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WCGBrowser

2012 – 2019 Discontinued

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Kiosk and digital signage browser in Python on PyQt and QtWebKit, designed for simple lockdown; replaced by ADMBrowser.

Facts

Developer: Alan D. Moore
Website: www.alandmoore.com
Engine: WebKit (QtWebKit)
Successor: ADMBrowser
Platforms: Linux
Popularity: 17/100 — ≈120 GitHub stars

Lineage

Derived browsers (1): ADMBrowser

Key versions

Mar. 6, 2012
—WebKit (QtWebKit)First commit of the Python and PyQt kiosk browser.[1]
May 31, 2012
0.2Only tagged version.[2]
Oct. 1, 2012
—Site whitelist feature.[3]
Oct. 16, 2013
—PyQt5 support.[4]
Apr. 22, 2014
—Silent printing, custom user agent and CSS.[5]
Jan. 6, 2020
—Last commit; ADMBrowser is its successor.[6]

Version sources: [1] alandmoore/wcgbrowser (GitHub), [2] alandmoore/wcgbrowser (GitHub), [3] alandmoore/wcgbrowser (GitHub), [4] alandmoore/wcgbrowser (GitHub), [5] alandmoore/wcgbrowser (GitHub), [6] alandmoore/wcgbrowser (GitHub)

Sources

https://github.com/alandmoore/wcgbrowser