Linux Web Browsers, defunct
Last update Dec 28, 2024.
browsers no longer supported
NameAuthorVersionNotes
AmayaW3C11.4.4Editor, Web standards test. Discontinued 2012.
AroraB. C. Meyer0.11.0Lightweight, Qt based, GPL2. WebKit-based. No change in years.
GaleonGnome2.0.2Requires Mozilla install--no change since 2006. See Gnome Web.
SkipstoneMuhri1.0.1 GTK+ front end for Mozilla--last news 2008
BrowseXBrowseX2.0.0In Tcl/Tk. Not so minimal. Sourceforge site has lost all its files; main web site down.
KylieU. Eriksson0.0.7Frames & tables. segfaults immediately. no change since ‘02
ArachneArachne Labs1.66bAlpha. Lots of dependencies not in Linux dist. No change since ‘00
ICEBrowserICESoft6.1.3Java SDK. Many plugins. Cool Web Start Demo. Withdrew from market 2009
NavigatorNetscape4.xreplaced by Communicator, 1997. open-sourced as Mozilla 2002. Bought by AOL 2004.
NavigatorAOL9.0.0.6AOL discontinued it in 2008
XBrowserA. Arvanes4.3Java. Slow and buggy. No change since ‘01. Site gone.
QuasarO. K. Espinosa0.1Uses Gtk and w3c-www libs. Very alpha. No change since ‘01.
wb0K. Kulhavy000324Front end for links. No update since ‘00, site gone
Armadillo?0.3.10GTK+. Was gzilla. No update since ‘99. Web page gone.
mMosaic?3.7.2Multicast Mosaic, derived from NCSA Mosaic. no change since ‘00
CommunicatorNetscape4.79Internet suite, once the king, discontinued 2002
HotJavaSun3.0Java.
ScateApostol1 Implementation of ICEBrowser. Web page is gone.
ArenaW3Cbeta-3bPrecursor to Amaya.
GrailCNRI0.6Tcl/Tk. Written in Python
MosaicNCSA2.6The first big graphical web browser
Plume??Tcl/Tk—now maybe called SurfIt!
zennocrew.web0.2.3Replaceable interface. GPL. web site gone ‘15.
under Wine
Internet ExplorerMicrosoft6Using Crossover