Timeline of Web Browsers
This timeline displays the releases of major versions of web browsers.
It includes version numbers for milestones reached by each browser, and displays the points at which a browser started from another. Source data comes from browser websites, wikipedia articles, archive.org and some other websites.
First version created on June 12, 2007 by ADeveria for Wikipedia.
Recent changelog available in source. For older versions, see:
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/74/20150104154324%21Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/74/20170418232405%21Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg
- https://github.com/Ugoku/browser-timeline/blob/master/CHANGELOG
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
WorldWideWeb / Nexus
0.1
0.4
0.7
0.11
0.12
0.14
0.18
Line Mode Browser (libwww)
0.7
0.11
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2.14
2.15
3
3.1
4
5
5.1
5.2
5.2.8
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.4.0
5.4.1
MacWWW
1
ViolaWWW
1
3
Cello
0.1
1
MidasWWW
1
UdiWWW
1
1.2
Arena
0.92
beta-1
beta-2
beta-3
0.3.18
0.3.39
0.3.62
Lynx
2
2.3
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.8.2
2.8.3
2.8.4
2.8.5
2.8.6
2.8.7
2.8.8
2.8.9
WebRunner / HotJava
1
3
Contiki
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
2
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
3
Contiki-NG
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
Links
0.8
0.9
2
2.2
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.27
2.28
2.29
ELinks
0.3
0.4
0.9
0.10
0.11
w3m
0.2
0.3
0.4
.5.2
0.5
.5.2
.5.3
-3
-4
-5
-8
-9
-11
-12
-13
-15
-16
-17
-19
-20
-21
-22
-23
-24
-25
-26
-27
-28
-29
-32
-33
-34
-35
-36
-37
-38
SlipKnot
1
1.4
1.5
Tamaya / Amaya
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2
2.1
2.2
2.4
3
3.1
3.2
4
4.2
4.3
5
5.2
5.3
6
6.2
6.4
7
7.2
8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.5
8.6
8.7
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
10
11
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
SimulBrowse
NetCaptor
3
5
6
7
7.5
AWeb
1
2.1
3
3.4
3.5b
Cyberdog
1
1.2
2
AMosaic
1
1.1
1.2
IBrowse
1
1.1
1.11
1.12
1.2
1.22
2
2.3
2.4
2.5
3
NCSA Mosaic
0.1
1
2
2.1
3
Spyglass Enhanced Mosaic
β
1
2
2.1
Arachne
1
1.7
1.9
1.93
1.95
1.97
1.99
Mosaic Netscape / Netscape Navigator
0.9
1
1.1
1.22
2
3
4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
Netscape
6
6.1
6.2
7
7.1
7.2
Netscape Browser
8
8.1
Netscape Navigator
9
Classilla
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.3.1
9.3.2
9.3.3
9.3.4 b
Ghostzilla
1.0.1
Mozilla
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
Flock
0.5
0.7
1
1.1
1.2
2
2.5
2.6
3.5
Rockmelt
b1
b2
b3
b4
b5
qutebrowser
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.10
0.11
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
1.13
1.14
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
3
3.1
Galeon
0.6
1
2
Beonex Communicator
0.6
0.7
0.8
Otter Browser
a1
a2
a3
a4
a5
b1
b2
b3
b4
b5
b6
b7
b8
b9
b10
b11
b12
RC1
RC2
RC3
RC4
RC5
RC6
RC7
RC8
RC9
RC10
RC11
RC12
1
Epiphany
0.5
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2
2.2
2.27
2.28
2.3
2.9
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
Web
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16
3.17
3.18
3.19
3.20
3.21
3.22
3.24
3.26
3.28
3.30
3.32
3.34
3.36
3.38
40
41
42
43
44
45
K-Meleon
0.1
0.5
0.8
1
1.1
1.5
74
75
75.1
SeaMonkey
1
1.1
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33
2.38
2.39
2.40
2.46
2.49
2.53
Camino
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.1
IBM Lotus Symphony
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
3
3.0.1
Pale Moon
3.6
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
12
15
19
20
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Basilisk
18
19
20
21
22
23
Phoenix
0.1
0.4
0.5
Firebird
0.6
0.7
Firefox
0.8
0.9
0.10
1
1.5
2
3
3.5
3.6
4
5
6
7
8
9
10+
20+
30+
40+
50+
60+
70+
80+
90+
100+
110+
120+
Internet Explorer
1
2
3
4
5
5.5
6
7
8
9
10
11
v1803
v1803
v1903
v20H2
Pocket Internet Explorer
1
1.1
2
3
4
Internet Explorer Mobile
6
7
9
10
11
Edge
20
23
25
28
31
34
37
38
40
41
42
44
79
80+
90+
100+
110+
120+
Internet Explorer for Mac
2
3
4
5
5.2
Internet Explorer for UNIX
4
5
5 SP1
STNC HitchHiker
1
Microsoft Mobile Explorer
2
3
MyIE
3.2
4.01
4.02
4.1
4.2
1.5.6
1.5.7
1.5.8
1.5.9
1.6.0
1.6.1
2.1.5
2.5.1
2.5.8
MyIE2
Maxthon
0.3
0.45
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.5
1.6
2
2.5
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.9
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
6
7
Greenbrowser
1
1.1
1.2
1.5
1.8
1.9
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.8
3.9
4
4.1
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.9
5.1
5.3
5.7
5.8
5.9
6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
Deepnet Explorer
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
SlimBrowser
3.45
3.53
3.71
3.86
3.91
4
4.01
4.03
4.04
4.06
4.07
4.08
4.09
4.1
4.11
4.12
5
5.01
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
AOL Browser / AOL Explorer
1
1.5
IEOpera / Avant Browser
6.5
7
8
9
10
10.1
10.2
11
11.5
11.6
11.7
11.8
11.9
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Sleipnir
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.7
4
4.1
4.3
Sleipnir 4
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
Sleipnir (blink-based)
5
5.1
5.2
6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
Lunascape
3
3 Lite
4
5
5.1.5
6
6.1.1
6.2
6.3
6.4.1
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.7.1
6.8
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.7
6.8.8
6.8.9
6.8.10
6.9.1
6.9.4
6.9.6
6.10
6.11
6.12
6.13
6.14
6.15
Gzilla
.0.1
.1.5
.1.7
.2.1
.3.6
.3.8
Armadillo
.3.10
Dillo
0
0.1
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.8.6
2
2.1
2.2
3
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.5
IBM WebExplorer
1
1.1
1.2
Opera
1
2
3
3.5
3.6
4
5
6
7
7.1
7.5
8
8.5
9
9.5
9.6
10
10.1
10.5
10.6
11
11.1
11.5
11.6
12
12.1
12.16
12.17
12.18
Opera (blink-based)
15
16
17
18
19
20+
30+
40+
50+
60+
70+
80+
90+
100+
Opera Mini
1
2
3
4
4.1
4.2
5
6
6.1
6.5
7
7.5
8
9
9.1
9.2
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20+
30+
40+
50+
60+
70+
Opera Mobile
3.6
5.14
6
6.1
8
8.5
8.6
10
11
11.1
11.5
12
12.1
Opera Classic
12.1.8
12.1.9
Opera Mobile (blink-based)
14
15
16
18
19
20+
30+
41+
50+
60+
70+
Kazehakase
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.3
Konqueror
2
3
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14
14.12
15.04
15.08
15.12
16.04
16.08
16.12
17.04
17.08
17.12
17.12
18.04
18.08
18.12
19.04
19.08
19.12
20.04
20.08
20.12
21.04
21.08
21.12
22.03
22.07
22.11
23.03
23.07
24.01
Safari
1
1.1
1.2
2
3
3.1
3.2
4
5
5.1
6
7
8
9
9.1
10
10.1
11
11.1
12
12.1
13
13.1
14
14.1
15
15.2
15.4
15.5
15.6
16
16.1
16.2
16.3
16.4
16.5
16.6
17
17.1
17.2
tkWWW
0.1
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.9
0.10
0.11
0.12
0.13
OmniWeb
1
2
3
4
4.1
4.2
4.5
5
5.5
5.10
5.11
Vivaldi
BETA
1
2
3
4
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
6
6.1
6.2
6.4
6.5
WebPositive
r488
r515
r573
r577
r580
1.1
1.2
1.3
Shiira
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
Midori
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.5.2
0.5.4
0.5.5
0.5.6
0.5.7
0.5.8
0.5.9
0.5.10
0.5.11
6
7
8
9
11
11.1
11.2
Chrome
0.2
1
2
3
4
4.1
5
6
7
8
9
10+
20+
30+
40+
50+
60+
70+
80+
90+
100+
110+
Dooble
0.01
0.05
0.07
0.08
0.09
1
1.11
1.14
1.15
1.17
1.18
1.20
1.21
1.23
1.24
1.25
1.26
1.29
1.31
1.35
1.37
1.39
1.41
1.43
1.44
1.45
1.46
1.47
1.48
1.49
1.50
1.51
1.52
1.53
1.54
1.55
1.56
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Uzbl
r1
r2
r4
r6
r7
r10
r11
r12
r13
r14
r15
r16
r17
r18
r20
r21
r23
r24
r25
r26
0.9.0
surf
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
2
2.1
iCab
1
2
2.5
3
4
4.1
4.2
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
5
5.1
5.2
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
6
6.1
6.2
iCab Mobile
1
1.5
1.6
1.7
2
2.1
2.2
3
3.6
4
4.2
4.5
4.6
4.8
5
5.1
5.3
5.5
5.7
5.8
5.9
6
6.5
6.6
6.8
7
7.1
7.2
8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
10
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
Iris Browser
1.0.9
1.1.5
1.1.7
1.1.8
1.1.9
Arora
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.10
0.11
zBrowser
1
1.2
1.3
2
2.1
Zeromus Browser
4.3
4.3
BlueLightCat
0.1
0.2
0.6
Endorphin Browser
0.12
rekonq
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.3
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Steel
.0.9
.0.12
.0.19
.1.1
.1.6
.1.9
QupZilla
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
2.1
2.2
2.2.6
Falkon
3
3.1
3.2
23.04
23.08
xxxterm
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
1.11
xombrero
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6.4
NetSurf
1
1.1
1.2
2
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
Based on Trident / EdgeHTML layout engines
+ WebKit / Blink
+ Gecko
Based on Gecko / Goanna layout engines
Based on KHTML / WebKit / Blink layout engines
Based on Presto layout engine
Based on Trident - Gecko - WebKit / Blink