Falkon

Falkon
Original author(s)David Rosca
Developer(s)KDE
Initial releaseDecember 2010 (2010-12)
Stable release
24.05.2[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 4 July 2024 (4 July 2024)
Repository
Written inC++
Engine
  • Qt WebEngine
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Operating systemUnix-like (Linux, FreeBSD, etc),[2] Haiku,[3] Windows 7 or later
PlatformQt framework
Included withKaOS, openMandriva Lx[4]
Available inMultilingual
TypeWeb browser
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Websitewww.falkon.org

Falkon (formerly QupZilla[5]) is a free and open-source web browser developed by KDE. It is built on the QtWebEngine,[6][7] which is a wrapper for the Chromium browser core.[8]

Both KaOS and openMandriva Lx use Falkon as their default browser.[4][9]

  1. ^ "Falkon - KDE Applications".
  2. ^ "Qupzilla at Freshports". Freshports. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Haiku Depot Server". depot.haiku-os.org. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 821, 1 July 2019". 1 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Falkon 3.0 Released As The Successor To The QupZilla Browser". Phoronix. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. ^ David Rosca (30 March 2016). "QupZilla 2.0.0 released with QtWebEngine!". QupZilla Blog. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018.
  7. ^ Němec, Petr (28 December 2011). "Softwarová sklizeň" [Software picks (28 December 2011)]. Root.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Qt WebEngine Overview - Qt WebEngine 5.11". doc.qt.io.
  9. ^ Nestor, Marius (6 March 2018). "KaOS Linux Switches to Falkon Browser, March's Release Adds KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS". Softpedia. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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