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Northstar Web Browser

Also known as: Northstar
2026 – present Active
20

Minimalist GPL edition of Nordstjernen Sol, written in C with a homemade engine (HTML5, modern CSS, JavaScript via QuickJS-ng) without Gecko, WebKit or Blink: one window, one page, a single process; also distributed on the Microsoft Store.

Facts

Developer
Nordstjernen
Website
nordstjernen.org
Engine
Proprietary
Derived from
Nordstjernen Sol
Platforms
LinuxmacOSWindowsBSD
Popularity
20/100 — ≈145 GitHub stars, ≈1,770 GitHub release downloads + Microsoft Store

Key versions

  1. 1.0.1First release published on GitHub.[1]
  2. 1.0.20Latest release published on GitHub.[2]

Version sources: [1] nordstjernen-web/northstar-web-browser (GitHub), [2] nordstjernen-web/northstar-web-browser (GitHub) · 20 releases published · Full history → · Milestones taken automatically from the releases published on GitHub.

Sources

  1. https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-web-browser
  2. https://nordstjernen.org/northstar-browser/