Comparison of browser engines

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This article compares browser engines.

Some of these engines have shared origins. For example, the WebKit engine was created by forking the KHTML engine in 2001.[1] Then, in 2013, a modified version of WebKit was officially forked as the Blink engine.[2]

General information

Engine Status Creators License Used in
WebKit Stable Apple, initially forked from KHTML Template:Open source Safari browser, GNOME Web, Konqueror, Orion and all browsers for iOS[3]
Blink Stable Google, initially forked from WebKit Template:Open source All Chromium-based browsers
Gecko Stable Mozilla Template:Open source Firefox browser and its forks; SeaMonkey browser, Thunderbird email client
Goanna Stable M. C. Straver,[4] initially forked from Gecko Template:Open source Pale Moon, Basilisk, K-Meleon browsers
NetSurf Stable NetSurf developers[5] Template:Open source NetSurf browser
Servo Experimental[6][7] Linux Foundation Template:Open source Experimental browsers[8][9]
LibWeb Experimental; in pre-alpha[10] Ladybird Browser Initiative[11] Template:Open source Ladybird browser[12]
KHTML[13] Discontinued KDE Template:Open source Formerly in the Konqueror browser[14]
Tkhtml Discontinued Liem Bahneman[15] Template:Open source Formerly in Html Viewer 3 browser
Trident Stable Microsoft Template:Proprietary Internet Explorer browser; Microsoft Edge IE mode
Flow[16] Experimental; in beta[16] Ekioh[17] Template:Proprietary Flow browser[18]
EdgeHTML Discontinued Microsoft Template:Proprietary Some UWP apps;[19] formerly Microsoft Edge browser[20]
Presto Discontinued Opera Template:Proprietary Opera Mini browser in Extreme/Mini mode, where contents arrive pre-rendered using this engine server-side[21]
NetFront Discontinued Access Co., Ltd. Template:Proprietary Formerly in the NetFront browser, Palm Blazer 3 and up, the Dreamcast web browser, the PSP web browser, and PS3 web browser versions prior to system software 4.10.
Tasman Discontinued Microsoft Template:Proprietary Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition
Mariner Discontinued Netscape Communications Template:Proprietary Netscape Communicator 5.0

Support

These tables summarize what stable engines support.

Operating systems

The operating systems that engines can run on without emulation.

Engine Windows macOS Linux BSD Haiku Android iOS[3]
WebKit Yes[note 1] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Blink Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[note 2] Yes No
Gecko Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Goanna Yes Yes[22] Yes Yes No No[23] No
NetSurf[24] Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Trident Yes No No No No No No

Image formats

Engine JPEG JPEG 2000 JPEG XL JPEG XL HDR JPEG ISO HDR JPEG Adobe HDR GIF BMP PNG APNG SVG WebP AVIF AVIF HDR HEIC HEIC HDR
WebKit Yes Yes Yes No[25][26] No [25][26] No [25][26] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No [25]
Blink Yes No No[27][28] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Gecko Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Goanna Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
NetSurf[29] Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Trident Yes No No[30] No ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Partial No No[31] No No[32] No

Media formats

Engine VP9 AV1 HEVC H264 Opus FLAC
WebKit Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Blink Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gecko Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Goanna Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
NetSurf No No No ? No ?
Trident No[33] No[34] Partial[33] Yes[33] No[35] No[36]

Typography

Engine TTF OTF WOFF WOFF2 @font-face CSS rule Ligatures (font-variant-ligatures CSS property)
WebKit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Blink Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gecko Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Goanna Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetSurf ? ? No No Partial[37] No
Trident Partial[38] Partial[38] Yes[39] No[40] Yes[41] No[42]

Other items

Engine Web Components WebGL WebGPU[43] XHTML
WebKit Partial[44] Yes No Yes
Blink Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gecko Yes Yes No Yes
Goanna Yes[45] Yes No Yes
NetSurf No No No ?
Trident No[44] Yes[46] No[47] Yes[48]

See also

Notes

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References

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