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as the default search engine. qutebrowser is included in the native repositories of Linux distributions such as Fedora and

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. qutebrowser is developed by Florian Bruhin, for which he received a CH Open Source award in 2016.

Functionality

As in Vim and vi, the browser has a ''command'' mode and an ''insert'' mode. In command mode key bindings can be used to perform functions, for example: 'G' to go to the bottom of a page, and 'gg' to the top. Specific commands can also be bound to keys or key-sequences by the user. A cheat sheet of all key bindings can be foun
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qutebrowser is both written in and configured in

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. Through the configuration file custom functionality can be added, including custom key bindings, per-site settings, and arbitrary Python code that can interact with your browser or your system. Since version 2.0.0, qutebrowser supports blocking ads using the python adblock library. For users that don't have the adblock library installed or use an older version of qutebrowser, a simpler built-in adblocker can be used and modified using the blocked-hosts file that comes with qutebrowser.

Security

In July 2018, it was found that all versions of qutebrowser prior to 1.4.1 have a

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vulnerability that allowed websites to change qutebrowser settings and, via settings like , possibly execute arbitrary code. This was fixed in version 1.4.1;

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ed patches are available for prior versions.

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Security

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