Timeline of Web Browsers (original) (raw)

Timeline of Web Browsers This timeline displays the releases of major versions of web browsers. It includes version numbers for milestones reached by each browser, and displays the points at which a browser started from another. Source data comes from browser websites, wikipedia articles, archive.org and some other websites. First version created on June 12, 2007 by ADeveria for Wikipedia. Recent changelog available in source. For older versions, see: - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/74/20150104154324%21Timeline\_of\_web\_browsers.svg - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/74/20170418232405%21Timeline\_of\_web\_browsers.svg - https://github.com/Ugoku/browser-timeline/blob/master/CHANGELOG 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 WorldWideWeb / Nexus 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.11 0.12 0.14 0.18 Line Mode Browser (libwww) 0.7 0.11 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.14 2.15 3 3.1 4 5 5.1 5.2 5.2.8 5.3.1 5.3.2 5.4.0 5.4.1 MacWWW 1 ViolaWWW 1 3 Cello 0.1 1 MidasWWW 1 UdiWWW 1 1.2 Arena 0.92 beta-1 beta-2 beta-3 0.3.18 0.3.39 0.3.62 Lynx 2 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8.2 2.8.3 2.8.4 2.8.5 2.8.6 2.8.7 2.8.8 2.8.9 WebRunner / HotJava 1 3 Contiki 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3 Contiki-NG 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Links 0.8 0.9 2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 ELinks 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.10 0.11 w3m 0.2 0.3 0.4 .5.2 0.5 .5.2 .5.3 -3 -4 -5 -8 -9 -11 -12 -13 -15 -16 -17 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36 -37 -38 SlipKnot 1 1.4 1.5 Tamaya / Amaya 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 2.1 2.2 2.4 3 3.1 3.2 4 4.2 4.3 5 5.2 5.3 6 6.2 6.4 7 7.2 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.7 9 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 10 11 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 SimulBrowse NetCaptor 3 5 6 7 7.5 AWeb 1 2.1 3 3.4 3.5b Cyberdog 1 1.2 2 AMosaic 1 1.1 1.2 IBrowse 1 1.1 1.11 1.12 1.2 1.22 2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3 NCSA Mosaic 0.1 1 2 2.1 3 Spyglass Enhanced Mosaic β 1 2 2.1 Arachne 1 1.7 1.9 1.93 1.95 1.97 1.99 Mosaic Netscape / Netscape Navigator 0.9 1 1.1 1.22 2 3 4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Netscape 6 6.1 6.2 7 7.1 7.2 Netscape Browser 8 8.1 Netscape Navigator 9 Classilla 9 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.3.1 9.3.2 9.3.3 9.3.4 b Ghostzilla 1.0.1 Mozilla 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Flock 0.5 0.7 1 1.1 1.2 2 2.5 2.6 3.5 Rockmelt b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 qutebrowser 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.10 0.11 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.14 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3 3.1 Galeon 0.6 1 2 Beonex Communicator 0.6 0.7 0.8 Otter Browser a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 b10 b11 b12 RC1 RC2 RC3 RC4 RC5 RC6 RC7 RC8 RC9 RC10 RC11 RC12 1 Epiphany 0.5 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2 2.2 2.27 2.28 2.3 2.9 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 Web 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.24 3.26 3.28 3.30 3.32 3.34 3.36 3.38 40 41 42 43 44 45 K-Meleon 0.1 0.5 0.8 1 1.1 1.5 74 75 75.1 SeaMonkey 1 1.1 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.46 2.49 2.53 Camino 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.1 IBM Lotus Symphony 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 3 3.0.1 Pale Moon 3.6 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 15 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Basilisk 18 19 20 21 22 23 Phoenix 0.1 0.4 0.5 Firebird 0.6 0.7 Firefox 0.8 0.9 0.10 1 1.5 2 3 3.5 3.6 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 20+ 30+ 40+ 50+ 60+ 70+ 80+ 90+ 100+ 110+ 120+ Internet Explorer 1 2 3 4 5 5.5 6 7 8 9 10 11 v1803 v1803 v1903 v20H2 Pocket Internet Explorer 1 1.1 2 3 4 Internet Explorer Mobile 6 7 9 10 11 Edge 20 23 25 28 31 34 37 38 40 41 42 44 79 80+ 90+ 100+ 110+ 120+ Internet Explorer for Mac 2 3 4 5 5.2 Internet Explorer for UNIX 4 5 5 SP1 STNC HitchHiker 1 Microsoft Mobile Explorer 2 3 MyIE 3.2 4.01 4.02 4.1 4.2 1.5.6 1.5.7 1.5.8 1.5.9 1.6.0 1.6.1 2.1.5 2.5.1 2.5.8 MyIE2 Maxthon 0.3 0.45 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.5 1.6 2 2.5 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.9 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 6 7 Greenbrowser 1 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.9 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 4 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.7 5.8 5.9 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Deepnet Explorer 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 SlimBrowser 3.45 3.53 3.71 3.86 3.91 4 4.01 4.03 4.04 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.1 4.11 4.12 5 5.01 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AOL Browser / AOL Explorer 1 1.5 IEOpera / Avant Browser 6.5 7 8 9 10 10.1 10.2 11 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Sleipnir 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 4 4.1 4.3 Sleipnir 4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Sleipnir (blink-based) 5 5.1 5.2 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Lunascape 3 3 Lite 4 5 5.1.5 6 6.1.1 6.2 6.3 6.4.1 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7.1 6.8 6.8.1 6.8.2 6.8.7 6.8.8 6.8.9 6.8.10 6.9.1 6.9.4 6.9.6 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 Gzilla .0.1 .1.5 .1.7 .2.1 .3.6 .3.8 Armadillo .3.10 Dillo 0 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8.6 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.0.2 3.0.3 3.0.4 3.0.5 IBM WebExplorer 1 1.1 1.2 Opera 1 2 3 3.5 3.6 4 5 6 7 7.1 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 9.6 10 10.1 10.5 10.6 11 11.1 11.5 11.6 12 12.1 12.16 12.17 12.18 Opera (blink-based) 15 16 17 18 19 20+ 30+ 40+ 50+ 60+ 70+ 80+ 90+ 100+ Opera Mini 1 2 3 4 4.1 4.2 5 6 6.1 6.5 7 7.5 8 9 9.1 9.2 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20+ 30+ 40+ 50+ 60+ 70+ Opera Mobile 3.6 5.14 6 6.1 8 8.5 8.6 10 11 11.1 11.5 12 12.1 Opera Classic 12.1.8 12.1.9 Opera Mobile (blink-based) 14 15 16 18 19 20+ 30+ 41+ 50+ 60+ 70+ Kazehakase 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 Konqueror 2 3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 14.12 15.04 15.08 15.12 16.04 16.08 16.12 17.04 17.08 17.12 17.12 18.04 18.08 18.12 19.04 19.08 19.12 20.04 20.08 20.12 21.04 21.08 21.12 22.03 22.07 22.11 23.03 23.07 24.01 Safari 1 1.1 1.2 2 3 3.1 3.2 4 5 5.1 6 7 8 9 9.1 10 10.1 11 11.1 12 12.1 13 13.1 14 14.1 15 15.2 15.4 15.5 15.6 16 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 17 17.1 17.2 tkWWW 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 OmniWeb 1 2 3 4 4.1 4.2 4.5 5 5.5 5.10 5.11 Vivaldi BETA 1 2 3 4 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 6 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.5 WebPositive r488 r515 r573 r577 r580 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shiira 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 Midori 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5.2 0.5.4 0.5.5 0.5.6 0.5.7 0.5.8 0.5.9 0.5.10 0.5.11 6 7 8 9 11 11.1 11.2 Chrome 0.2 1 2 3 4 4.1 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 20+ 30+ 40+ 50+ 60+ 70+ 80+ 90+ 100+ 110+ Dooble 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.08 0.09 1 1.11 1.14 1.15 1.17 1.18 1.20 1.21 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.29 1.31 1.35 1.37 1.39 1.41 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Uzbl r1 r2 r4 r6 r7 r10 r11 r12 r13 r14 r15 r16 r17 r18 r20 r21 r23 r24 r25 r26 0.9.0 surf 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 2 2.1 iCab 1 2 2.5 3 4 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 5 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 6 6.1 6.2 iCab Mobile 1 1.5 1.6 1.7 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.6 4 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.8 5 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.9 6 6.5 6.6 6.8 7 7.1 7.2 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 9 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 10 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Iris Browser 1.0.9 1.1.5 1.1.7 1.1.8 1.1.9 Arora 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.10 0.11 zBrowser 1 1.2 1.3 2 2.1 Zeromus Browser 4.3 4.3 BlueLightCat 0.1 0.2 0.6 Endorphin Browser 0.12 rekonq 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.3 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Steel .0.9 .0.12 .0.19 .1.1 .1.6 .1.9 QupZilla 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.1 2.2 2.2.6 Falkon 3 3.1 3.2 23.04 23.08 xxxterm 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.11 xombrero 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6.4 NetSurf 1 1.1 1.2 2 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 Based on Trident / EdgeHTML layout engines + WebKit / Blink + Gecko Based on Gecko / Goanna layout engines Based on KHTML / WebKit / Blink layout engines Based on Presto layout engine Based on Trident - Gecko - WebKit / Blink