Wowser

Experimental browser written from scratch in Rust by Dustin Toff to learn the language, avoiding third-party dependencies; OpenGL rendering.

Facts

Developer

Dustin Toff (personal project)

Website

github.com

Engine

Proprietary

Platforms

LinuxWindows

Details

Windows via WSL/X11 or native

Popularity

4/100 — 12 GitHub stars (×2 users)

Key versions

1. Apr. 25, 2020
   —First commit of the browser written from scratch in Rust.[1]
2. May 22, 2020
   —First HTTP requests.[2]
3. June 15, 2021
   —HTML and CSS linked to rendering for the first time.[3]
4. Aug. 13, 2021
   —Images from img tags rendered.[4]
5. Dec. 21, 2021
   —Micro JavaScript language support.[5]
6. Apr. 29, 2023
   —Last JavaScript engine addition (throw statement).[6]

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

Sources

1. https://github.com/quittle/wowser