NetSurf
NetSurf is a free, open source web browser. It is written in C and released under the GNU Public Licence version 2. NetSurf has its own layout and rendering engine entirely written from scratch. It is small and capable.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- HTTPS Support
- Non profit
- Activity history
- Bookmarks
- Ad-free
- Tabbed browsing
NetSurf News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
UniqueGo added NetSurf as alternative to Norton Private Browser
POX added NetSurf as alternative to Helium Browser
pastel_p1xel_punK added NetSurf as alternative to Carbon Browser
POX added NetSurf as alternative to Kumo Web Browser
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What is NetSurf?
Small, fast and free.
Whether you want to check your webmail, read the news or post to discussion forums, NetSurf is your lightweight gateway to the world wide web.
Features
Web standards: HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.1 Image formats: PNG, GIF, JPEG, SVG, and BMP HTTPS for secure online transactions Unicode text Web page thumbnailing Local history trees Global history Hotlist manager (bookmarks) Cookie manager URL completion Text selection Scale view Search-as-you-type text search highlighting Save pages complete with images Fast, lightweight layout and rendering engine
RISC OS only
Image formats: Sprite, Drawfile and ArtWorks Drawfile export
Written in C, features its own layout engine. Why choose NetSurf?
Speed Efficiency lies at the heart of the NetSurf engine, allowing it to outwit the heavyweights of the web browser world. The NetSurf team continue to squeeze more speed out of their code. Interface innovation Simple to use and easy to grasp. Lean requirements From a modern monster PC to a humble 30MHz ARM 6 computer with 16MB of RAM, surfing the web whatever your system. Originally written for computer hardware normally found in PDAs, cable TV boxes, mobile phones and other hand-held gadgets, NetSurf is compact and low maintenance by design. Portable NetSurf can be built for a number of modern computer platforms 'out of the box'. Written in C, with portability in mind, NetSurf is developed by programmers from a wide range of computing backgrounds, ensuring it remains available for as many users as possible. Standards compliant Despite a myriad of standards to support, NetSurf is striving for complete standards compliancy. NetSurf aims to stay abreast of new and upcoming web technologies.
See the project goals and progress page for further information on where NetSurf is headed.
NetSurf information
Developed by
The NetSurf Developers Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
134 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
NetSurf is a lightweight alternative to Chrome and other contemporary web browsers, "good enough" for large parts of the web, and it's very portable - it even has a version for Plan 9.
Windows download 2023 is a demo. Latest usable is 2020. Appears to use British servers. It feels lightweight, but you will likely struggle w/stripped interface. Way to make bookmark isn't apparent. No Multi-tab.. nope.
Extremely fast and light, and good for reading web pages (but not so much for running web apps) on low-spec hardware or virtual machines running Linux or other Unix-like OSes and RISC-OS. Haiku version mostly works but things like settings aren't built yet. A little more capable than Dillo, a little slower, and runs on a slightly different set of platforms.
Unfortunately it can't access AlternativeTo because of the JavaScript requirements.
Too lightweight for me: no tabs, no session restoration (Windows).
When I want to search in google/video popup tab and write: Memory error, free up some memory. I have 2Gb RAM and browser want more..
Hopefully better HTML support will come to this small and excellent browser