rekonq was a lightweight,
QtWebKit
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-based
web browser
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developed inside the
free software
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project
KDE. It is the default web browser of
Chakra GNU/Linux, and was formerly of
Kubuntu
Kubuntu ( ) is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Kubuntu shares the same reposito ...
(between versions 10.10 and 13.10). rekonq has been officially included in KDE
Extragear
The KDE Gear (also known as the KDE Applications Bundle or KDE Applications) is a set of applications and supporting libraries that are developed by the KDE community, primarily used on Linux-based operating systems but mostly multiplatform, an ...
since 25 May 2010. In contrast to
Konqueror
Konqueror is a free and open-source web browser and file manager that provides web access and file-viewer functionality for file systems (such as local files, files on a remote FTP server and files in a disk image). It forms a core part of t ...
, a web browser and
file manager
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage files and folders. The most common operations performed on files or groups of files include creating, opening (e.g. viewing, playing, editing or pr ...
also developed by KDE, rekonq aims to be a standalone and simple web browser.
Its code was initially based on
Qt Development Frameworks' QtDemoBrowser and is developed on KDE Projects'
Git
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repository.
As of January 2014, there has been no further development of rekonq, and there is no manpower or sponsorship to restart development.
Features
rekonq integrates into the KDE desktop, e.g. downloading files through KDE download system, sharing bookmarks with Konqueror,
KIO
KIO (KDE Input/Output) is a system library incorporated into KDE Frameworks 5 and KDE Software Compilation 4. It provides access to files, web sites and other resources through a single consistent API. Applications, such as Konqueror and Do ...
support, etc. rekonq possesses most of the features of a modern web browser, specifically:
*
Tabbed browsing
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* Unique loading
address bar
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*
Ad blocker
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Technologies and native countermeasures ...
* Support for
plugins (Flash, Java)
* Proxy support
rekonq uses the WebKit
HTML rendering engine provided in QtWebKit.
See also
*
Comparison of lightweight web browsers
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Comparison of web browsers
General information
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Operating system support
Browsers are compiled to run o ...
*
List of web browsers
The following is a list of web browsers that are notable.
Historical
Layout engines
* Gecko is developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
** Goanna is a fork of Gecko developed by Moonchild Productions.
* Servo is an experimental web br ...
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List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
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References
{{Web browsers
Applications using D-Bus
Extragear
Free software programmed in C++
Free software projects
Free web browsers
POSIX web browsers
Software based on WebKit
Web browsers that use Qt