WebKit AlternativesBrowser Engines and other similar apps like WebKit

WebKit is described as 'The web browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store, and many other apps on macOS, iOS, and Linux' and is a Browser Engine in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WebKit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Web-based apps. The best WebKit alternative is Gosub, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WebKit are Servo, Gecko, WebKitGTK+ and Blink Rendering Engine.

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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

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

    • Gosub is Free and Open SourceWebKit is also Free and Open Source
    • Gosub is Customizable and Privacy focusedWebKit is not according to our users
  2. Servo icon
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    Servo is a modern, high-performance web rendering engine designed for both application and embedded use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KaiOS
    • Firefox OS
     
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    It is fast and written in rust compare to all unsafe languages which is the new big thing and it is recently revived from the dead and they are going strong about it maybe someday it will defeat google dominance of the web

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    • Servo is the most popular Android alternative to WebKit.

    • Servo is Free and Open SourceWebKit 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Firefox OS
    • Fire TV
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
    • Gecko is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to WebKit.

    • Gecko is Free and Open SourceWebKit is also Free and Open Source
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    WebKitGTK+ is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK+ platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • WebKitGTK+ is the most popular Web-based alternative to WebKit.

    • WebKitGTK+ is Free and Open SourceWebKit 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Android Wear
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Vaev icon
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    A lightning-fast, lightweight, and secure HTML/CSS engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • Vaev is Free and Open SourceWebKit is also Free and Open Source
    • Vaev is Security-focused and LightweightWebKit is not according to our users
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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Presto (browser engine) is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to WebKit.

    • Presto (browser engine) is Free and ProprietaryWebKit is Free and Open Source
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Xbox
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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