Arora (web browser)
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 Screenshot of Arora web browser on KDE 4.1 | |
| Developer(s) | Benjamin C. Meyer |
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| Stable release | 0.11.0[1] (27 September 2010) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Engine | WebKit |
| Operating system | BSD, Haiku, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2, Windows |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Size | 1.2 MB (Linux) |
| Available in | Multilanguage |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | github |
Arora is a lightweight, cross-platform, free and open-source web browser developed by Benjamin C. Meyer.[2][3][4][5] Arora is available for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, FreeBSD, OS/2, Haiku,[6] and any other operating system supported by the Qt toolkit. Arora's name is a palindrome.
The browser's features include tabbed browsing, bookmarks, browsing history, smart location bar, OpenSearch, session management, privacy mode, a download manager, WebInspector, and AdBlock.[7]
For several months, Meyer discontinued development of Arora due to uncertainty about the strictures of non-compete clauses by his employer; finally in July 2011, he announced that he would no longer contribute to the project.[8] Another software developer, Bastien Pederencino forked Arora's source code, and published a variant called zBrowser – renamed Zeromus Browser in February 2013. In May 2013, Pederencino published another variant called BlueLightCat. In February 2014, some new patches were released on Arora's github project page, with some Linux distributions incorporating the changes in their individual versions of Arora packages in their repositories.[9]
See also
- Comparison of lightweight web browsers
- Comparison of web browsers
- List of web browsers
- List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
- Qt (framework)
References
- ^ "Arora 0.11.0". Arora Repository Releases Tags. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Lightweight Arora web browser turns 0.10.0". Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "Arora Is an Open-Source Browser with Out-of-the-Box Ad Blocking". Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Arora web browser review". Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "Alternative Browsers: Beyond Chrome and Firefox". Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Qt4 Ported to Haiku, Developer Preview Release Available". 2009. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Webkit-based Arora browser hits v.10, now ships with AdBlock by default". 2009. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Retirement from Arora" (JavaScript required to view). arora-dev. Google Groups. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ https://github.com/Arora/arora
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