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WebKit

WebKit is a browser engine primarily used in Apple's Safari web browser, as well as almost all web browsers on iOS and iPadOS. WebKit is also used by the PlayStation consoles starting with the PS3, the Tizen mobile operating systems, the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, Nintendo consoles starting with the 3DS Internet Browser, GNOME Web, and the discontinued…

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Developers
Apple Inc., Adobe Systems, Sony, KDE, Igalia, and others
License
LGPL (rendering engine, JavaScript engine), BSD 2-Clause (additional contributions from Apple)
Operating system
macOS, iOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows
Original author
Apple Inc.
Preview release
Nightly
Release
November 4, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-11-04) (KHTML released) · June 7, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-06-07) (WebKit sourced)

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WebKit

Nodes125
Edges124
Triples201
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016
Components1

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WebKit

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related to Installed base · 27
WebKit → Adobe Integrated Runtime, Android Web, April, BlackBerry Browser, By, Chrome, CS5, Epiphany, Gecko, Gecko's, GNOME's Web, HTML, In Adobe Creative Suite, JavaScript, KDE's Rekonq, KitKat, Midori, New, OmniWeb, Plasma Workspaces
related to Ports · 27
WebKit → Although, Apple, Apple's, Blink, Hyatt, In June, January, LG, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft's, Named Web Browser, Nokia, Palm Pre, S60, Safari, Samsung, Symbian, Symbian S60, The, The Amazon Kindle
related to Origins · 20
WebKit → According, Apple, Apple's, JavaScriptCore, June, KDE, KDE HTML, KDE JavaScript, KDE's KHTML, KHTML, KJS, KWQ, Lisa Melton, Melton, Objective, Objective-C, Qt, The, The WebKit, WebCore
related to WebCore · 17
WebKit → Acid2, Acid3, APIs, Cocoa API, Document Object Model, DOM, GNU Lesser General Public, HTML, Its, JavaScriptCore, LGPL, License, Objective-C, Scalable Vector Graphics, SVG, The WebKit, WebCore
related to JavaScriptCore · 16
WebKit → AST-walking, JavaScript, JavaScriptCore, Just-in-time, KDE, KDE's JavaScript, KJS, Nitro, On June, PCRE, September, SFX, Since, SquirrelFish, SquirrelFish Extreme, The
related to Use · 16
WebKit → Android, App Store, Apple, Apple's, Chrome, Google's Chrome, HTML, JavaScript, KitKat, Mail, Microsoft's Entourage, Other, Safari, V8, WebCore, Windows
related to Forking by Google · 14
WebKit → Blink, Chrome, Chrome's, Chrome-specific, Chromium, Following, Google, In, On April, Opera, Opera Software's, V8 JavaScript, WebCore, WebKit's WebCore
related to WebKit2 · 14
WebKit → API, GTK, HTML, Its, JavaScript, Linux, MeeGo-Harmattan, On April, Safari, The WebKit2, This, UI, WebKit2, Windows
related to Open-sourcing · 11
WebKit → Apple, Dave Hyatt, December, In, JavaScriptCore, On June, Safari, Scalable Vector Graphics, SVG, WebCore, WebKit's
related to Further development · 7
WebKit → Beginning, Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, HTML5, In November, W3C, World Wide Web Consortium

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web browser used apple khtml engine webcore javascriptcore kde also announced macos javascript rendering project code safari platform windows kjs

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WebKitDevelopersApple Inc., Adobe Systems, Sony, KDE, Igalia, and others1.00infobox
WebKitLicenseLGPL (rendering engine, JavaScript engine), BSD 2-Clause (additional contributions from Apple)1.00infobox
WebKitOperating systemmacOS, iOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows1.00infobox
WebKitOriginal authorApple Inc.1.00infobox
WebKitPreview releaseNightly1.00infobox
WebKitReleaseNovember 4, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-11-04) (KHTML released)1.00infobox
WebKitReleaseJune 7, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-06-07) (WebKit sourced)1.00infobox
WebKitRepositorygithub.com/WebKit/WebKit1.00infobox
WebKitTypeBrowser engine1.00infobox
WebKitWebsitewebkit.org1.00infobox
WebKitWritten inC++1.00infobox
WebKitis abrowser engine primarily used in Apple's Safari web browser0.90text
WebKitis atrademark of Apple0.90text

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