Charon (web browser)

Summary

Charon is a discontinued web browser for the Inferno operating system. It had a limited support for JavaScript but none for CSS.

Charon
Developer(s)Vita Nuova Holdings
Written inLimbo
Operating systemInferno
Size452 KB
Available inEnglish
TypeWeb browser
LicenseGPLv2
Websitebitbucket.org/inferno-os/inferno-os/

It was originally written by Howard Trickey in Limbo for Inferno. It runs under the wm window manager, but can also run directly on the draw device. As part of the acme standalone project, Charon was implemented as a client to run inside acme.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Inferno programmer's notebook, Cærwyn, 2006-02-19.

External links edit

  • Plan 9 Web Browsers
  • Inferno's charon(1) man page