rekonq
rekonq 0.7.0 running on Kubuntu 11.04 | |
Developer(s) | Andrea Diamantini and other KDE developers[1] |
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Initial release | December 2, 2008[2] |
Stable release | 2.4.2[3][4] (12 January 2014 ) [±] |
Development status | Unmaintained |
Written in | C++, Qt |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Engine | WebKit |
Platform | KDE Platform |
Size | ~1.1 MiB |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | Web browser |
License | GNU GPL v3[5] |
Website |
rekonq |
rekonq is a lightweight, QtWebKit-based web browser developed inside the free software project KDE. It is the default web browser of Chakra GNU/Linux,[6] and was formerly of Kubuntu (between versions 10.10[7] and 13.10[8]). rekonq has been officially included in KDE Extragear since May 25, 2010.[9] In contrast to Konqueror, a web browser and file manager also developed by KDE, rekonq aims to be a standalone and simple web browser. Its code was initially based on Qt Development Frameworks' QtDemoBrowser and is developed on KDE Projects' Git repository.[10]
As of January 2014 there has been no further development of rekonq, and there is no manpower or sponsorship to restart.[11]
Features
rekonq integrates into the KDE desktop, e.g. downloading files through KDE download system, sharing bookmarks with Konqueror, KIO support, etc. rekonq possesses most of the features of a modern web browser, specifically:
- Tabbed browsing
- Unique loading address bar
- Ad blocker
- Support for plugins (Flash, Java)
- Proxy support
rekonq uses the WebKit HTML rendering engine provided in QtWebKit.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rekonq. |
- Comparison of lightweight web browsers
- Comparison of web browsers
- List of web browsers
- List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
References
- ↑ "rekonq authors". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ Andrea Diamantini (2 December 2008). "rekonq 0.0.1". Kde-announce-apps (Mailing list). Retrieved 2010-10-14.
- ↑ "rekonq: Files". SourceForge. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ Diamantini, Andrea (12 January 2014). "rekonq 2.4.2". adjam.weblog(). Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ Andrea Diamantini. "rekonq license". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ "Chakra Edn 2011.11 review". LinuxBSDos. 2011-11-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
Unless you chose to install Firefox and/or Chromium during the installation process, the lone installed browser will be reKonq, a native Web browser for KDE.
- ↑ Kubuntu.org (2010-10-10). "Kubuntu 10.10 Release".
- ↑ "Kubuntu 14.04 LTS". Kubuntu.org. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ adjam (2010). "rekonq 0.5 beta, in extragear!".
- ↑ https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/rekonq
- ↑ "Lead developer's blog, adjam.weblog()". Retrieved 26 Feb 2016.