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