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Opera (web browser)
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Opera is a multi-platform web browser developed by its namesake company Opera.[11][12][13] The current edition of the browser is based on Chromium. Opera is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS (Safari WebKit engine).[14][15] Two mobile versions are still active, called Opera Mobile[16] and Opera Mini.[17][18] Opera also has a news aggregator app called Opera News with an AI search-engine.[19]
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Developer(s) | Opera |
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Initial release | 10 April 1995; 29 years ago (1995-04-10)[1] |
Stable release | |
Preview release |
107.0.5045.11 (February 1, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-02-01)[3][4][5])
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Written in | C++[9] |
Engines | Blink (formerly Presto), V8 |
Operating system | Windows 10 or later,[10] macOS, Linux, (Formerly FreeBSD, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo DS Lite) |
Available in | 42 languages |
Type | Web browser |
License | Freeware |
Website | Opera.com |
Opera was initially released on 10 April 1995, making it one of the oldest desktop web browsers to ever exist. It was commercial software for its first ten years and had its own proprietary layout engine, Presto. In 2013, it switched from the Presto engine to Chromium. In 2016, Opera, developed in Norway, became a subsidiary of an investment group led by a Chinese consortium.[20] In 2018, Opera Software went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. By the end of 2022, the consortium sold all of its shares, and Opera in turn committed to repurchase all of its American Depository Shares to reestablish its corporate autonomy.[21][22] As of the end of 2023, Opera Software was 72.4% owned by Kunlun, a Chinese public company, making it a subsidiary of that company. Opera CEO James Yahui Zhou is a controlling shareholder in Kunlun.[23]
In 2019, Opera introduced Opera GX, a browser marketed towards gamers, claiming to have better performance and a built-in tracker and ad blocker and also has a CPU and RAM usage limiter.[24]