Falkon browser is a KDE Web browser that uses the QtWebEngine rendering engine, previously known as QupZilla.
The purpose of the project is to create a light browser that is available on all major platforms.
The poject initially started only for educational purposes. But from the beginning, Falkon has evolved into a browser with many features.
Falkon browser has all the standard features you expect from a web browser. Includes bookmarks, history (and sidebar) and tabs. The browser has ad blocking enabled by default since it has a built-in AdBlock plugin.
The first version του QupZilla κυκλοφόρησε τον Δεκέμβριο του 2010 και είχε αναπτυχθεί με Python με PyQt4 bindings. Μετά από μερικές εκδόσεις, το QupZilla έχει ξαναγράφτηκε από την αρχή σε C++ με το Qt Framework. The first public release was 1.0.0-b4.
Until 2.0, QupZilla used QtWebKit. But QtWebKit is no longer used and all new versions use QtWebEngine.
From version 3.0 onwards QupZilla is not developed and the new edition released under the name Falkon from the KDE project.
So essentially the Falkon browser and QupZilla are the same product, and the change of the brand aims to improve impressions.
Once you use the browser, you'll be surprised. As mentioned before, it has Adblocking, spell check, it's simple and very fast.
The Falkon browser during my testing was stable, did not make any mistakes and in general, it worked fine.
However, as a new project, it does not have a track record that demonstrates the development team's commitment to security updates and patches. I hope that with the takeover of the browser by the KDE project, growth will continue steadily.
It is worthwhile to try it.
Falkon browser Windows
Falkon-3.0.1.exe - for 32-bit Windows
Falkon-3.0.1-x64.exe - for 64-bit Windows
Linux browser balcony
Look for falkon at your repository
AppImage
Falkon-3.0.1.AppImage - for 64-bit Linux
Flatpak
Nightly builds are available at the kdepps of the flatpak repository.
flatpak remote-add -if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo flatpak remote-add -if-not-exists kdeapps -from https://distribute.kde.org/ whereapps.flatpakrepo flatpak install kdeapps org.kde.falkon flatpak run org.kde.falkon
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