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Eden Browser

2017 – present Active
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Truly multi-engine Linux browser: you choose CEF (Blink) or Qt WebEngine globally or per tab, and an open tab can be converted from one engine to the other; single DevTools inspector, horizontal or vertical tabs, tab previews with resource usage.

Facts

Developer
nickgermaine
Website
github.com
Engines
BlinkBlink (QtWebEngine)
Derived from
Chromium Embedded Framework
Platforms
Linux
Details
First written in Python/Qt5, rewritten in C++ in 2017; still being modified in 2026
Popularity
2/100 — ≈9 GitHub stars, no binary release

Key versions

  1. —Start of the C++ rewrite of a Qt browser first written in Python.[1]
  2. —C++ rewrite completed, on par with the Python version.[2]
  3. —Private windows added.[3]
  4. —Last commit of the first development period.[4]
  5. —Project revived after nine years: move to Qt 6 and CMake.[5]
  6. —Blink (CEF), Blink (QtWebEngine)Dynamic integration of several engines, chosen globally or per tab.[6]
  7. —Patch version bump with tab, window and OAuth sign-in fixes.[7]

Version sources: [1] nickgermaine/Eden-Browser (GitHub), [2] nickgermaine/Eden-Browser (GitHub), [3] nickgermaine/Eden-Browser (GitHub), [4] nickgermaine/Eden-Browser (GitHub), [5] nickgermaine/Eden-Browser (GitHub), [6] nickgermaine/Eden-Browser (GitHub), [7] nickgermaine/Eden-Browser (GitHub)

Sources

  1. https://github.com/nickgermaine/Eden-Browser