Awesome Web Browser Stuff

This list contains awesome web browser related stuff. It includes open-source web browsers and resources about how web browsers works so you can learn from them.

Open Source Web Browsers/Browser Engines

• servo - The Servo Browser Engine
• moon - 🌎 🌔 A hobby web browser developed from scratch
• kosmonaut - A web browser engine for the space age 🚀
• thdwb - 🌭 The hotdog web browser and browser engine 🌭
• naglfar - A toy web browser implemented in Rust from scratch
• SerenityOS's browser - A browser written for SerenityOS
• WebKit - WebKit is a cross-platform web browser engine.
• Chromium - Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.
• @gantonious's browser - A web browser engine + frontend built in Kotlin from scratch
• wowser - An (un)impressive browser being written from scratch in Rust
• mbrowser - A toy web browser developed from scratch
• Snowcat - Snowcat is a fast, open source web browser focused on privacy. With its custom browser engine optimized for speed and efficiency, Snowcat aims to provide a lightweight yet powerful browsing alternative.

Resources

Books

• Web Browser Engineering by Pavel Panchekha & Chris Harrelson

Articles & series

• Let's build a browser engine! - a tutorial series by Matt Brubeck
• Browser from Scratch - a blog series by Viet-Hung Nguyen
• Rust Browser - a blog series by Josh Marinacci
• Quantum Up Close: What is a browser engine? - an introduction to browser engine by Potch

Videos & series

• Browser Hacking - a video series by Andreas Kling, building a browser for SerenityOS.

Websites

• W3C - CSS Specs
• WHATWG - HTML, DOM, URL specs and more
• Google Chrome comics - Under the hood of Google Chrome in form of comics

Papers

• The Security Architecture of the Chromium Browser by Adam Barth, Charles Reis, Collin Jackson and Google Chrome Team