balena-wpe

2017 – 2019 Discontinued

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Full-screen WebKit (WPE) browser for Raspberry Pi deployable via balena, with GPU-accelerated CSS, WebGL and HTML5 video, for digital signage.

Facts

Developer

balena

Website

github.com

Engine

WebKit

Derived from

WPE WebKit

Platforms

Linux

Details

Raspberry Pi (balenaOS)

Popularity

23/100 — ≈390 GitHub stars

Key versions

1. Mar. 31, 2017
   —WebKit (WPE)First commit of the full-screen WPE WebKit browser for Raspberry Pi 3.[1]
2. May 12, 2018
   —WebKit (WPE 2.20)Moved to Yocto “sumo” and WPE WebKit 2.20.[2]
3. Apr. 28, 2019
   —Switched to the Cog launcher and added the Tohora URL-changing interface.[3]
4. Sept. 30, 2019
   v0.0.2First tagged version.[4]
5. Sept. 30, 2019
   v0.0.3Last tagged version.[5]

Version sources: [1] balena-io-experimental/balena-wpe (GitHub), [2] balena-io-experimental/balena-wpe (GitHub), [3] balena-io-experimental/balena-wpe (GitHub), [4] balena-io-experimental/balena-wpe (GitHub), [5] balena-io-experimental/balena-wpe (GitHub) · Full history →

Sources

1. https://github.com/balena-io-experimental/balena-wpe