I wish there were a Webkit based browser for Android. There are dozens of Firefo...

mappu · 2025-03-08T21:18:01 1741468681

Igalia are doing an Android port of webkit named WPE-Android[1] including a mini browser shell. There is an APK you can run[2].

1. https://blogs.igalia.com/jani/bringing-webkit-back-to-androi...

2. https://github.com/Igalia/wpe-android/releases/tag/v0.1.3

edent · 2025-03-08T22:54:42 1741474482

I caught my fish! Thank you :-)

c0balt · 2025-03-08T19:18:34 1741461514

Because a browser is not just the engine (JS, Wasm, ...). A chrome/Firefox derivate is far easier to create because you can piggyback on their integration work (and maintenance) around these components.