Klasker browser focuses exclusively on Linux systems (GTK frontend).
- Lightweight browser for Linux desktop (GTK3)
- Modernized JS engine (QuickJS planned)
- Security hardening & faster builds.
- An ancient Celtic-inspired identity (Klasker = “Seeker” in Breton), since a browser is a seeker and displayer of webpages & information.
- Fetch and display HTML5 webpages from URLs
- Simple GTK3 interface with CSS3 and JavaScript support
- Cross-platform compatibility with Linux distros using GTK3
- Asynchronous fetching via
libsoup-2.4
- Linux OS (tested on Ubuntu/Zorin 22.04 "Jammy Jellyfish")
- GTK3 development libraries (
libgtk-3-dev) - libsoup-2.4 (
libsoup2.4-dev) - Gumbo HTML parser (
libgumbo-dev) - Ninja & Meson build system
🔹 Klasker
- No known trademarks (as of 2025) in the EUIPO or USPTO databases for Klasker.
- Not used commercially or in software names.
- Breton in form and meaning and some cognates appear in Gaulish personal names. Linguists reconstruct the Proto-Celtic ancestor as *klaskā- or *klask-yo-, meaning “to seek, to request.”
LEGAL WARNING:
Any translated text of the Apache License 2.0 is only for the convenience of understanding and is not legally binding. Only the English-language version of the license (which you must continue to include in your packaging) is authoritative and applicable in case legal interpretation is required.
Redistributions of the Klasker GTK Browser source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following moral considerations. Any redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following moral considerations in the documentation and/or other materials provided with your distribution to your users or clients.
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Neither the name or pseudonym of the copyright holder nor the names of any of the Klasker GTK Browser contributors or users may be used to endorse or promote products or services derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
You must not and you cannot use the Klasker's logo and marks or the ones being used on this GTK Browser (at any moment) in any way that states or implies, or in a way which can be interpreted as stating or implying, that the Klasker GTK Browser users, developers and contributors endorse or created your final software.
NOTE: The following statements express our ethical vision and expectations regarding what we consider to be fair use and reciprocity within the FOSS community. They are only moral and NOT legally binding, in other words, the following moral considerations (as harsh as it may sound) do not modify our Apache License 2.0 terms & conditions.
You fork our source code (use our binaries) to build your own company's software. That is great, but we would be grateful if you could share your code as well, as it could help other companies and individuals. This is strongly encouraged, but not required, as we understand that not all companies can afford to do this.
You fork our source code to build a product that you will then sell worldwide, trademark it as your own (but did you wrote a single line of code, at least??), you commercialise it under your own brand and earn money from our hard labour. In that case, while this is not a legal requirement under the Apache License 2.0, we strongly believe that those who benefit commercially from this software should give back to the FOSS community, either by publicly sharing their improvements of the original source code or by supporting the Klasker GTK Browser project financially.
You can buy a commercial license from us, yes! So that we can use & invest the money in the Klasker GTK Browser software and other projects, which benefits the whole community.
We want the Klasker GTK Browser to have a long-term impact and to be safely widespread. We MUST become financially sustainable, thus, a steady source of revenue is imperative.
Although contributions from people who can afford to do unpaid work on FOSS projects are very much appreciated, we cannot rely solely on them to build excellent software. We have an ambitious mission, within a sector with a lot of powerful incumbents.
Reducing WASTE and spearheading change requires resources, a lot of time and tenacity.