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slug: "northstar-browser-northstar-web-browser-open-source-license-485272"
title: "northstar-browser: Northstar web browser, Open Source License: GPL v3"
description: "Northstar is an open-source web browser written from scratch in C, with an engine that does not embed Gecko, WebKit, Blink, or another browser engine, according to its public GitHub repository."
retrieval_nugget: "Northstar is an open-source web browser written from scratch in C, with an engine that does not embed Gecko, WebKit, Blink, or another browser engine, according to its public GitHub repository."
observed_at: "2026-10-05"
record_date: "2026-10-05"
date_kind: "observed_at"
why_it_matters: "Source: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-browser"
novelty: "notable"
verification_level: "source-linked"
signal_type: "release"
source_platform: "github.com"
topics: []
entities: []
related_patterns: []
source_url: "https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-browser"
source_urls: ["https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-browser"]
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status: "published"
visuals: []
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---

# northstar-browser: Northstar web browser, Open Source License: GPL v3

## Retrieval answer

Northstar is an open-source web browser written from scratch in C, with an engine that does not embed Gecko, WebKit, Blink, or another browser engine, according to its public GitHub repository.

Northstar is an open-source web browser written from scratch in C, with an engine that does not embed Gecko, WebKit, Blink, or another browser engine, according to its public GitHub repository. The project lists Linux as its primary platform and also supports macOS and Windows. Its GPL-3.0-or-later edition targets practical HTML5, modern CSS, and JavaScript compatibility, and says it measures behavior against specification text and runs web-platform-tests. The repository describes Linux sandboxing using Landlock and a default-deny seccomp filter, and says the browser has no JIT. The project also deliberately omits tabs, per-tab renderer processes, WebGL, and WebGPU. These are project claims and feature descriptions, not independent verification of standards compliance, security, or suitability as a daily browser.

Source: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-browser

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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