Software:Basilisk (web browser)

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Basilisk
Developer(s)M.C. Straver[1]
Moonchild Productions[2]
Stable release2021.07.19 (19 July 2021; 2 years ago (2021-07-19)[3]) [±]
EnginesGoanna, SpiderMonkey
Operating systemWindows 7 or later, Linux (unofficial builds for macOS[4])
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
TypeWeb browser
News aggregator

Basilisk is an open-source web browser created by the developer of the Pale Moon browser.[5][6] There are releases for Microsoft Windows and Linux,[7] as well as an unofficial discontinued build for macOS.[4]

First released in 2017,[5] Basilisk is a perpetual beta intended to refine the UXP codebase it is built from.[8][9] Pale Moon and other applications are also built from this codebase.[10]

Like Pale Moon, Basilisk is a fork of Firefox with substantial divergence.[11] Basilisk has the user interface of the Firefox version 29–56 era (unlike Pale Moon, which has the Firefox 4–28 interface).

For add-ons, Basilisk has roughly similar support as Pale Moon for XUL/XPCOM extensions[12] and NPAPI plugins, all of which are no longer supported in Firefox. Basilisk also had experimental support for current Firefox WebExtensions, but this was removed in February 2019.[13]

Unlike Pale Moon, Basilisk has support for Widevine DRM[14][15] and WebRTC.[16]

Basilisk for MacOS

Basilisk for MacOS, codename "Serpent" is a unofficial and discontinued version of the Basilisk Web Browser. It is similar to the original Basilisk, just the difference is the Operating System. It is released its final version on June 11, 2020 and discontinued support on March 10, 2021.

See also

References

  1. ↑ M.C. Straver. "About Moonchild Productions". https://www.moonchildproductions.info/about.shtml. 
  2. ↑ M.C. Straver. "About Moonchild Productions". https://www.moonchildproductions.info/about.shtml. 
  3. ↑ "Basilisk: release notes". Basilisk. http://www.basilisk-browser.org/releasenotes.shtml. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Basilisk on Mac OSX? - Pale Moon forum". https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=18055. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Pale Moon team releases first version of Basilisk browser". 2017-11-17. https://www.ghacks.net/2017/11/17/pale-moon-team-releases-first-version-of-basilisk-browser/. 
  6. ↑ "Pale Moon staff releases first model of Basilisk browser" (in en-US). Tech News Port. 2017-11-17. http://technewsport.com/software/pale-moon-staff-releases-first-model-of-basilisk-browser/. 
  7. ↑ M.C. Straver. "Basilisk: requirements". https://www.basilisk-browser.org/requirements.shtml. 
  8. ↑ M.C. Straver. "Basilisk web browser". http://basilisk-browser.org/. 
  9. ↑ M.C. Straver (2018-04-20). "Basilisk's nature (a small clarification)". https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=18928. 
  10. ↑ "There is only XUL". http://thereisonlyxul.org/. 
  11. ↑ M.C. Straver. "Basilisk features". http://www.basilisk-browser.org/features.shtml. 
  12. ↑ Note that technical differences between Basilisk and Pale Moon, such as the respective user interfaces, can result in specific extensions not working exactly the same in both. These details are outside the scope of this article.
  13. ↑ "Basilisk update 2019.02.11". https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=21456. 
  14. ↑ "Add support for Widevine 4.9 & 4.10". https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/962. 
  15. ↑ https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/962 #962 - Add support for Widevine 4.9 & 4.10 - UXP - Pale Moon repositories
  16. ↑ "webrtc and telemetry". https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=19032. 

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