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Ladybird is an ongoing project to build an independent web browser from scratch.

It is being developed as part of the SerenityOS/serenity project on GitHub.

There are no downloadable binaries yet, as the project is still very unstable. You can follow the build instructions to build it for yourself.

This page is not fancy because we are focusing on building the browser. :^)

Since Ladybird is part of the SerenityOS project, development is coordinated on the SerenityOS discord server.

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[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 127 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Imagine wanting to see if you can help with the development, but seeing that the development is coordinated on fucking Discord.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I have an eye for typos and like to notify authors as I’m they’ll want to correct them. Blogs that only allow contact via social media apps frustrate me as I’m not on shitbird, fb, insta, etc. Can’t you just have a public email associated with your writing ffs?

[–] bravemonkey@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

notify authors as I’m they’ll

How about grammar errors?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago

Hahaha! You got me.

[–] Muscar@discuss.online 10 points 9 months ago

Ooh, the irony!

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And written in C++ 🙄 How many times does this mistake have to be made?

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

[–] anoxydre@jlai.lu 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what’s the problem there?

[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's in Proverbs 11:20

The C++ developers are an abomination to the Lord,
But the Rustaceans in their Rust-based OSes are His delight.

[–] sem@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

But is there any plans to support GNU Linux distros, like Debian or Nix? From the first look the browser is only for Serenity.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It does build on Linux distros as well. There's already a package on the AUR for instance: https://aur.archlinux.org/ladybird-git.git

[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 6 points 9 months ago

Linux is the only platform to get native WebGL, too!

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 13 points 9 months ago

On Nix, it’s available:

environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ladybird ];

[–] sem@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also, is there any plan to provide binaries and builds? Especially for Android, for example, via F-Droid?

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

F-Droid does not ship binaries. You submit code to be built by F-Droid. This is its strength and also weakness. IzzyOnDroid just pulls in Github releases, which is pretty cool.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IzzyEnDroid docs don’t say they are limited to MS GitHub

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The point is that the releases are signed by developers so they cannot be easily faked

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then you should drop the specific name drop of a proprietary platform when a generic option like code repository or software forge could suffice.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was just my info that they directly use Github releases. Shipping binary packages next to the codebase is something specific for Github and a few other platforms.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

A few other platforms like Forgejo (Codeberg), GitLab, & SourceHut? The first 3 open source/open core Git forges I looked up support this… it is not unique to the Microsoft-owned, proprietary offering.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Using Qt and brotli, seems nice! But Discord? Hell no.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago

Want to contribute to this open project? Create closed Microsoft GitHub & Discord account. https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/28/Dont-use-Discord-for-FOSS.html

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What problem are they trying to solve?

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Building Firefox from scratch.

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why? What would that benefit?

Definitely wish them the best though :)