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{{short description|Web browser software}}
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{{Infobox web browser
{{Infobox web browser
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| screenshot = Beaker Browser screenshot of Wikipedia.png
| screenshot = Beaker Browser screenshot of Wikipedia.png
| caption =  Screenshot of the Beaker browser on Fedora 31
| caption =  Screenshot of the Beaker browser on Fedora 31
| developer = Blue Link Labs.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://beakerbrowser.com/about|title=Beaker is a more powerful browser, for a more powerful Web.|website=Beaker browser|access-date=24 Jul 2018}}</ref>
| developer = Blue Link Labs.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://beakerbrowser.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911045218/https://beakerbrowser.com/about/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 11, 2018|title=Beaker is a more powerful browser, for a more powerful Web.|website=Beaker browser|access-date=24 Jul 2018}}</ref>
|released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2017|8|1}}
|released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2017|8|1}}
|latest release version  = {{Latest stable software release/Beaker Browser}}
|latest release version  = {{Latest stable software release/Beaker Browser}}
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| website = {{URL|https://beakerbrowser.com}}
| website = {{URL|https://beakerbrowser.com}}
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'''Beaker''' is a discontinued<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beaker/discussions/1944|title=Is Beaker still being worked on?|website=Beaker GitHub thread|language=en|access-date=2022-08-20}}</ref> free and open-source [[Software:Web browser|web browser]]<ref name="vice">{{cite news|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjxy9d/a-new-browser-is-making-peer-to-peer-web-hosting-more-user-friendly|title=A New Browser Is Making Peer-to-Peer Web Hosting More User-Friendly|last1=Faife|first1=Corin|publisher=Vice|date=13 July 2017}}</ref> developed by Blue Link Labs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bluelinklabs.com/|title=Blue Link Labs|website=bluelinklabs.com|access-date=2018-07-24|archive-date=2019-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116190106/https://bluelinklabs.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beaker|title=beakerbrowser/beaker|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref> Beaker Browser [[Peer-to-peer|peer-to-peer]] technology allows users to self-publish websites and web apps<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/peer-to-peer-applications|title=Peer-to-peer Web applications|website=beakerbrowser.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref> directly from the browser, without the need to set up and administrate a separate [[Web server|web server]] or host their content on a third-party server. All files and websites are transferred using [[Software:Dat|Dat]], a hypermedia peer-to-peer protocol, which allows files to be shared and hosted by several users.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datprotocol.com/|title=Dat Protocol|website=www.datprotocol.com|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref> The browser also supports the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|HTTP protocol]] to connect to traditional servers.<ref name="vice"/>
'''Beaker''' is a discontinued<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beaker/discussions/1944|title=Is Beaker still being worked on?|website=Beaker GitHub thread|language=en|access-date=2022-08-20}}</ref> free and open-source [[Software:Web browser|web browser]]<ref name="vice">{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-new-browser-is-making-peer-to-peer-web-hosting-more-user-friendly/|title=A New Browser Is Making Peer-to-Peer Web Hosting More User-Friendly|last1=Faife|first1=Corin|publisher=Vice|date=13 July 2017}}</ref> developed by Blue Link Labs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bluelinklabs.com/|title=Blue Link Labs|website=bluelinklabs.com|access-date=2018-07-24|archive-date=2019-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116190106/https://bluelinklabs.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beaker|title=beakerbrowser/beaker|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref> Beaker Browser [[Peer-to-peer|peer-to-peer]] technology allows users to self-publish websites and web apps<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/peer-to-peer-applications|title=Peer-to-peer Web applications|website=beakerbrowser.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}} </ref> directly from the browser, without the need to set up and administrate a separate [[Web server|web server]] or host their content on a third-party server. All files and websites are transferred using [[Software:Dat|Dat]], a hypermedia peer-to-peer protocol, which allows files to be shared and hosted by several users.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datprotocol.com/|title=Dat Protocol|website=www.datprotocol.com|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref> The browser also supports the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|HTTP protocol]] to connect to traditional servers.<ref name="vice"/>


Beaker is built using the [[Software:Electron (software framework)|Electron]] framework and therefore uses the [[Software:Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] browser as a renderer for webpages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electronjs.org/blog/beaker-browser|title=Project of the Week: Beaker Browser {{!}} Electron Blog|website=electronjs.org|date=7 February 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>
Beaker is built using the [[Software:Electron (software framework)|Electron]] framework and therefore uses the [[Software:Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] browser as a renderer for webpages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electronjs.org/blog/beaker-browser|title=Project of the Week: Beaker Browser {{!}} Electron Blog|website=electronjs.org|date=7 February 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>


== Content sharing ==
== Content sharing ==
Files stored in a local folder can be published as a Dat website and made accessible to other users through the peer-to-peer protocol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/all-about-seeding|title=All about seeding|website=beakerbrowser.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>
Files stored in a local folder can be published as a Dat website and made accessible to other users through the peer-to-peer protocol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/all-about-seeding|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731083140/https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/all-about-seeding|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 31, 2019|title=All about seeding|website=beakerbrowser.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>


The files are [[Seeding (computing)|seeded]] from the local folder while the browser is active. To make them also available while the browser is closed, the user may use several alternative options to host the content:
The files are [[Seeding (computing)|seeded]] from the local folder while the browser is active. To make them also available while the browser is closed, the user may use several alternative options to host the content:

Latest revision as of 10:34, 22 July 2025

Short description: Web browser software
Beaker
Beaker-Browser-Logo.png
Beaker Browser screenshot of Wikipedia.png
Screenshot of the Beaker browser on Fedora 31
Developer(s)Blue Link Labs.[1]
Initial release1 August 2017; 8 years ago (2017-08-01)
Stable release(s)
1.1.0 (December 8, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-12-08)[2]) [±]
Preview release(s)
Operating systemLinux, Microsoft Windows, macOS
Platformx86-64
TypeOpen-source web browser
LicenseMIT License
Websitebeakerbrowser.com

Beaker is a discontinued[3] free and open-source web browser[4] developed by Blue Link Labs.[5][6] Beaker Browser peer-to-peer technology allows users to self-publish websites and web apps[7] directly from the browser, without the need to set up and administrate a separate web server or host their content on a third-party server. All files and websites are transferred using Dat, a hypermedia peer-to-peer protocol, which allows files to be shared and hosted by several users.[8] The browser also supports the HTTP protocol to connect to traditional servers.[4]

Beaker is built using the Electron framework and therefore uses the Chromium browser as a renderer for webpages.[9]

Content sharing

Files stored in a local folder can be published as a Dat website and made accessible to other users through the peer-to-peer protocol.[10]

The files are seeded from the local folder while the browser is active. To make them also available while the browser is closed, the user may use several alternative options to host the content:

  • Ask other users of the browser to share a copy. The content will be accessible as long as any of the users are using the Beaker browser.
  • Publish the content through a third-party server.
  • Create a permanent self-hosted homebase server[11] for the Dat protocol, and publish the content in it.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Beaker is a more powerful browser, for a more powerful Web.". https://beakerbrowser.com/about. 
  2. ↑ "Beaker Browser 1.1". Software:Blue Link Labs. 2020-12-08. https://beakerbrowser.com/2020/12/08/beaker-1.1.html. 
  3. ↑ "Is Beaker still being worked on?" (in en). https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beaker/discussions/1944. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Faife, Corin (13 July 2017). "A New Browser Is Making Peer-to-Peer Web Hosting More User-Friendly". Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-new-browser-is-making-peer-to-peer-web-hosting-more-user-friendly/. 
  5. ↑ "Blue Link Labs". http://bluelinklabs.com/. 
  6. ↑ "beakerbrowser/beaker" (in en). https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beaker. 
  7. ↑ "Peer-to-peer Web applications" (in en). https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/peer-to-peer-applications. 
  8. ↑ "Dat Protocol". https://www.datprotocol.com/. 
  9. ↑ "Project of the Week: Beaker Browser | Electron Blog" (in en-US). 7 February 2017. https://electronjs.org/blog/beaker-browser. 
  10. ↑ "All about seeding" (in en). https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/all-about-seeding. 
  11. ↑ GitHub - beakerbrowser/homebase: Self-deployable tool for seeding dat:// websites., Beaker Browser, 2019-07-30, https://github.com/beakerbrowser/homebase, retrieved 2019-07-31 



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