Safe Exam Browser

2008 – present Active

65

Locked-down browser for online exams that blocks access to other applications and sites during an assessment.

Facts

Developer

ETH Zurich (SEB Alliance)

Website

safeexambrowser.org

Current engines

WebKitBlink

Former engines

Gecko

Platforms

macOSiOSWindows

Details

macOS/iOS on WebKit; Windows with built-in Chromium, previously Gecko (Firefox/XULRunner)

Popularity

65/100 — ≈135,000 downloads per week on SourceForge; used by many universities

Key versions

1. Aug. 20, 2008
   1.0First Windows version published on SourceForge.[1]
2. June 2, 2014
   2.0Per-exam configuration and a unified version across Windows, macOS and iOS.[1]
3. Nov. 10, 2015
   2.1 (macOS)WebKitFirst macOS release published on the seb-mac GitHub repository.[2]
4. May 28, 2020
   3.0.0 (Windows)Blink (Chromium 79)Completely refactored Windows version with an embedded Chromium engine instead of Gecko.[3]
5. Oct. 10, 2021
   3.0 (macOS/iOS)First major version of the new iOS/macOS feature set; later releases require iOS 12.[4]
6. Nov. 2, 2026
   3.10.3 (Windows)Latest Windows release.[5]
7. Nov. 4, 2026
   3.7.2 (macOS/iOS)Latest macOS/iOS release.[6]

Version sources: [1] sourceforge.net, [2] SafeExamBrowser/seb-mac (GitHub), [3] SafeExamBrowser/seb-win-refactoring (GitHub), [4] SafeExamBrowser/seb-mac (GitHub), [5] SafeExamBrowser/seb-win-refactoring (GitHub), [6] SafeExamBrowser/seb-mac (GitHub)

Sources

1. https://safeexambrowser.org/
2. https://safeexambrowser.org/about_overview_en.html
3. https://github.com/SafeExamBrowser/seb-mac
4. https://github.com/SafeExamBrowser/seb-win-refactoring
5. https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask/safe-exam-browser.json
6. https://sourceforge.net/projects/seb/files/