WebKit is an open source browser engine managed by Apple with a consortium of developers. It is used in Safari for macOS and iPadOS, and in all web browsers for iOS. It is also implemented, though not directly accessible, in watchOS 5 and later.[1]
History
Original WebKit icon
Development
WebKit was derived from KHTML browser layout engine and the KJS JavaScript libraries originally developed by KDE.[2] Participating developers in WebKit included Adobe, Apple, Blackberry, Google, Intel, and Nokia.[3] In 2013, Google forked its work on WebKit into its own open source browser engine called Blink for use in its Chrome browser.[4]
References
- ↑ How to Browse the Internet on Apple Watch Through watchOS 5's WebKit Integration by Juli Clover, MacRumors. 2018-08-20.
- ↑ The WebKit Open Source Project. Archived 2006-09-02.
- ↑ Apple And Google Still Lead WebKit Development, But More Smaller Companies Contributing by Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch. 2013-02-09.
- ↑ The real reason why Google forked WebKit by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet. 2013-04-04.
See also
- WebCore, the layout engine within WebKit.
External links
- WebKit official website
- WebKit at Apple Developer
- WebKit at GitHub
- Category: WebKit at Wikimedia Commons
- WebKit at Wikipedia
