I hear it’s the first browser in a long while to come with a new engine. Completely independent and no revenue model. To me that would work well for privacy but I see no mention of privacy as any benefit. In fact I don’t see a privacy policy anywhere !
Is a goal of the browser to be telemetry free ? Should I as a person who cares about privacy be showing any interest?
It’s unremarkable and has baggage.
The Servo browser is where it’s at. It’s written entirely in rust so it has a leg up on stability and security over other browsers. The issue is that they’re not really interested in the most important part, which is things like bookmarks and dark mode. They are laser focussed on the engine and anyone who would use Servo would be fine with a few websites looking broken.
If Firefox released a Servo-based spin, I’d use that in a heartbeat.
so it has a leg up on stability and security over other browsers
No, Rust doesn’t make your code more stable. It can help you making it more secure however.
Security and stability are related. They’re both about preventing unexpected behaviour.
are the servo creators as red pilled as ladybird’s creators?
No. It’s developed by the Linux Foundation Europe.
I’m hoping servo can be integrated into qutebrowser soon
I’d be happier if Firefox received more support. A relatively equal duopoly of browsers is preferable IMO to 80% market share for one, and the remaining 20% broken up amongst half a dozen competing alternatives.
Lot of developer power out there that would be better spent improving what’s mostly already there (Firefox) rather than starting multiple different projects from scratch again. People will burn up any energy and spare time they had to help without even seeing a new browser render it’s first HELL WORLD
tbh I’m more excited about Servo.org. They’re also developing a fully independent browser engine and are funded by the Linux Foundation. Ladybird has corporate sponsors, so I’m a bit hesitant. But the more the merrier I guess.
Has something changed recently? Last time I looked at Servo it was just an engine, not a full browser. The servo project wants others to use their rendering engine to create browsers and use it as an alternative to Electron.
That’s true, but they have a prototype “browser” you can download from their website. And I’m hoping for a fleshed out version in the end, either from them or someone else.
It’s just the engine, but it’s supposed to be a much more modern and smaller engine, so writing a new browser on top of it would be much easier than using gecko is. But you’re right, it’s not a browser. There is Verso as a prototype browser, but it’s far from functional.
Considering who is behind it, I have no interest in it.
The founder of Ladybird (Andreas Kling) has the alt-right brain-worm, and let’s be honest: we know what those people are cheering for right now.
Had no idea. Did some research, very unfortunate. Appreciate the heads up.
Who cares lol, as long as it stays FOSS i don’t care
Is it FOSS? If not then I don’t care about the product. If yes then I don’t care who made it.
Depends on where you are on the political spectrum:
https://drewdevault.com/2025/09/24/2025-09-24-Cloudflare-and-fascists.html
Just so you know, Drew DeVault is a pedophile apologist. He cannot even remotely be considered a reliable source of information.
I won’t touch the transphobic browser for the same reasons I don’t use the homophobic browser
