Q734038
Sign in to saveK-Meleon is a free and open-source, lightweight web browser for Microsoft Windows. It uses the native Windows API to create its user interface. Early versions of K-Meleon rendered web pages with Gecko, Mozilla's browser layout engine, which Mozilla's browser Firefox and its email client Thunderbird also use. K-Meleon became a popular Windows browser and was available as an optional default browser in Europe via BrowserChoice.eu. K-Meleon continued to use Gecko for several years after Mozilla deprecated embedding it. Current versions of K-Meleon use the Goanna layout engine, a fork of Gecko cre
Key facts
- Software.logo
- KM-circle.png
- Software.logo alt
- Browser logo
- Software.screenshot
- File:K-Meleon 76.5.G on Windows 10.png
- Software.screenshot alt
- Screenshot of the browser displaying this page
- Software.caption
- K-Meleon 76.5.G on Windows 10
- Software.developer
- Christophe Thibault, Sebastian Spaeth, Brian Harris, Jeff Doozan, Mark Liffiton, Rob Johnson, Ulf Erikson, Jordan Callicoat, Dorian Boissonnade, Roy Tam, et al.
- Software.released
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- Software.latest preview version
- 76.5.5 (Goanna 3.6.0)
- Software.latest preview date
- 2024-10-12
- Software.operating system
- Microsoft Windows
- Software.genre
- Web browser
- Software.engines
- Gecko, Goanna layout engine
- Software.language count
- 7
- Software.license
- GPL
- Software.standard
- HTML5, CSS3, Atom
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Embedding Gecko
- 7x releases
- Goanna branch
- Customization
- Legacy Windows versions
- Release history
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
K-Meleon is a free and open-source, lightweight web browser for Microsoft Windows. It uses the native Windows API to create its user interface. Early versions of K-Meleon rendered web pages with Gecko, Mozilla's browser layout engine, which Mozilla's browser Firefox and its email client Thunderbird also use. K-Meleon became a popular Windows browser and was available as an optional default browser in Europe via BrowserChoice.eu. K-Meleon continued to use Gecko for several years after Mozilla deprecated embedding it. Current versions of K-Meleon use the Goanna layout engine, a fork of Gecko created for the browser Pale Moon.
K-Meleon began with the goal of being faster and lighter than Mozilla's original Internet suite. Until 2011, K-Meleon embedded Gecko in a stripped-down interface. Throughout its lifespan, K-Meleon has required small amounts of random-access memory (RAM). K-Meleon 76 supports discontinued versions of Windows such as Windows XP and Windows Vista. Mozilla no longer supports these platforms after their Firefox Quantum rewrite.
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