Timeline of web browsers

This is a timeline of web browsers from 1990 to the present. Prior to browsers, many technologies and systems existed for information viewing and transmission. For an in-depth history of earlier web browsers, see the web browser article.

## Graphical timeline

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## Timeline

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### 1990s

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The following table chronicles the major release dates during the 1990s for the more popular web browsers.

1990  | WorldWideWeb (Nexus) |  |  |  |  |

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1993  | Lynx |
Jan  |  |
Feb
Mar  | 2.0*
Apr  |
May  |
Jun  |
Jul  | 2.0.10
Aug  | 2.0.11
Sep  |
Oct  |
Nov  | 2.0.12
Dec  | 2.1
1994  | Lynx | Mosaic Netscape | Opera |
Jan  |  |  |  |
Feb  | 2.2
Mar  |
Apr  |
May  | 2.3
Jun  |
Jul  |
Aug  |
Sep  |
Oct  |  | 0.9*
Nov  |  |  | 1.0β*
Dec  |  | 1.0  |
1995  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE |
Jan  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 1.1  |
Apr  |  |  | 1.0
May  |  |  |
Jun  | 2.4  |  |
Jul  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 1.22  |  | 1.0*
Sep  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  | 2.0
Dec  |  |  |  |
1996  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Mac IE |
Jan  |  |  |  |  | 2.0B*  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 2.0  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  | 2.0  |  | 2.0
May  | 2.5  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 3.0  |  | 3.0 | 2.1
Sep  | 2.6  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  | 2.10  |  |
1997  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Mac IE |
Jan  |  |  |  |  | 3.0  |
Feb  | 2.7  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  | 4.0  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  |  |  | 4.0 |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  | 3.0  |  |
1998  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Mac IE |
Jan  |  |  |  |  | 4.0  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  | 2.8  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  | 2.8.1  | 4.5  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  | 3.5  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |
1999  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Mac IE | Mozilla
Jan  |  |  |  |  | 4.5  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  | 5.0 |  | M3*
Apr  |  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  | 2.8.2  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |

### 2000s

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The following table chronicles the major release dates during the 2000s for the more popular web browsers.

2000  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Mac IE | Mozilla |

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Jan  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  | 5.0†[1] |
Apr  | 2.8.3  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 4.0  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  | 5.5  |
Aug  |  |  |  | 5.6  |
Sep  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 6.0  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  | 5.0  |  | 0.6
2001  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE |  | Mozilla |
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.7  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  | 0.8
Mar  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  | 0.9
Jun  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  | 2.8.4  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 6.1  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 6.2  |  | 6.0 |
Nov  |  |  | 6.0  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |
2002  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Chimera | Mozilla | Phoenix |
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  | 0.1*  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  | 0.2  |
May  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.0
Jul  |  |  |  |  | 0.4  |
Aug  |  | 4.8, 7.0  |  |  |  | 1.1
Sep  |  |  |  | 6.0 SP1  | 0.5  |  | 0.1*
Oct  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.4
Nov  |  |  |  |  | 0.6  | 1.2  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5
2003  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Camino | Mozilla | Firebird | Safari | Maxthon |
Jan  |  |  | 7.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  | 0.7  | 1.3  |
Apr  |  |  | 7.1  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.6
Jun  |  | 7.1  |  |  |  | 1.4  |  | 1.0
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  | 7.2  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.5  | 0.7  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9*
2004  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Camino | Mozilla | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.6  |  |  |
Feb  | 2.8.5  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.8  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  | 7.5  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  |  |  | 0.8  | 1.7  | 0.9  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 7.2  |  | 6.0 SP2  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.10 (PR)  |  | 1.0*
Oct  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.0  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2005  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Camino | Mozilla
SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape |
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  | 8.0  |  |  |  |  | 2.0  |
May  |  | 8.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  | 8.5  |  |  | SM 1.0α*  |  |  | 1.5  | 3.0*
Oct  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.5  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2006  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Camino | Mozilla
SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape
Jan  |  | 8.1  |  |  |  | SM 1.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  | 1.0  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |  | M. 1.7.13†[2] |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 9.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  | 2.8.6  |  |  | 7.0 |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.0
Dec  |  |  | 9.1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2007  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Camino | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.1  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  | 9.2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.6  |  | 1.0*[3]
Jun  |  |  |  |  | 1.5  |  |  | 3.0  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.0  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.1[3]
Sep  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 9.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2008  | Lynx | Netscape | Opera | IE | Camino | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  | 9.0.0.6†[4] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.1  |  |  | 1.2[3]
Apr  |  |  |  | 1.6  |  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  | 9.5  |  |  |  | 3.0 |  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 0.2.149.27*  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  |  | 9.6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 1.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.5  |  |
2009  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Camino | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  | 8.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.0[3]
May  |  | 2.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.1[3]
Jun  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.5 | 4.0  |  |  |
Jul  | 2.8.7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 3.0  | 10.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.1  |
Oct  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.0  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  | 10.10  |  | 2.0  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.0  |

### 2010s

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The following table chronicles the major release dates during the 2010s for the more popular web browsers.

2010  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Camino | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf

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Jan  |  | 4.0  |  |  |  |  | 3.6  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  | 10.50  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.1  | 2.5[3]
May  |  | 5.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.1, 5.0  |  |  |
Jul  |  |  | 10.60  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.2  |
Aug  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.3  |
Sep  |  | 6.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.0[5] |  | 2.6[3]
Oct  |  | 7.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 8.0  | 11.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2011  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Camino | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.4  |
Feb  |  | 9.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 10.0  |  | 9.0 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 11.0  | 11.10  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.7[3]
May  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.5  |
Jun  |  | 12.0  | 11.50  |  |  | 2.1  | 5.0 |  | 3.1[6] |  |
Jul  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.2  |  | 5.1  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 13.0  |  |  |  |  | 6.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 14.0  |  |  |  | 2.4  | 7.0  |  |  |  | 2.8[3]
Oct  |  | 15.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.2[6] |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  | 2.1  | 2.5  | 8.0  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 16.0  | 11.60  |  |  | 2.6  | 9.0  |  | 3.3[6] |  |
2012  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Camino | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.7  | 10.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  | 17.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 18.0  |  |  | 2.1.2†[7][8] | 2.8  | 11.0  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.9  | 12.0  |  |  | 6.7  | 2.9[3]
May  |  | 19.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 12.00  |  | 2.10  | 13.0  |  | 3.4[6] |  |
Jul  |  | 20.0  |  |  | 2.11  | 14.0  | 6.0  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 21.0  |  |  | 2.12  | 15.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 22.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.8  |
Oct  |  |  |  | 10.0 | 2.13  | 16.0  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 23.0  | 12.10  |  | 2.14  | 17.0  |  | 3.5[6] |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.0[9] |  |
2013  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE |  | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 24.0  |  |  | 2.15  | 18.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  | 25.0  |  |  | 2.16  | 19.0  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 26.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  |  | 12.15  |  | 2.17  | 20.0  |  |  |  | 3.0[3]
May  |  | 27.0  |  |  |  | 21.0  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  |  |  |  | 22.0  |  | 4.1[9] |  |
Jul  |  | 28.0  | 15.0  |  | 2.19  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 29.0  |  |  | 2.20  | 23.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  | 16.0  |  | 2.21  | 24.0  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 30.0  | 17.0  | 11.0 | 2.22  | 25.0  | 7.0  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 31.0  | 18.0  |  |  |  |  | 4.2[9] |  |
Dec  |  |  |  |  | 2.23  | 26.0  |  |  |  |
2014  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 32.0  | 19.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Feb  | 2.8.8  | 33.0  |  |  | 2.24  | 27.0  |  | 4.3[9] |  |
Mar  |  |  | 20.0  |  | 2.25  | 28.0  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 34.0  |  |  |  | 29.0  |  | 4.4[9] |  | 3.1[3]
May  |  | 35.0  | 21.0  |  | 2.26  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 22.0  |  |  | 30.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 36.0  | 23.0  |  |  | 31.0  |  |  | 6.9  |
Aug  |  | 37.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.2[3]
Sep  |  |  | 24.0  |  |  | 32.0  | 7.1  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 38.0  | 25.0  |  | 2.30  | 33.0  | 8.0  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 39.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  | 26.0  |  |  | 34.0  |  |  |  |
2015  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 40.0  |  |  |  | 2.32  | 35.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  | 27.0  |  |  | 36.0  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 41.0  | 28.0  |  |  | 2.33[10] | 37.0  |  |  |  | 3.3[3]
Apr  |  | 42.0  | 29.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  | 43.0  |  |  |  |  | 38.0  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 30.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 44.0  |  |  | 20.10240[11] |  | 39.0  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  | 31.0  |  |  |  | 40.0  |  |  | 6.10  |
Sep  |  | 45.0  | 32.0  |  |  | 2.38[12] | 41.0  | 9.0[13] |  | 6.11  |
Oct  |  | 46.0[14] | 33.0[15] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  | 25.10586[16] | 2.39[17] | 42.0  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 47.0 [18] | 34.0[19] |  |  |  | 43.0[20] |  |  |  |
2016  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 48.0  | 35.0  |  |  |  | 44.0  | 9.0.3  |  | 6.12  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.9[9] |  | 3.4[3]
Mar  |  | 49.0  | 36.0  |  |  | 2.40[21] | 45.0  | 9.1  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 50.0  |  |  |  |  | 46.0  |  |  | 6.13  | 3.5[3]
May  |  | 51.0  | 37.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.14  |
Jun  |  |  | 38.0  |  |  |  | 47.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 52.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 53.0  | 39.0  |  | 38.14393  |  | 48.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  | 40.0[22] |  |  |  | 49.0[23] | 10.0[24] |  |  |
Oct  |  | 54.0[25] | 41.0[26] | 11.0.36[27] |  |  |  |  | 5.0[28] |  |
Nov  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.0  |  |  | 6.15.0[29] | 3.6[3]
Dec  |  | 55.0  | 42.0  |  |  | 2.46  |  |  |  |  |
2017  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 56.0  |  |  |  |  | 51.0  | 10.1  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  | 43.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 57.0  | 44.0  | 11.0.40  |  |  | 52.0  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 58.0  |  |  | 40.15063  |  | 53.0  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  | 45.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  | 59.0  | 46.0  | 11.0.43  |  |  | 54.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 60.0  |  |  |  | 2.48  |  |  | 5.1[30] |  |
Aug  |  |  | 47.0  |  |  |  | 55.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 61.0  | 48.0  | 11.0.46  | 41.16299  |  | 56.0  | 11.0  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 62.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.7[3]
Nov  |  |  | 49.0  |  |  | 2.49  | 57.0  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 63.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 64.0  | 50.0  |  |  |  | 58.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  | 51.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.15.2[31] |
Mar  |  | 65.0  | 52.0  | 11.0.56  |  |  | 59.0  |  | 5.2[30] |  |
Apr  |  | 66.0  |  |  | 42.17134  |  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  | 67.0  | 53.0  |  |  | 2.49.3  | 60.0  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 54.0  |  |  |  | 61.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  | 2.8.9[32] | 68.0  |  |  |  | 2.49.4  |  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  |  | 55.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.8[3]
Sep  |  | 69.0  | 56.0  |  |  |  | 62.0  | 12.0[33] |  |  |
Oct  |  | 70.0  |  |  | 44.17763  |  | 63.0  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  |  | 57.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 71.0  |  |  |  |  | 64.0  | 12.0.2[34] |  |  |
2019  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 72.0  | 58.0  | 11.0.105[35] |  |  | 65.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 73.0  |  |  |  |  | 66.0  |  | 5.2.7[30] |  |
Apr  |  | 74.0  | 60.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
May  |  |  |  |  | 44.18362  |  | 67.0  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  | 75.0  | 62.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 76.0  |  |  |  |  | 68.0  |  |  |  | 3.9[3]
Aug  |  |  | 63.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 77.0  |  |  |  | 2.49.5  | 69.0  | 13.0  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 78.0  | 64.0  | 11.0.155[36] |  |  | 70.0  |  | 5.3.8[30] |  |
Nov  |  |  | 65.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 79.0  |  |  |  |  | 71.0  |  |  |  |

### 2020s

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The following table chronicles the major release dates during the 2020s for the more popular web browsers.

2020  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | IE | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf

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Jan  |  |  | 66.0  | 11.0.170  | 79.0  |  | 72.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  | 80.0  | 67.0  |  | 80.0  | 2.53.1  | 73.0  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 74.0  | 13.1  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 81.0  | 68.0  |  | 81.0  |  | 75.0  |  |  |  |
May  |  | 83.0  |  |  | 83.0  | 2.53.2  | 76.0  |  |  |  | 3.10[3]
Jun  |  |  | 69.0  |  |  |  | 77.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 84.0  | 70.0  |  | 84.0  | 2.53.3  | 79.0  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 85.0  |  |  | 85.0  |  | 80.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  |  | 71.0  | 11.0.210†  |  | 2.53.4  | 81.0  | 14.0  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 86.0  | 72.0  |  | 86.0  |  | 82.0  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 87.0  |  | 87.0  | 2.53.5  | 83.0  |  | 6.1.0[37] |  |
Dec  |  |  | 73.0  |  |  | 84.0  | 14.0.2[38] |  |  |
2021  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 88.0  |  | 88.0  | 2.53.6  | 85.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  |  | 74.0  |  |  | 86.0  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 89.0  | 75.0  | 89.0  | 2.53.7  | 87.0  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 90.0  | 76.0  | 90.0  |  | 88.0  |  |  |  |
May  |  | 91.0  |  | 91.0  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 77.0  |  | 2.53.8  | 89.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 92.0  |  | 92.0  |  | 90.0  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 93.0  | 78.0  | 93.0  | 2.53.9  | 91.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 94.0  | 79.0  | 94.0  |  | 92.0  | 15.0  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 95.0  | 80.0  | 95.0  |  | 93.0  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 96.0  | 81.0  | 96.0  | 2.53.10  | 94.0  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  | 82.0  |  |  | 95.0  |  |  |  |
2022  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 97.0  | 83.0  | 97.0  |  | 96.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  | 98.0  | 84.0  | 98.0  |  | 97.0  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 99.0  | 85.0  | 99.0  | 2.53.11  | 98.0  | 15.4  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 101.0  | 86.0  | 101.0  |  | 99.0  |  |  |  |
May  |  | 102.0  | 87.0  | 102.0  | 2.53.12  | 101.0  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  | 103.0  | 88.0  | 103.0  |  | 102.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 104.0  | 89.0  |  | 2.53.13  | 103.0  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 105.0  | 90.0  | 104.0  |  | 104.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 106.0  | 91.0  | 105.0  | 2.53.14  | 105.0  | 16.0  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 107.0  | 92.0  | 107.0  |  | 106.0  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 108.0  | 93.0  |  |  | 107.0  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  |  | 94.0  | 108.0  |  | 108.0  |  |  |  |
2023  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  |  | 109.0  |  | 109.0  | 2.53.15  | 109.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  | 110.0  | 95.0  | 110.0  |  | 110.0  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 111.0  | 97.0  | 111.0  | 2.53.16  | 111.0  |  |  |  |
Apr  |  | 112.0  | 98.0  | 112.0  |  | 112.0  |  |  |  |
May  |  | 114.0  | 99.0  | 113.0  |  | 113.0  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  |  | 100.0  | 114.0  |  | 114.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 115.0  | 101.0  | 115.0  |  | 115.0  | 16.6  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 116.0  | 102.0  | 116.0  | 2.53.17  | 117.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 117.0  |  | 117.0  |  | 118.0  | 17.0  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 118.0  | 104.0  | 118.0  |  | 119.0  | 17.1  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 119.0  | 105.0  | 119.0  |  | 120.0  |  |  |  |
Dec  |  | 120.0  | 106.0  | 120.0  | 2.53.18  | 121.0  |  |  |  |
2024  | Lynx | Chrome | Opera | Edge | SeaMonkey | Firefox | Safari | Maxthon | Lunascape | NetSurf
Jan  | 2.9.0  | 121.0  |  | 121.0  |  | 122.0  |  |  |  |
Feb  |  | 122.0  | 107.0  | 122.0  |  | 123.0  |  |  |  |
Mar  |  | 123.0  | 109.0  | 123.0  |  | 124.0  |  |  |  |
Apr  | 2.9.1  | 124.0  |  | 124.0  |  | 125.0  |  |  |  |
May  | 2.9.2  | 125.0  | 110.0  | 125.0  |  | 126.0  |  |  |  |
Jun  |  | 126.0  | 111.0  | 126.0  |  | 127.0  |  |  |  |
Jul  |  | 127.0  | 112.0  | 127.0  |  | 128.0  |  |  |  |
Aug  |  | 128.0  | 113.0  | 128.0  |  | 129.0  |  |  |  |
Sep  |  | 129.0  | 114.0  | 129.0  | 2.53.19  | 130.0  |  |  |  |
Oct  |  | 130.0  |  | 130.0  |  | 132.0  |  |  |  |
Nov  |  | 131.0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

* * Initial release
* † No subsequent releases are planned

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## External links

[edit]

* Eric A. Meyer's take on a timeline structure for historical browsers
* Fresh-browsers.com displays the history of major web browsers
* Google Chrome team's The Evolution of the Web Archived 2021-03-05 at the Wayback Machine

* v
* t
* e

Timeline of web browsers

General

* Comparison
* lightweight
* History
* List
* for Unix
* Usage share

1990s

| 1990|

* WorldWideWeb (Nexus)

|

1991|

* Line Mode Browser
* libwww

1992|

* Erwise
* MacWWW (Samba)
* MidasWWW
* tkWWW
* ViolaWWW

1993|

* AMosaic
* Arena
* Cello
* Emacs/W3
* Lynx 2
* NCSA Mosaic
* VMS Mosaic

1994|

* AirMosaic
* Internet in a Box
* ANT Fresco
* Argo
* IBM WebExplorer
* SlipKnot
* Minuet
* Navipress
* Mosaic/Mosaic Netscape/Netscape Navigator
* Spyglass Mosaic
* TCP/Connect II

1995|

* Agora
* ALynx
* AMSD Ariadna
* Cyberjack
* eWorld Web Browser
* Grail
* Internet Explorer 1
* Internet Explorer 2
* Netscape Navigator 2
* NetShark
* OmniWeb
* HotJava
* UdiWWW
* WebShark
* w3m

1996|

* Cyberdog
* Arachne
* AWeb
* IBrowse
* Amaya
* Internet Explorer 3
* Netscape Navigator 3
* Opera 2
* Oracle PowerBrowser
* tcpCONNECT4
* Voyager

1997|

* Netscape Communicator
* Internet Explorer 4
* Opera 2.1

1998|

* NeoPlanet
* Mozilla Application Suite
* Opera 3–3.21

1999|

* iCab
* Internet Explorer 5
* OmniWeb 3
* Opera 3.5–3.62

2000s

| 2000|

* Beonex Communicator
* Galeon
* K-Meleon
* MediaBrowser
* Netscape 6
* Opera 4–4.02

|

2001|

* iCab 2.5
* Internet Explorer 6
* OmniWeb 4
* Opera 5–5.12

2002|

* Camino
* Epiphany
* Netscape 7
* Opera 6–6.1

2003|

* GreenBrowser
* Maxthon
* Opera 7–7.3
* Safari
* SlimBrowser

2004|

* Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox
* Opera 7.5–7.55

2005|

* AOL Explorer
* Deepnet Explorer
* Firefox 1.5
* Netscape Browser
* Opera 8–8.54
* Safari 2

2006|

* Firefox 2
* Internet Explorer 7
* Opera 9–9.27

2007|

* Maxthon 2
* Opera 9.5–9.64
* Safari 3
* SeaMonkey 1.1

2008|

* Chrome
* Firefox 3
* Netscape Navigator 9
* NetSurf 1.2

2009|

* Chrome 2–3
* Firefox 3.5
* Internet Explorer 8
* Opera 10–10.63
* Pale Moon
* Safari 4
* SeaMonkey 2.0

2010s

| 2010|

* Chrome 4–8
* Firefox 3.6
* Lunascape 6.0.1
* Maxthon 3
* NetSurf 2.5
* Opera 11–11.64
* Safari 5

|

2011|

* Chrome 9–16
* Firefox 4–9
* Internet Explorer 9
* Lunascape 6.5
* Opera 12–12.17
* SeaMonkey 2.1–2.4
* Waterfox

2012|

* Chrome 17–23
* Firefox 10–17
* Internet Explorer 10
* Lunascape 6.7
* Maxthon 3.4
* NetSurf 2.9
* Safari 6
* Yandex Browser

2013|

* Chrome 24–31
* Firefox 18–26
* Internet Explorer 11
* Opera 15–18
* Safari 7
* SeaMonkey 2.15–2.22

2014|

* Chrome 32–39
* Firefox 27–34
* Lunascape 6.9
* NetSurf 3.1
* Opera 19–26
* Safari 8
* SeaMonkey 2.23–2.31

2015|

* Chrome 40–47
* Firefox 35–43
* Lunascape 6.10–6.12
* Microsoft Edge 20, 25
* Opera 27–34
* Safari 9
* SeaMonkey 2.32–2.39
* Vivaldi Technical Preview 1–Beta 2

2016|

* Brave 0.7–0.12
* Chrome 48–55
* Firefox 44–50
* Lunascape 6.13–6.15
* Microsoft Edge 38
* Opera 35–42
* Safari 10
* Vivaldi Beta 3–1.6
* Yandex 15.12–16.9

2017|

* Brave 0.13–0.19
* Chrome 56–63
* Firefox 51–57
* Microsoft Edge 40, 41
* Opera 43–49
* Safari 11
* SeaMonkey 2.46–2.49
* Vivaldi 1.7–1.13

2018|

* Basilisk
* Brave 0.20–0.60
* Chrome 64–71
* Firefox 58–64
* Microsoft Edge 42–44
* Opera 50–57
* Safari 12
* Vivaldi 1.14–2.2
* Waterfox 56.0–56.2
* Yandex 17.9–18.10

2019|

* Brave 0.61–1.1
* Chrome 72–79
* Firefox 65–71
* Microsoft Edge 44
* Opera 58–65
* Safari 13
* Vivaldi 2.3–2.10
* Waterfox 60.1–68.0a2
* Whale 1.4–1.5
* Yandex 18.11–19.12

2020s

| 2020|

* Brave 1.2–1.18
* Chrome 80–87
* Firefox 72–84
* Microsoft Edge 79–87
* Opera 66–73
* SeaMonkey 2.53
* Vivaldi 2.11–3.5
* Safari 14

|

2021|

* Brave 1.19–1.33
* Chrome 88–96
* Firefox 85–95
* Microsoft Edge 88–96
* Opera 74–82
* SeaMonkey 2.53.10.2
* Vivaldi 3.6–5.0
* Yandex 20.11.5–21.3
* Safari 15

2022|

* Arc 0.46–0.81
* Brave 1.34–1.46
* Chrome 97–108
* Firefox 96–108
* Microsoft Edge 97–108
* Opera 83–94
* Vivaldi 5.1–5.6
* Yandex 22.1–22.11
* Safari 16

2023|

* Arc 0.85–1.21
* Brave 1.47–1.61
* Chrome 109–120
* Firefox 109–121
* Microsoft Edge 109–120
* Opera 95–106
* Vivaldi 5.7–6.5
* Yandex 23.1–23.11
* Safari 17

2024|

* Arc 1.25–
* Brave 1.62–
* Chrome 121–
* Firefox 122–
* Microsoft Edge 121–
* Opera 107–
* Vivaldi 6.6–
* Yandex 24.1–
* Safari 18

Related topics

* 3D Markup Language for Web
* ALIWEB
* ARPANET
* ASCII
* BITNET
* Browser wars
* CompuServe
* Elm
* Email
* File Transfer Protocol
* Gopher
* HTML
* HyperCard
* HyTelnet
* NCSA Telnet
* NLS
* Prodigy
* Teletext
* Telnet
* Usenet
* UUCP
* Videotex
* Viewdata
* Virtual Reality Markup Language
* Web page
* Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog
* World Wide Web
* X.25

* v
* t
* e

Web browsers

* Features
* standards
* protocols

| Features|

* Bookmarks
* Extensions
* Privacy mode

|

Web standards|

* HTML
* v5
* CSS
* DOM
* JavaScript
* WebAssembly
* Web storage
* IndexedDB
* WebGL
* WebGPU

Protocols|

* HTTP
* Encryption
* Cookies
* third-party
* OCSP
* WebRTC
* WebSocket

Active

| Blink-based|

| Proprietary|

* Google Chrome
* Arc
* Avast
* Coc Coc
* Comodo
* Epic
* Maxthon
* Microsoft Edge
* Opera (Mobile)
* Puffin
* QQ
* Samsung
* Silk
* Sleipnir
* SRWare
* UC
* Vivaldi
* Whale
* Yandex

|

FOSS|

* Chromium
* Brave
* Dooble
* Falkon
* Otter
* Supermium
* ungoogled

Gecko-based|

* Firefox
* Floorp
* GNU IceCat
* LibreWolf
* Midori
* SlimBrowser
* Tor Browser
* Gecko forks
* Basilisk
* K-Meleon
* Pale Moon
* SeaMonkey
* Waterfox

WebKit-based|

* Safari
* GNOME Web
* iCab
* Orion

Multi-engine|

* 360
* DuckDuckGo
* Konqueror
* Lunascape
* NetFront
* qutebrowser

Other|

* eww
* Flow
* Ladybird
* Links
* Lynx
* NetSurf
* Opera Mini
* w3m

Discontinued

| Blink-based|

* Beaker
* Citrio
* Flock
* Redcore
* Rockmelt
* SalamWeb
* Sputnik
* Torch

|

Gecko-based|

* Beonex
* Camino
* Classilla
* Conkeror
* Firefox Lite
* Galeon
* Ghostzilla
* IceDragon
* Kazehakase
* Kylo
* Lotus
* MicroB
* Minimo
* Mozilla suite
* PirateBrowser
* Pogo
* Strata
* Swiftfox
* Swiftweasel
* TenFourFox
* Timberwolf
* xB

MSHTML-based|

* Internet Explorer
* AOL
* Deepnet
* GreenBrowser
* MediaBrowser
* NeoPlanet
* NetCaptor
* SpaceTime
* ZAC

WebKit-based|

* Arora
* BOLT
* Dolphin
* Fluid
* Google TV
* Iris
* Mercury
* Nokia Symbian
* OmniWeb
* Opera Coast
* Origyn
* QtWeb
* Shiira
* Steel
* surf
* Uzbl
* WebPositive
* xombrero

Other|

* abaco
* Amaya
* Arachne
* Arena
* Blazer
* Cake
* Charon
* CM
* Deepfish
* Dillo
* Edge Legacy
* ELinks
* Gazelle
* HotJava
* IBM Home Page Reader
* IBM WebExplorer
* IBrowse
* Internet Explorer for Mac
* KidZui
* Line Mode
* Mosaic
* MSN TV
* NetPositive
* Netscape
* Skweezer
* Skyfire
* ThunderHawk
* Vision
* WinWAP
* WorldWideWeb

* Category
* Comparisons
* List

* v
* t
* e

Timelines of computing

Computing|

* Before 1950
* 1950–1979
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s
* Scientific
* Women in computing

Computer science|

* Algorithms
* Artificial intelligence
* Binary prefixes
* Cryptography
* Machine learning
* Quantum computing and communication

Software|

* Free and open-source software
* Hypertext technology
* Operating systems
* DOS family
* Windows
* Linux
* Programming languages
* Virtualization development
* Malware

Internet|

* Internet conflicts
* Web browsers
* Web search engines

Notable people|

* Kathleen Antonelli
* John Vincent Atanasoff
* Charles Babbage
* John Backus
* Jean Bartik
* George Boole
* Vint Cerf
* John Cocke
* Stephen Cook
* Edsger W. Dijkstra
* J. Presper Eckert
* Adele Goldstine
* Lois Haibt
* Betty Holberton
* Margaret Hamilton
* Grace Hopper
* David A. Huffman
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