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@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Getting help
You can get help in the IRC channel
irc://irc.freenode.org/#qutebrowser[`#qutebrowser`] on
http://freenode.net/[Freenode]
https://freenode.net/[Freenode]
(https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#qutebrowser[webchat]), or by writing a
message to the
https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser[mailinglist] at
@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ Requirements
The following software and libraries are required to run qutebrowser:
* http://www.python.org/[Python] 3.5 or newer (3.6 recommended)
* http://qt.io/[Qt] 5.7.1 or newer (5.11.1 recommended) with the following modules:
* https://www.python.org/[Python] 3.5 or newer (3.6 recommended)
* https://www.qt.io/[Qt] 5.7.1 or newer (5.11.1 recommended) with the following modules:
- QtCore / qtbase
- QtQuick (part of qtbase in some distributions)
- QtSQL (part of qtbase in some distributions)
@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ The following software and libraries are required to run qutebrowser:
- QtWebKit - only the
link:https://github.com/annulen/webkit/wiki[updated fork] (5.212) is
supported
* http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt] 5.7.0 or newer
* https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt] 5.7.0 or newer
(5.11.2 recommended) for Python 3
* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/[pkg_resources/setuptools]
* http://fdik.org/pyPEG/[pyPEG2]
* https://fdik.org/pyPEG/[pyPEG2]
* http://jinja.pocoo.org/[jinja2]
* http://pygments.org/[pygments]
* https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml[PyYAML]
* http://www.attrs.org/[attrs]
* https://www.attrs.org/[attrs]
The following libraries are optional:
@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/graphs/contributors[hundreds of contr
Additionally, the following people have contributed graphics:
* Jad/link:http://yelostudio.com[yelo] (new icon)
* Jad/link:https://yelostudio.com[yelo] (new icon)
* WOFall (original icon)
* regines (key binding cheatsheet)
@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ Active
* https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/[vimb] (C, GTK+ with WebKit2)
* https://luakit.github.io/luakit/[luakit] (C/Lua, GTK+ with WebKit2)
* http://surf.suckless.org/[surf] (C, GTK+ with WebKit1/WebKit2)
* https://surf.suckless.org/[surf] (C, GTK+ with WebKit1/WebKit2)
* https://github.com/next-browser/next/[next] (Lisp, Emacs-like, GTK+ with WebKit)
* https://github.com/parkouss/webmacs/[webmacs] (Python, Emacs-like with QtWebEngine)
* Chrome/Chromium addons:
http://vimium.github.io/[Vimium],
https://vimium.github.io/[Vimium],
https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys[Surfingkeys],
* Firefox addons (based on WebExtensions):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/[Vimium-FF] (experimental),
@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ Inactive
* https://bitbucket.org/portix/dwb[dwb] (C, GTK+ with WebKit1,
https://bitbucket.org/portix/dwb/pull-requests/22/several-cleanups-to-increase-portability/diff[unmaintained] -
main inspiration for qutebrowser)
* http://sourceforge.net/p/vimprobable/wiki/Home/[vimprobable] (C, GTK+ with
* https://sourceforge.net/p/vimprobable/wiki/Home/[vimprobable] (C, GTK+ with
WebKit1)
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Jumanji[jumanji] (C, GTK+ with WebKit1,
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Jumanji[jumanji] (C, GTK+ with WebKit1,
original site is gone but Arch Linux has some data)
* http://conkeror.org/[conkeror] (Javascript, Emacs-like, XULRunner/Gecko)
* http://www.uzbl.org/[uzbl] (C, GTK+ with WebKit1/WebKit2)
* https://www.uzbl.org/[uzbl] (C, GTK+ with WebKit1/WebKit2)
* Firefox addons (not based on WebExtensions or no recent activity):
http://www.vimperator.org/[Vimperator],
http://bug.5digits.org/pentadactyl/index[Pentadactyl],
@ -232,4 +232,4 @@ display PDF files in the browser. Windows releases come with a bundled pdf.js.
pdf.js is distributed under the terms of the Apache License. You can
find a copy of the license in `qutebrowser/3rdparty/pdfjs/LICENSE` (in the
Windows release or after running `scripts/dev/update_3rdparty.py`), or online
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html[here].
https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html[here].

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@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ The Compiler <mail@qutebrowser.org>
[qanda]
What is qutebrowser based on?::
qutebrowser uses http://www.python.org/[Python], http://qt.io/[Qt] and
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt].
qutebrowser uses https://www.python.org/[Python], https://www.qt.io/[Qt] and
https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt].
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The concept of it is largely inspired by https://bitbucket.org/portix/dwb/[dwb]
and http://www.vimperator.org/vimperator[Vimperator]. Many actions and
@ -16,34 +16,34 @@ Why another browser?::
It might be hard to believe, but I didn't find any browser which I was
happy with, so I started to write my own. Also, I needed a project to get
into writing GUI applications with Python and
link:http://qt.io/[Qt]/link:http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt].
link:https://www.qt.io/[Qt]/link:https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt].
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Read the next few questions to find out why I was unhappy with existing
software.
What's wrong with link:https://bitbucket.org/portix/dwb/[dwb]/link:http://sourceforge.net/projects/vimprobable/[vimprobable]/link:https://mason-larobina.github.io/luakit/[luakit]/link:http://pwmt.org/projects/jumanji/[jumanji]/... (projects based on WebKitGTK)?::
Most of them are based on the http://webkitgtk.org/[WebKitGTK+]
http://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkitgtk/stable/index.html[WebKit1] API,
What's wrong with link:https://bitbucket.org/portix/dwb/[dwb]/link:https://sourceforge.net/projects/vimprobable/[vimprobable]/link:https://mason-larobina.github.io/luakit/[luakit]/jumanji/... (projects based on WebKitGTK)?::
Most of them are based on the https://webkitgtk.org/[WebKitGTK+]
https://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkitgtk/stable/index.html[WebKit1] API,
which causes a lot of crashes. As the GTK API using WebKit1 is
https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-gtk/2014-March/001821.html[deprecated],
these bugs are never going to be fixed.
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When qutebrowser was created, the newer
http://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkit2gtk/stable/index.html[WebKit2 API] lacked
https://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkit2gtk/stable/index.html[WebKit2 API] lacked
basic features like proxy support, and almost no projects have started porting
to WebKit2. In the meantime, this situation has improved a bit, but there are
still only a few projects which have some kind of WebKit2 support (see the
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser#similar-projects[list of
alternatives]).
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qutebrowser uses http://qt.io/[Qt] and
http://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine[QtWebEngine] by default (and supports
http://wiki.qt.io/QtWebKit[QtWebKit] optionally). QtWebEngine is based on
qutebrowser uses https://www.qt.io/[Qt] and
https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine[QtWebEngine] by default (and supports
https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebKit[QtWebKit] optionally). QtWebEngine is based on
Google's https://www.chromium.org/Home[Chromium]. With an up-to-date Qt, it has
much more man-power behind it than WebKitGTK+ has, and thus supports more modern
web features - it's also arguably more secure.
What's wrong with https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/[Firefox] and link:http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/[Pentadactyl]/link:http://www.vimperator.org/vimperator[Vimperator]?::
What's wrong with https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/[Firefox] and link:http://bug.5digits.org/pentadactyl/[Pentadactyl]/link:http://www.vimperator.org/vimperator[Vimperator]?::
Firefox likes to break compatibility with addons on each upgrade, gets
slower and more bloated with every upgrade, and has some
https://blog.mozilla.org/advancingcontent/2014/02/11/publisher-transformation-with-users-at-the-center/[horrible
@ -51,20 +51,20 @@ What's wrong with https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/[Firefox] and link:h
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Also, developing addons for it is a nightmare.
What's wrong with http://www.chromium.org/Home[Chromium] and https://vimium.github.io/[Vimium]?::
What's wrong with https://www.chromium.org/Home[Chromium] and https://vimium.github.io/[Vimium]?::
The Chrome plugin API doesn't seem to allow much freedom for plugin
writers, which results in Vimium not really having all the features you'd
expect from a proper minimal, vim-like browser.
Why Python?::
I enjoy writing Python since 2011, which made it one of the possible
choices. I wanted to use http://qt.io/[Qt] because of
http://wiki.qt.io/QtWebKit[QtWebKit] so I didn't have
http://wiki.qt.io/Category:LanguageBindings[many other choices]. I don't
choices. I wanted to use https://www.qt.io/[Qt] because of
https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebKit[QtWebKit] so I didn't have
https://wiki.qt.io/Category:LanguageBindings[many other choices]. I don't
like C++ and can't write it very well, so that wasn't an alternative.
But isn't Python too slow for a browser?::
http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/van-rossum-python-not-too-slow-188715[No.]
https://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/van-rossum-python-not-too-slow-188715[No.]
I believe efficiency while coding is a lot more important than efficiency
while running. Also, most of the heavy lifting of qutebrowser is done by Qt
and WebKit in C++, with the
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Is qutebrowser secure?::
Most security issues are in the backend (which handles networking,
rendering, JavaScript, etc.) and not qutebrowser itself.
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qutebrowser uses http://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine[QtWebEngine] by default.
qutebrowser uses https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine[QtWebEngine] by default.
QtWebEngine is based on Google's https://www.chromium.org/Home[Chromium]. While
Qt only updates to a new Chromium release on every minor Qt release (all ~6
months), every patch release backports security fixes from newer Chromium
@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ do anything. Chromium's process isolation and
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/design/sandbox.md[sandboxing]
features are also enabled as a second line of defense.
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http://wiki.qt.io/QtWebKit[QtWebKit] is also supported as an alternative
https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebKit[QtWebKit] is also supported as an alternative
backend, but hasn't seen new releases
https://github.com/annulen/webkit/releases[in a while]. It also doesn't have any
process isolation or sandboxing. See
@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ https://www.the-compiler.org/pubkey.asc[0x916eb0c8fd55a072].
Is there an adblocker?::
There is a host-based adblocker which takes /etc/hosts-like lists. A "real"
adblocker has a
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/25j41u/adblock_pluss_effect_on_firefoxs_memory_usage/chhpomw[big
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/25j41u/adblock_pluss_effect_on_firefoxs_memory_usage/chhpomw[big
impact] on browsing speed and
https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2014/05/14/adblock-pluss-effect-on-firefoxs-memory-usage/[RAM
usage], so implementing support for AdBlockPlus-like lists is currently not
@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ Unable to view flash content.::
to use the flash plugin. Using the command `:set content.plugins true`
in qutebrowser will enable plugins. Packages for flash should
be provided for your platform or it can be obtained from
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/[Adobe].
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/[Adobe].
Experiencing freezing on sites like duckduckgo and youtube.::
This issue could be caused by stale plugin files installed by `mozplugger`