K-Meleon

2000 – present Unclear status

48

Ultra-lightweight Windows browser based on Gecko with a native Win32 interface.

Facts

Developer

Community

Website

kmeleonbrowser.org

Current engines

Goanna

Former engines

Gecko

Platforms

Windows

Popularity

48/100

Key versions

1. Aug. 21, 2000
   0.1GeckoFirst release by Christophe Thibault; context menus, HTTPS and history not yet implemented.[1]
2. Sept. 27, 2001
   0.5Adds plug-in support (Java, Shockwave), download handling and SSL.[1]
3. Oct. 31, 2002
   0.7Built on Mozilla 1.2b; Layers plugin for “tabbed” browsing.[1]
4. July 15, 2006
   1.0Gecko 1.8First stable release, based on Mozilla 1.8.0, fully translatable.[1]
5. May 22, 2007
   1.1Gecko 1.8.1Modular macros introduced.[1]
6. Aug. 8, 2008
   1.5True tabbed interface; offered in the European browser ballot.[2]
7. Mar. 5, 2010
   1.5.4Last version supporting Windows 98.[1]
8. Sept. 27, 2014
   74.0Gecko 24Return after years without a stable release, via XULRunner; last version for Windows 2000.[1]
9. June 23, 2015
   75.0GeckoSpell checker, form autocompletion and a new skin system.[2]
10. Sept. 19, 2015
    75.1Last official stable release.[1]
11. Dec. 20, 2016
    76 RC2Last official (test) release based on Gecko.[1]
12. Dec. 15, 2017
    76GGoannaBranch based on Goanna (Pale Moon’s engine), as test builds.[3]
13. Oct. 12, 2024
    76.5.5Goanna 3.6.0Final planned release of the Goanna 76 branch.[2]

Version sources: [1] kmeleonbrowser.org, [2] K-Meleon (Wikipedia en), [3] kmeleonbrowser.org

Sources

1. http://kmeleonbrowser.org/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon