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.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- Xfce
...
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.
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.
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NetSurf
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about NetSurf, and it has gotten 30 likes
- Developed by The NetSurf Developers
- Open Source and Free product.
- 115 alternatives listed
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NetSurf
Summary and Relevance
Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about NetSurf, and it has gotten 30 likes
- Developed by The NetSurf Developers
- Open Source and Free product.
- 115 alternatives listed
Popular alternatives
View allNetSurf was added to AlternativeTo by dholm on May 29, 2009 and this page was last updated Mar 16, 2021.
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generickidsacct liked NetSurf
29 days ago
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