Epiphany (software)

Epiphany
	Epiphany showing a web page.
Developer(s)	Various
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany.git ;
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	GNOME
Type	Web browser
License	GNU General Public License
Website	gnome.org/projects/epiphany/

Epiphany is a Web browser for GNOME. It is also available for Mac OS X[1] and was made from Galeon.

It uses the Gecko layout engine from the Mozilla project to show web pages; however, the Epiphany developers have a new but less stable version of Epiphany 2.21.4 using the WebKit engine instead of Gecko.[2][3] The Epiphany team wants to stop using Gecko and only use the WebKit engine, by the time they release Epiphany 2.24 or 2.26.[4] Epiphany has tabbed browsing, cookie management, popup blocking and an extensions system. Epiphany can be extended with the Epiphany-extensions package in GNU/Linux Operating Systems.

Epiphany was made from Galeon by Marco Pesenti Gritti (also the creator of Galeon) with the aim of making a web browser with a very simple user experience. Because of that, Epiphany does not have its own themes, instead, it uses GNOME’s settings that are set in the GNOME Control Center.

References

"Epiphany ported to Mac OS X". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
[Phoronix] Exciting Features For GNOME 2.22, 2.24
Epiphany Downloads
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Future of Epiphany

Other websites

Epiphany Homepage
Galeon History homepage Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine covering the decision to split development
GNOME Human Interface Guidelines Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
Epiphany WebKit Project

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[1] "Epiphany ported to Mac OS X". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[2] [Phoronix] Exciting Features For GNOME 2.22, 2.24

[3] Epiphany Downloads

[4] ANNOUNCEMENT: The Future of Epiphany