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This article compares browser engines, especially actively-developed ones.[a]
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]
These tables summarize what actively-developed[a] engines support.
Operating systems
The operating systems that engines can run on without emulation.
Notes
- Only available through QtWebEngine.
Image formats
Media formats
Typography
Other items
- Active status means that new Web standards continue to be added to the engine, which properly renders the vast majority of websites, including multimedia. However, Maintained status can be as minimal as ensuring the engine code still compiles; this includes relatively new engines that are not yet robust enough to be Active here. Discontinued is when the engine code is abandoned.
- Internet Explorer continues to receive security updates,[7] which means Trident (a.k.a. MSHTML) is still maintained.
- In 2013, Opera replaced the Presto engine with Blink for its flagship desktop and mobile browser. But it still has a special niche usage of Presto as a server-side renderer for the Opera Mini browser, which provides a limited browsing capability on low-end phones.[10][11] Presto was last updated in 2015,[12] but is considered Maintained here because of its usage.
- Servo has the goal of being a viable alternative to the major engines. However, there is still a lot of work to be done,[16] so it is Maintained status here.
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