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The Ladybird browser project (ladybird.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ladybird is an ongoing project to build an independent web browser from scratch.

It is being developed as part of the SerenityOS/serenity project on GitHub.

There are no downloadable binaries yet, as the project is still very unstable. You can follow the build instructions to build it for yourself.

This page is not fancy because we are focusing on building the browser. :^)

Since Ladybird is part of the SerenityOS project, development is coordinated on the SerenityOS discord server.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But is there any plans to support GNU Linux distros, like Debian or Nix? From the first look the browser is only for Serenity.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It does build on Linux distros as well. There's already a package on the AUR for instance: https://aur.archlinux.org/ladybird-git.git

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Linux is the only platform to get native WebGL, too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ladybird-git

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

On Nix, it’s available:

environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ladybird ];

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also, is there any plan to provide binaries and builds? Especially for Android, for example, via F-Droid?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

F-Droid does not ship binaries. You submit code to be built by F-Droid. This is its strength and also weakness. IzzyOnDroid just pulls in Github releases, which is pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

IzzyEnDroid docs don’t say they are limited to MS GitHub

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The point is that the releases are signed by developers so they cannot be easily faked

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then you should drop the specific name drop of a proprietary platform when a generic option like code repository or software forge could suffice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was just my info that they directly use Github releases. Shipping binary packages next to the codebase is something specific for Github and a few other platforms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

A few other platforms like Forgejo (Codeberg), GitLab, & SourceHut? The first 3 open source/open core Git forges I looked up support this… it is not unique to the Microsoft-owned, proprietary offering.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Using Qt and brotli, seems nice! But Discord? Hell no.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Want to contribute to this open project? Create closed Microsoft GitHub & Discord account. https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/28/Dont-use-Discord-for-FOSS.html