Falkon

Short description: Free and open-source web browser

Falkon

Falkon 3.1.0

Original author(s)| David Rosca
Developer(s)| KDE
Initial release| December 2010 (2010-12)
Stable release| 3.1.0.75 (March 19, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-03-19)[1]) [±]
Written in| C++
Operating system| Unix-like (Linux, FreeBSD, etc),[2] Haiku,[3] Windows 7 or later
Platform| Qt framework
Included with| KaOS, openMandriva Lx[4]
Available in| Multilingual
Type| Web browser
License| GPL-3.0-or-later
Website| www.falkon.org

Falkon (formerly QupZilla[5]) is a free and open-source web browser developed by KDE. It is built on the QtWebEngine,[6][7] which is a wrapper for the Chromium browser core.[8]

Both KaOS and openMandriva Lx use Falkon as their default browser.[4][9]

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 History
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Features

Falkon provides several icon sets and other elements to match the native look and feel of users' desktop operating systems.[10] Some additional features of the browser include the integration of history, web feeds and bookmarks in a single location, the ability to take a screenshot of the entire page, and an Opera-like "Speed dial" home page.[11] It is reported to consume fewer system resources than the major general purpose browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome.[12]

Falkon uses the Qt cross-platform application framework and offers a built-in AdBlock. By default this adblocker whitelists the web page of Falkon's main search engine, DuckDuckGo. A "portable" (no installation) version for Windows platforms exists. Falkon is also distributed in the PortableApps format.[13]

## History

QupZilla v1.7.0 passed the Acid3 test.

The project was started as a research project in 2010. The first preview release, written in Python (using PyQt library), was ready by December 2010.[14] In 2011 the source code was rewritten in C++ with a goal to create a full-featured general purpose portable web browser based on QtWebKit, with the initial target being visual integration with the look and feel of multiple desktop environments including Microsoft Windows, GNOME, and KDE Plasma.[15] Version 1.6.6 (May 2014) still supported Windows 2000.[16]

On 30 March 2016, QupZilla 2.0 was released. It marked the transition from QtWebKit to Qt WebEngine.[6]

On 10 August 2017, QupZilla's developer David Rosca announced in a blog post that QupZilla had become a KDE project.[17] After the release of Qupzilla 2.2 the project was renamed to Falkon.[18] KDE Falkon 3.0 was released on 27 February 2018.[5]

Falkon 3.0.1 was included in Lubuntu 18.10 beta but replaced with Firefox in the actual Lubuntu 18.10 release.[19]

Falkon 3.2.0 was released on 31 January 2022.[20]

On 14 February 2022, Falkon started transitioning to KDE Gear by adopting the same version number.[21] Starting with version 22.04 on 21 April 2022, the first version of Falkon as part of KDE Gear was released.[22][23] Official releases are thus announced on the KDE news website rather than the official Falkon website.[24]

The most recent version is 23.08.0, released on 24 August 2023.[25]

## See also

* Comparison of lightweight web browsers
* Comparison of web browsers
* List of web browsers
* List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems

## References

1. ↑ "Falkon v3.1.0 is now available for download". Software:Falkon. https://www.falkon.org/2019/03/19/falkon-310-released/.
2. ↑ "Qupzilla at Freshports". Freshports. https://www.freshports.org/www/falkon.
3. ↑ "Haiku Depot Server". https://depot.haiku-os.org/#!/pkg/falkon/haikuports/haikuports_x86_64/3/2/0/-/4/x86_64?bcguid=bc194-TAPS.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 821, 1 July 2019". 1 July 2019. https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20190701.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Falkon 3.0 Released As The Successor To The QupZilla Browser". Phoronix. 27 February 2018. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Falkon-3.0-Released.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 David Rosca (30 March 2016). "QupZilla 2.0.0 released with QtWebEngine!". QupZilla Blog. http://blog.qupzilla.com/2016/03/qupzilla-200-released-with-qtwebengine.html.
7. ↑ Němec, Petr (28 December 2011). "Softwarová sklizeň" (in cs). Root.cz. https://www.root.cz/clanky/softwarova-sklizen-28-12-2011/.
8. ↑ "Qt WebEngine Overview - Qt WebEngine 5.11". https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-overview.html.
9. ↑ Nestor, Marius (6 March 2018). "KaOS Linux Switches to Falkon Browser, March's Release Adds KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS". Softpedia. https://news.softpedia.com/news/kaos-linux-switches-to-falkon-browser-march-s-release-adds-kde-plasma-5-12-lts-520099.shtml.
10. ↑ Голубев, Сергей (10 February 2012). "QupZilla – браузер на основе Qt и WebKit" (in ru). PC Week/RE. https://www.itweek.ru/foss/blog/foss/2406.php.
11. ↑ Richmond, Gary (6 January 2012). "QupZilla Browser: one web browser, three niche features". Free Software Magazine. http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/qupzilla_browser_one_web_browser_three_niche_features.
12. ↑ Sneddon, Joey (22 December 2011). "Qupzilla – the Best Browser You've Never Heard of?". OMG! Ubuntu!. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/qupzilla-might-just-be-the-best-browser-youve-never-heard-of/.
13. ↑ "QupZilla Portable 1.8.8 (web browser) Released". PortableApps. 21 October 2015. http://blog.qupzilla.com/2015/10/qupzilla-188-released.html.
14. ↑ "History". falkon.org. https://www.falkon.org/about/#history.
15. ↑ Chirkov, Maxim, ed (26 December 2011). "Qupzilla – новый многоплатформенный web-браузер на базе Qt и WebKit" (in ru). OpenNet. https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=32663.
16. ↑ David Rosca (10 October 2014). "Cookies issue + Build for Mac OS X available!". Development updates on QtWebKit browser QupZilla. http://blog.qupzilla.com/2014/10/cookies-issue-build-for-mac-os-x.html. "the latest 1.8 version is not working on Windows 2000"
17. ↑ "QupZilla is moving under KDE and looking for new name". http://blog.qupzilla.com/2017/08/qupzilla-is-moving-under-kde-and.html.
18. ↑ "QupZilla Web Browser Becomes KDE Falkon". Phoronix. 25 August 2017. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=QupZilla-Becomes-Falkon.
19. ↑ Simon Quigley We've replaced Falkon with Firefox, retrieved 21 April 2020
20. ↑ "Falkon 3.2.0 released - Falkon". https://www.falkon.org/2022/01/31/320-released//.
21. ↑ "use version number of kde gear (14171e29) · Commits · Network / Falkon · GitLab" (in en). 14 February 2022. https://invent.kde.org/network/falkon/-/commit/14171e2995f310cd85a0b829cec0063e1eea8bee.
22. ↑ "KDE Gear 22.04.0 Full Log Page" (in en). https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/gear/22.04.0/.
23. ↑ Pablinux; Pablinux (2022-04-21). "KDE Gear 22.04 arrives with new features for its suite of apps" (in en). https://ubunlog.com/en/kde-gear-22-04-arrives-with-new-features-for-its-set-of-apps-and-the-inclusion-of-the-new-kalendar/.
24. ↑ "Announcements" (in en). https://kde.org/announcements/.
25. ↑ "Falkon" (in en). https://apps.kde.org/falkon/.

## External links

* (old website, now deprecated)
* Falkon Add-ons
* Falkon's source code repository
* Falkon at Open Hub

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