Servo AlternativesBrowser Engines and other similar apps like Servo

Servo is described as 'Modern, high-performance web rendering engine designed for both application and embedded use' and is a Browser Engine in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Servo for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Servo alternative is Gosub, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Servo are WebKit, Gecko, Blink Rendering Engine and KHTML.

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Servo is a modern, high-performance web rendering engine designed for both application and embedded use.

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Servo alternatives page was last updated May 20, 2025
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  1. Gosub icon
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    Gosub is a web browser with its own web engine. This engine is a modular system that allows developers to easily plug in their own components to customize the functionality of the engine. This will result in a more diverse landscape of browsers in the future.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Modular System

    Gosub VS Servo

     
    • Gosub is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Servo.

    • Gosub is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Servo.

    • Gosub is Free and Open SourceServo is also Free and Open Source
    • Gosub is Privacy focusedServo is not according to our users
  2. WebKit icon
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    WebKit is the web browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store, and many other apps on macOS, iOS, and Linux.

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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    WebKit VS Servo

     
    • WebKit is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Servo.

    • WebKit is Free and Open SourceServo is also Free and Open Source
  3. Gecko icon
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    Gecko is the name of the layout engine developed by the Mozilla Project. Gecko's function is to render web content, such as HTML, CSS, XUL, JavaScript, and render it on the user's screen or print it.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Firefox OS
    • Fire TV
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Gecko VS Servo

     
    • Gecko is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Servo.

    • Gecko is Free and Open SourceServo is also Free and Open Source
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    Blink is the rendering engine used by Chromium. Blink's mission is to improve the open web through

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Android Wear

    Blink Rendering Engine VS Servo

     
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    It originated as the engine of the Konqueror browser in the late 1990s, Built on the KParts framework and written in C++, KHTML had relatively good support for Web standards during its prime. Engines forked from KHTML are used by most of the browsers that are widely used today...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    KHTML VS Servo

     
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    Presto was the proprietary browser engine of the Opera web browser from the release of Opera 7 on 28 January 2003, until the release of Opera 15 on 2 July 2013, at which time Opera switched to using the Blink engine that was originally created for Chromium.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Presto (browser engine) VS Servo

     
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    MSHTML (also known as Trident) is a proprietary browser engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MSHTML(Trident) VS Servo

     
  8. Goanna  icon
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    Goanna is the name for the Open Source layout and rendering engine as used in Unified XUL Platform (UXP) applications like the Pale Moon web browser and the Interlink mail/news client.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    Goanna VS Servo

     
  9. EdgeHTML icon
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    EdgeHTML is a fork of the MSHTML (Trident) engine of Internet Explorer. It is designed as a software component that enables developers easily to add web browsing functionality to other apps.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Xbox

    EdgeHTML VS Servo

     
    • EdgeHTML is the most popular Web-based alternative to Servo.

    • EdgeHTML is Free and ProprietaryServo is Free and Open Source
  10. Vaev icon
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    A lightning-fast, lightweight, and secure HTML/CSS engine.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Security-focused

    Features

    1.  HTTPS Support
    2.  Support for HTML5

    Vaev VS Servo

     
    • Vaev is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Servo.

    • Vaev is Free and Open SourceServo is also Free and Open Source
    • Vaev is LightweightServo is not according to our users
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    Tkhtml is a open-source browser engine written in C using the Tk widget toolkit. It was used primarily by the Html Viewer 3 (Hv3) minimalist web browser.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Tkhtml Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor

    Tkhtml VS Servo

     
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