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canvas-browser

2026 – present Active

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Browser in an Emacs buffer: a headless Chromium lays out the page and Emacs talks to it directly over the DevTools protocol to draw it on a canvas, each page being a buffer, which makes it possible to use JavaScript-heavy, login-based Web apps that EWW cannot handle.

Facts

Developer: Daskeladden
Website: github.com
Engine: Blink
Derived from: Chromium (headless)
Platforms: Other
Details: Package for GNU Emacs 32 with modules; designed for a remote Emacs displayed over X
Popularity: 5/100 — ≈19 GitHub stars

Key versions

Oct. 1, 2026
—BlinkFirst commit: browser in an Emacs buffer, drawn on a canvas by headless Chromium.[1]
Oct. 2, 2026
—File uploads through dired.[2]

Version sources: [1] Daskeladden/canvas-browser (GitHub), [2] Daskeladden/canvas-browser (GitHub)

Sources

https://github.com/Daskeladden/canvas-browser