This article compares

browser engine A browser engine ( also known as a layout engine or rendering engine) is a core software component of every major web browser. The primary job of a browser engine is to transform HTML documents and other resources of a web page into an interacti ...

s, especially actively- developed ones. Some of these engines have shared origins. For example, the

WebKit WebKit is a browser engine developed by Apple and primarily used in its Safari web browser, as well as on the iOS and iPadOS version of any web browser. WebKit is also used by the BlackBerry Browser, PlayStation consoles beginning from the ...

engine was created by forking the

KHTML KHTML is a browser engine developed by the KDE project. It is the default engine of the Konqueror browser, but it has not been actively worked on since 2016. Moreover, KHTML will be discontinued for KDE Frameworks 6. Built on the KParts fra ...

engine in 2001. Then, in 2013, a modified version of WebKit was officially forked as the Blink engine.

General information

Support

These tables summarize what actively-developed engines can support.

Operating systems

The

operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...

s that engines can run on without emulation.

Image formats

Media formats

Typography

Other items

Notes

References

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