qutebrowser
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 qutebrowser running in the command mode. | |
| Original author(s) | Florian Bruhin ("the Compiler") |
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| Developer(s) | |
| Initial release | December 14, 2014[4] |
| Stable release(s) [±] | |
| 2.3.0 (28 June 2021[5]) [±] | |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Python, JavaScript |
| Engine | WebKit or QtWebEngine |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD[6] |
| Available in | 1[7] languages |
List of languages English[7] | |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
qutebrowser (pronounced "cute browser" /kjuːtˈbraʊzər/ or /kjuːʔbraʊzər/) is a web browser for Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems with Vim-style key bindings and a minimal GUI.[8] It is keyboard-driven and is inspired by similar software such as Vimperator and dwb.[9] It uses DuckDuckGo as the default search engine. qutebrowser is included in the native repositories of Linux distributions such as Fedora and Arch Linux.[10] qutebrowser is developed by Florian Bruhin, for which he received a CH Open Source award in 2016.[1]
Functionality[edit]
As in Vim and vi, the browser has a command mode and an insert mode. In command mode key bindings can be used to perform functions, for example: 'G' to go to the bottom of a page, and 'gg' to the top. Specific commands can also be bound to keys or key-sequences by the user. A cheat sheet of all key bindings can be found here and they can be trained here.
Security[edit]
In July 2018, it was found that all versions of qutebrowser prior to 1.4.1 have a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allowed websites to change qutebrowser settings and, via settings like editor.command, possibly execute arbitrary code.[11] This was fixed in version 1.4.1; backported patches are available for prior versions.[12]
See also[edit]
- QtWebEngine – the layout engine that the application uses by default, based on Chromium[13]
- WebKit – the layout engine that the application can optionally use instead of WebEngine
- List of web browsers
- uzbl – another minimalist web browser with similar concept
- Minimalism (computing)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "»CH Open Source Awards 2016« vergeben". Pro-Linux. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Release qutebrowser v0.1 · qutebrowser/qutebrowser". Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via GitHub.
- ^ "Releases - qutebrowser/qutebrowser - GitHub". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Installing qutebrowser | qutebrowser". qutebrowser.org. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ a b "Internationalization #31". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ "Qutebrowser: браузер для поклонников vim". PCWeek Russia (in Russian). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "FAQ". qutebrowser.org.
- ^ "qutebrowser – ArchWiki". archlinux.org. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "CVE-2018-10895". Mitre Corporation. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ Bruhin, Florian (11 July 2018). "CVE-2018-10895: Remote code execution due to CSRF in qutebrowser". qutebrowser-announce (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Qt WebEngine Overview". Qt Project. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- qutebrowser on GitHub
- qutebrowser on Python Package Index
- qutebrowser on Arch Linux
- qutebrowser on Chocolatey
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