Lunascape

2001 – present Active

55

Japanese browser famous for its triple engine (Trident, Gecko, WebKit) switchable on the fly. Now rebuilt on Chromium by G.U.Labs and still updated on mobile and desktop.

Facts

Developer

Lunascape Corp., then G.U.Labs (since 2019)

Website

www.lunascape.org

Current engines

WebKit (iOS)Blink (Electron)

Former engines

TridentGecko

Platforms

WindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

Details

The classic multi-engine Windows version is discontinued

Popularity

55/100

Key versions

1. July 14, 2001
   0.81TridentFirst public release, a browser built on the Internet Explorer component.[1]
2. Dec. 12, 2002
   1.0Version 1.0, with automatic log-in to web pages.[1]
3. Jan. 7, 2005
   2.0Trident, GeckoAdds the Gecko engine alongside Trident; some IE toolbars become usable.[1]
4. Sept. 2, 2005
   3.0.0Internet Explorer sidebars become usable.[1]
5. Nov. 21, 2006
   4.0.0Windows Vista and IE7 support, fully redesigned interface.[1]
6. Dec. 2008
   International versionInternational launch of the browser.[2]
7. Mar. 18, 2009
   5.0.0Trident, Gecko, WebKitAdds WebKit: a browser with three switchable engines (Trident, Gecko, WebKit).[1]
8. Dec. 11, 2009
   6.0.0 « ORION »Firefox base and support for Firefox extensions.[1]
9. July 29, 2010
   iLunascapeWebKit (iOS)Tabbed browser for iPad, later followed by iPhone and Android versions.[1]
10. July 8, 2014
    6.9.0Gecko and WebKit are split from the main program for speed and stability.[1]
11. Feb. 16, 2015
    6.9.4Trident is split from the main program as well.[1]
12. Apr. 5, 2017
    Phoebe alphaFirst alpha of Lunascape Phoebe, the browser’s new generation.[1]
13. Sept. 24, 2026
    Phoebe 0.45.1Lunascape Phoebe leaves beta and becomes the official release.[1]

Version sources: [1] Lunascape (Wikipedia ja), [2] Lunascape (Wikipedia en)

Sources

1. https://www.lunascape.org/download
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunascape