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Ladybird

Ladybird is a truly independent web browser, using a novel engine based on web standards.

 [!IMPORTANT]
 Ladybird is in a pre-alpha state, and only suitable for use by developers


 Features

We aim to build a complete, usable browser for the modern web.

Ladybird uses a multi-process architecture with a main UI process,
WebContent renderer processes, and helper processes for tasks such as networking, image decoding, compositing and media.

Documents from different sites run in separate renderer processes, each sandboxed from the rest of the system.
Image decoding and network connections are done out of process, separately for each site, to be more robust against
malicious content.

At the moment, many core library support components are inherited from SerenityOS:

- LibWeb: Web rendering engine
- LibJS: JavaScript engine
- LibWasm: WebAssembly implementation
- LibCrypto/LibTLS: Cryptography primitives and Transport Layer Security
- LibHTTP: HTTP/1.1 client
- LibGfx: 2D Graphics Library, Image Decoding and Rendering
- LibUnicode: Unicode and locale support
- LibMedia: Audio and video playback
- LibCore: Event loop, OS abstraction layer
- LibIPC: Inter-process communication

 How do I build and run this?

See build instructions for information on how to build Ladybird.

Ladybird runs on Linux, macOS, Windows (with WSL2), and many other \Nixes.

 How do I read the documentation?

Code-related documentation can be found in the documentation folder.

 Get in touch and participate!

Join our Discord server to participate in issue and development discussions.

Please read Getting involved with Ladybird if you're new to Ladybird and want to help.

Before opening an issue, please see the issue policy and the detailed issue-reporting guidelines.

The project participation guidelines can be found in CONTRIBUTING.md.

 License

Ladybird is licensed under a 2-clause BSD license.

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