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splitbrowser
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niutech / splitbrowser

splitbrowser

Split Browser - a minimalistic, ultra-lightweight, open source web browser based on WebKit/Ultralight/native webview with a split screen (tiled) view

Web DevelopmentMobile & Desktop
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3Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
138GitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

Split Browser - a minimalistic, ultra-lightweight, open source web browser based on WebKit/Ultralight/native webview with a split screen (tiled) view

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-07-11 14:35:28 UTC to 2025-07-15 17:54:04 UTC.

0122022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
Terretta·Jul 15, 2025
> How can I test my website on safari without owning Apple hardware? Arduously? Check this very surprising thing out: https://github.com/WebKitForWindows/WebKitRequirements/relea... This is how Playwright has a webkit engine. An old discussion: https://schepp.dev/posts/running-webkit-on-windows/ And this visual engine rendering compare tool leverages it: https://github.com/niutech/splitbrowser Separately, not sure if/when this will be a real thing for Linux: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/kag-orion-web-browser-co...
In Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA

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