.1". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux; en-GB) AppleWebKit/534.34 (KHTML, like Gecko) QtWeb Internet Browser/3.8.5 http://www.QtWeb.net". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
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- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.21 (KHTML, like Gecko) QupZilla/1.6.0 Safari/537.21". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.21 (KHTML, like Gecko) rekonq/2.4.2 Safari/537.21". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ Howell, Dean (22 May 2013). "ReKonq Gaining Chrome Extension Support, Still Sponsored By Blue Systems". The Powerbase. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Unix; en-US) AppleWebKit/537.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/24.0.1295.0 Safari/537.15 Surf/0.6". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Hoffman, Chris (23 January 2012). "How to Browse From the Linux Terminal With W3M". How-To Geek. How-To Geek, LLC. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; U; Haiku x86; en-US) AppleWebKit/536.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Haiku/R1 WebPositive/1.1 Safari/536.10". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "HTML5test results for: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/538.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/538.15 Version/6.0". HTML5test.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
Further reading
- Sugianto, Masim (18 January 2010). "7 Lightweight Linux Browsers You may want to Consider for Fast Browsing Experience". Spirit of Change. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- Arimbra, Krishnan (17 July 2013). "3 Alternate Browsers – Lightweight browsers". Geekiest.Net. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- Murray, Richard (2007). "RISC OS browsers". Rick's World. Retrieved 26 August 2014.