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An independent browser built on the Ladybird engine.

England
Joined September 2026
We just hit 500 waitlist users! Thank you πŸ™
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ladybird's first alpha is coming later this year. we're building Photon on its engine, with a browser interface of its own, inspired by arc/zen. here's another early preview of how photon looks today. what irritates you, other than performance, about current browsers?
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Sponsorship program is now live on GitHub! donate pls? πŸ₯Ί
You can now sponsor Photon Browser on GitHub! ❀️ Photon is an open-source browser I'm buil1ding, any support would be appreciated and all funds go towards photon and photon only :O github.com/sponsors/PhotonBr… Thanks to everyone supporting Photon so far! πŸš€
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Photon retweeted
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few more minor changes too the 'peek' feature in photon browser πŸ™
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right i need peoples opinion. liquid glass url bar or not? i think i like it but should i make it opt out? (toggleable)
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nice little poster for photon:
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I got the ui only build working on Linux, just gotta build the engine and fix some os specific stuff in @photonbrowser1
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Today @ladybirdbrowser has passed Safari on Web Platform Tests (total subtest pass count) πŸ€“πŸ“ˆ
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Meet Photon, a new browser we've been building over the past few months. Powered by @ladybirdbrowser's engine and GPUI. We're still early in development, but there's lots more to come. Join the waitlist: photonapp.co.uk Contribute: github.com/PhotonBrowser/Pho…
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a little obsessed with how photon is coming together lately. can't wait to show everyone. join the waitlist: photonapp.co.uk
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Why use Tauri when GPUI can look this clean?
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Browsers should do CSS layout off the main thread! πŸ€“ Top left: @ladybirdbrowser (work in progress) Others: Chrome, Safari, Firefox
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