Timeline of web browsers

This is a timeline of web browsers from the early 1990s to the present. Prior to browsers, many technologies and systems existed for information viewing and transmission. For an in-depth history of earlier web browsers, see the web browser article.

Graphical timeline

Timeline

1990s

The following table chronicles the major release dates during the 1990s for the more popular web browsers.

1990	WorldWideWeb (Nexus)
1993	Lynx
Jan
Feb
Mar	2.0*
Apr
May
Jun
Jul	2.0.10
Aug	2.0.11
Sep
Oct
Nov	2.0.12
Dec	2.1
1994	Lynx	Mosaic Netscape	Opera
Jan
Feb	2.2
Mar
Apr
May	2.3
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct		0.9*
Nov			1.0β*
Dec		1.0
1995	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE
Jan
Feb
Mar		1.1
Apr			1.0
May
Jun	2.4
Jul
Aug		1.22		1.0*
Sep
Oct
Nov				2.0
Dec
1996	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					2.0B*
Feb
Mar		2.0
Apr			2.0		2.0
May	2.5
Jun
Jul
Aug		3.0		3.0	2.1
Sep	2.6
Oct
Nov
Dec			2.10
1997	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					3.0
Feb	2.7
Mar
Apr
May
Jun		4.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct				4.0
Nov
Dec			3.0
1998	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					4.0
Feb
Mar	2.8
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct	2.8.1	4.5
Nov			3.5
Dec
1999	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE	Mozilla
Jan					4.5
Feb
Mar				5.0		M3*
Apr
May
Jun	2.8.2
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

2000s

The following table chronicles the major release dates during the 2000s for the more popular web browsers.

2000	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE	Mozilla
Jan
Feb
Mar					5.0†^[1]
Apr	2.8.3
May
Jun			4.0
Jul				5.5
Aug				5.6
Sep
Oct
Nov		6.0
Dec			5.0			0.6
2001	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE		Mozilla
Jan						0.7
Feb						0.8
Mar
Apr
May						0.9
Jun
Jul	2.8.4
Aug		6.1
Sep
Oct		6.2		6.0
Nov			6.0
Dec
2002	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Chimera	Mozilla	Phoenix
Jan
Feb					0.1*
Mar
Apr					0.2
May
Jun						1.0
Jul					0.4
Aug		7.0 (& 4.8)				1.1
Sep				6.0 SP1	0.5		0.1*
Oct							0.4
Nov					0.6	1.2
Dec							0.5
2003	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla	Firebird	Safari	Maxthon
Jan			7.0
Feb
Mar					0.7	1.3
Apr			7.1
May							0.6
Jun		7.1				1.4		1.0
Jul
Aug
Sep			7.2
Oct						1.5	0.7
Nov
Dec									.9*
2004	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon
Jan						1.6
Feb	2.8.5						0.8
Mar
Apr
May			7.5
Jun					0.8	1.7	0.9
Jul
Aug		7.2		6.0 SP2
Sep							0.10 (PR)		1.0*
Oct
Nov							1.0
Dec
2005	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr			8.0					2.0
May		8.0
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep			8.5			SM 1.0α*			1.5	3.0*
Oct
Nov							1.5
Dec
2006	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape
Jan		8.1				SM 1.0
Feb					1.0
Mar
Apr						M. 1.7.13†^[2]
May
Jun			9.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct	2.8.6			7.0			2.0
Nov										4.0
Dec			9.1
2007	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan						1.1
Feb
Mar
Apr			9.2
May									1.6		1.0*
Jun					1.5			3.0
Jul									2.0
Aug											1.1
Sep
Oct		9.0
Nov
Dec
2008	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan
Feb		9.0.0.6†^[3]
Mar								3.1			1.2
Apr					1.6
May
Jun			9.5				3.0
Jul
Aug
Sep		0.2.149.27*
Oct			9.6
Nov
Dec		1.0							2.5
2009	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan
Feb
Mar				8.0
Apr											2.0
May		2.0									2.1
Jun							3.5	4.0
Jul	2.8.7
Aug
Sep		3.0	10.0							5.1
Oct						2.0
Nov			10.10		2.0
Dec										6.0

2010s

The following table chronicles the major release dates during the 2010s for the more popular web browsers.

2010	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan		4.0					3.6
Feb
Mar			10.50
Apr										6.1	2.5
May		5.0
Jun								4.1, 5.0
Jul			10.60							6.2
Aug									3.0	6.3
Sep		6.0									2.6
Oct		7.0
Nov
Dec		8.0	11.0
2011	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan										6.4
Feb		9.0
Mar		10.0		9.0			4.0
Apr		11.0	11.10								2.7
May										6.5
Jun		12.0	11.50			2.1	5.0		3.1
Jul						2.2		5.1
Aug		13.0					6.0
Sep		14.0				2.4	7.0				2.8
Oct		15.0							3.2
Nov					2.1	2.5	8.0
Dec		16.0	11.60			2.6	9.0		3.3
2012	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan						2.7	10.0
Feb		17.0
Mar		18.0			2.1.2†^[4]^[5]	2.8	11.0
Apr						2.9	12.0			6.7	2.9
May		19.0
Jun			12.00			2.10	13.0		3.4
Jul		20.0				2.11	14.0	6.0
Aug		21.0				2.12	15.0
Sep		22.0								6.8
Oct				10.0		2.13	16.0
Nov		23.0	12.10			2.14	17.0		3.5
Dec									4.0
2013	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE		SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan		24.0				2.15	18.0
Feb		25.0				2.16	19.0
Mar		26.0
Apr			12.15			2.17	20.0				3.0
May		27.0					21.0
Jun							22.0		4.1
Jul		28.0	15.0			2.19
Aug		29.0				2.20	23.0
Sep			16.0			2.21	24.0
Oct		30.0	17.0	11.0		2.22	25.0	7.0
Nov		31.0	18.0						4.2
Dec						2.23	26.0
2014	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE		SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan		32.0	19.0
Feb	2.8.8	33.0				2.24	27.0		4.3
Mar			20.0			2.25	28.0
Apr		34.0					29.0		4.4		3.1
May		35.0	21.0			2.26
Jun			22.0				30.0
Jul		36.0	23.0				31.0			6.9
Aug		37.0									3.2
Sep			24.0				32.0	7.1
Oct		38.0	25.0			2.30	33.0	8.0
Nov		39.0
Dec			26.0				34.0
2015	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Edge	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan		40.0				2.32	35.0
Feb			27.0				36.0
Mar		41.0	28.0		10*	2.33^[6]	37.0				3.3
Apr		42.0	29.0		11
May		43.0			13/15		38.0
Jun			30.0		16/19
Jul		44.0			20^[7]		39.0
Aug			31.0				40.0			6.10
Sep		45.0	32.0		21	2.38^[8]	41.0	9.0^[9]		6.11
Oct		46.0^[10]	33.0^[11]		23				4.4.8^[12]
Nov					25^[13]	2.39^[14]	42.0
Dec		47.0 ^[15]	34.0^[16]				43.0^[17]
2016	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Edge	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan		48.0	35.0				44.0	9.0.3		6.12
Feb									4.9^[18]		3.4
Mar		49.0	36.0			2.40^[19]	45.0	9.1
Apr	2.8.9dev9^[20]	50.0					46.0			6.13	3.5^[21]
May		51.0	37.0							6.14
Jun			38.0				47.0
Jul		52.0
Aug		53.0	39.0		38		48.0
Sep			40.0^[22]				49.0^[23]	10.0^[24]		6.14.2^[25]
Oct		54.0^[26]	41.0^[27]	11.0.36^[28]					4.9.4^[29]
Nov							50.0

* Initial release
† No subsequent releases are planned

References

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↑ "Mozilla 1.7.13". www-archive.mozilla.org. Mozilla Foundation. 21 April 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "End of Support for Netscape web browsers". Netscape Blog. 28 December 2007. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "Camino 2.1.2 Release Notes". caminobrowser.org. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "Camino reaches its end...". caminobrowser.org. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "SeaMonkey 2.33". www.seamonkey-project.org. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "Build 10240 now available for Windows Insiders in Fast and Slow rings". Microsoft. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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External links

Eric A. Meyer's take on a timeline structure for historical browsers
Fresh-browsers.com displays the history of major web browsers
Google Chrome team's The Evolution of the Web

Timeline of web browsers

General

Comparison History List for Unix Usage share

1990s

1990	WorldWideWeb (Nexus)

1991	Line Mode Browser libwww

1992	Erwise MacWWW (Samba) MidasWWW tkWWW ViolaWWW

1993	AMosaic Arena Cello Emacs/W3 Lynx 2 NCSA Mosaic VMS Mosaic

1994	AirMosaic Internet in a Box ANT Fresco Argo IBM WebExplorer SlipKnot Minuet Navipress Mosaic/Mosaic Netscape/Netscape Navigator Spyglass Mosaic TCP/Connect II

1995	Agora ALynx AMSD Ariadna Cyberjack eWorld Web Browser Grail Internet Explorer 1 Internet Explorer 2 Netscape Navigator 2 NetShark OmniWeb HotJava UdiWWW WebShark

1996	Cyberdog Arachne AWeb IBrowse Amaya Internet Explorer 3 Netscape Navigator 3 Opera 2 Oracle PowerBrowser tcpCONNECT4 Voyager

1997	Netscape Communicator Internet Explorer 4 Opera 2.1

1998	NeoPlanet Mozilla Application Suite Opera 3–3.21

1999	iCab Internet Explorer 5 Omniweb 3 Opera 3.5–3.62

2000s

2000	Beonex Communicator Galeon K-Meleon MediaBrowser Netscape 6 Opera 4–4.02

2001	iCab 2.5 Internet Explorer 6 Omniweb 4 Opera 5–5.12

2002	Avant Browser 7 Camino Epiphany Netscape 7 Opera 6–6.1

2003	GreenBrowser Maxthon Opera 7–7.3 Safari SlimBrowser

2004	Avant Browser 9 Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox Opera 7.5–7.55

2005	AOL Explorer Deepnet Explorer Firefox 1.5 Opera 8–8.54 Safari 2

2006	Avant Browser 11 Firefox 2 Internet Explorer 7 Opera 9–9.27

2007	Maxthon 2 Opera 9.5–9.64 Safari 3 SeaMonkey 1.1

2008	Google Chrome Firefox 3 Netscape Browser Netscape Navigator 9 NetSurf 1.2

2009	Avant Browser 11.7 Google Chrome 2–3 Firefox 3.5 Internet Explorer 8 Opera 10–10.63 Pale Moon Safari 4 SeaMonkey 2.0

2010s

2010	Google Chrome 4–8 Firefox 3.6 Lunascape 6.0.1 Maxthon 3 NetSurf 2.5 Opera 11–11.64 Safari 5

2011	Google Chrome 9–16 Firefox 4-9 Internet Explorer 9 Lunascape 6.5 Opera 12–12.17 SeaMonkey 2.1–2.4

2012	Google Chrome 17–23 Firefox 10–17 Internet Explorer 10 Lunascape 6.7 Maxthon 3.4 NetSurf 2.9 Safari 6

2013	Google Chrome 24–31 Firefox 18–26 Internet Explorer 11 Opera 15–18 Safari 7 SeaMonkey 2.15–2.22

2014	Google Chrome 32–39 Firefox 27–34 Lunascape 6.9 NetSurf 3.1 Opera 19–26 Safari 8 SeaMonkey 2.23–2.31

2015	Brave Google Chrome 40–47 Firefox 35–43 Lunascape 6.10-6.11 Microsoft Edge 12-13 Opera 27–34 Safari 9 SeaMonkey 2.32–2.39 Vivaldi

2016	Google Chrome 48—54 Firefox 44—50 Microsoft Edge 14 Opera 35—42 Safari 10

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Web browsers

Features	Ad filtering Augmented browsing Bookmarks Bookmarklet Live bookmark Smart Bookmarks Browser extension Browser security Browser synchronizer comparison Cookies Download manager Favicon Incremental search Plug-in Privacy mode Tabs Universal Edit Button

Web standards	Acid tests Cascading Style Sheets HTML HTML5 JavaScript MathML OCSP SVG WebGL XHTML

Related topics	BrowserChoice.eu CRL HTTP HTTPS iLoo Internet suite Man-in-the-browser Mobile Web Offline reader PAC Pwn2Own Rich Internet application Site-specific browser SPDY SSL/TLS WebSocket Widget World Wide Web WPAD XML

Desktop

Blink-based	Chromium Brave Chrome Dragon Opera Sleipnir Slimjet SRWare Iron UC Browser Vivaldi Yandex.Browser Sputnik

WebKit-based	Arora Avant Dooble Epic Flock Fluid iCab Konqueror Lunascape Maxthon Midori OmniWeb Origyn Web Browser Otter Browser QtWeb QupZilla rekonq Safari Shiira SlimBoat surf Torch Uzbl Web WebPositive xombrero

Trident-based	AOL Explorer Avant Deepnet Explorer GreenBrowser Internet Explorer Lunascape Maxthon MediaBrowser MenuBox NeoPlanet NetCaptor SlimBrowser SpaceTime UltraBrowser WebbIE ZAC Browser

Gecko-based	AT&T Pogo Avant Camino Firefox Conkeror GNU IceCat IceDragon Swiftfox Swiftweasel TenFourFox Timberwolf Tor Browser Waterfox xB Browser Galeon Ghostzilla K-Meleon Kazehakase Kirix Strata Lotus Symphony Lunascape Mozilla Beonex Communicator Classilla Netscape SeaMonkey

Text-based	ELinks Emacs/W3 Line Mode Browser Links Lynx w3m

Other	abaco Amaya Arachne Arena Charon Dillo eww Gazelle HotJava IBM Home Page Reader IBrowse KidZui Microsoft Edge Mosaic Mothra NetPositive NetSurf Pale Moon

Mobile

Blink-based	Android Browser Chromium Brave Chrome Opera Mobile Silk

WebKit-based	BOLT Dolphin Browser Firefox for iOS Maxthon Mercury Browser Nokia Browser for Symbian Rockmelt Safari Steel

Trident-based	Maxthon

Gecko-based	Firefox for Android MicroB Minimo

Presto-based	Opera Mini

Other	Blazer CM Browser Deepfish ibisBrowser Internet Explorer Mobile Iris Browser Konqueror Embedded Microsoft Edge NetFront Nokia Xpress Skweezer Skyfire Teashark ThunderHawk UC Browser Vision WinWAP

Television and video game console

WebKit-based	Google TV Nintendo 3DS Internet Browser Nintendo DS & DSi Browser NetFront Steam Overlay Wii U Internet Browser

Gecko-based	Kylo

Presto-based	Internet Channel

Other	MSN TV

Software no longer in development shown in italics

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