Basilisk (web browser)
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Basilisk running on Windows 7
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| Developer(s) | M.C. Straver[1] |
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| Initial release | November 17, 2017 |
| Stable release | 2018.02.14 (14 February 2018[2]) [±] |
| Development status | Active[3] |
| Written in | C/C++, CSS, JavaScript, XUL |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux |
| Engines | Goanna, SpiderMonkey |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Type | Web browser News aggregator |
| License |
MPL 2.0
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| Website | basilisk-browser |
Basilisk is an open-source web browser created by the developers of the Pale Moon browser.[4][5] First released in November 2017,[4] Basilisk is a perpetual beta program intended to refine the underlying browser platform.[6] There are releases for Microsoft Windows and Linux.[7]
Like Pale Moon, Basilisk is a fork of Firefox with substantial divergence.[8] Basilisk retains the user interface of the Firefox version 29–56 era. (This is the most prominent difference from Pale Moon, which has the Firefox 4–28 interface.)
For add-ons, Basilisk has roughly similar support as Pale Moon for XUL/XPCOM extensions[9] and NPAPI plugins, all of which are no longer supported in Firefox. Unlike Pale Moon, though, Basilisk has some support for WebExtensions and DRM.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ M.C. Straver. "About Moonchild Productions".
- ^ "Basilisk: release notes". Basilisk.
- ^ M.C. Straver. "Basilisk release notes".
- ^ a b c "Pale Moon team releases first version of Basilisk browser". ghacks.net. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ "Pale Moon staff releases first model of Basilisk browser". Tech News Port. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ M.C. Straver. "Basilisk web browser". basilisk-browser.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ M.C. Straver. "Basilisk: requirements". www.basilisk-browser.org. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ M.C. Straver. "Basilisk features". www.basilisk-browser.org. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
- ^ Note that technical differences between Basilisk and Pale Moon, such as the respective user interfaces, can result in specific extensions not working exactly the same in both. These details are outside the scope of this article.
