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1. yjftsj+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-07-25 05:19:47
Safari uses webkit as the engine, which is FOSS. I mean, yes, I'd also like them to open source the whole thing and make it portable, but the engine is the hard part.
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2. pauldd+A1[view] [source] 2023-07-25 05:32:48
>>yjftsj+(OP)
Look at the success of Chromium, Brave, etc.
replies(1): >>tgv+kp
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3. PlutoI+yc[view] [source] 2023-07-25 07:15:24
>>yjftsj+(OP)
You should be able to compile the GTK front end of WebKit nearly everywhere.

The Mac front end uses macOS APIs and Apply is super selective which ones they port to Windows and WebKit would force them to open source this.

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4. tgv+kp[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-25 09:09:33
>>pauldd+A1
Safari doesn't have a Windows or Android port.
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5. o1y32+6u[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-25 09:58:23
>>tgv+kp
Safari used to be actively developed and shipped on Windows before 2010.
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6. jwells+l31[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-25 13:57:46
>>o1y32+6u
It relied on large portions of AppKit/Cocoa ported to Windows though, and I don’t think Apple would be too keen to open source that too.

For it to make sense to open source Safari for Windows, they’d first have to pull out the AppKit bits and replace them with something else.

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