Ladybird is an ongoing project to build an independent web browser from scratch.
It is being developed as part of the SerenityOS/serenity project on GitHub.
There are no downloadable binaries yet, as the project is still very unstable. You can follow the build instructions to build it for yourself.
This page is not fancy because we are focusing on building the browser. :^)
Since Ladybird is part of the SerenityOS project, development is coordinated on the SerenityOS discord server.
Imagine wanting to see if you can help with the development, but seeing that the development is coordinated on fucking Discord.
And written in C++ 🙄 How many times does this mistake have to be made?
Not sure what’s the problem there?
It’s in Proverbs 11:20
The C++ developers are an abomination to the Lord,
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But is there any plans to support GNU Linux distros, like Debian or Nix? From the first look the browser is only for Serenity.
It does build on Linux distros as well. There’s already a package on the AUR for instance: https://aur.archlinux.org/ladybird-git.git
Linux is the only platform to get native WebGL, too!
That aur link should be: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ladybird-git 🙂
On Nix, it’s available:
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ladybird ];
Also, is there any plan to provide binaries and builds? Especially for Android, for example, via F-Droid?
F-Droid does not ship binaries. You submit code to be built by F-Droid. This is its strength and also weakness. IzzyOnDroid just pulls in Github releases, which is pretty cool.
IzzyEnDroid docs don’t say they are limited to MS GitHub
The point is that the releases are signed by developers so they cannot be easily faked
Then you should drop the specific name drop of a proprietary platform when a generic option like code repository or software forge could suffice.
It was just my info that they directly use Github releases. Shipping binary packages next to the codebase is something specific for Github and a few other platforms.
A few other platforms like Forgejo (Codeberg), GitLab, & SourceHut? The first 3 open source/open core Git forges I looked up support this… it is not unique to the Microsoft-owned, proprietary offering.
Using Qt and brotli, seems nice! But Discord? Hell no.
Want to contribute to this open project? Create closed Microsoft GitHub & Discord account. https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/28/Dont-use-Discord-for-FOSS.html
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What’s wrong with Mozilla?
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What? Where? I haven’t seen an ad in Firefox since Carter was president.
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Oh my gosh, that’s messed up. And you can’t even turn it off??!?
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Servo’s looking good too.
Servo has been the most exciting one to me for a while. Seems like one of the best foundations for a new browser.
he internet is in desperate need of an alternative to the Chrome/Mozilla/Safari trio.
No it’s not. You have lots and lots of different browsers. Do we need another browser engine? Also not. They all do the same thing so while it’s good to have some competition we definitely don’t need yet another one.
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Ok, so what do you want your 4th, new browser to do differently? What’s so different about it that you can’t build it on top of Gecko?
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What is it about then? Rendering HTML and CSS in a new, fun way?
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What you said (if I understand you correctly, you didn’t give any examples) boils down to breaking standards established by the current browsers. The standards that web developers and servers universally follow. If you want to build browser that will not follow standards you might just as well render HTML in non-standars ways. Most pages will not work anyway.
