# Qutebrowser

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{{Short description|Free web browser with a minimal GUI}}
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{{Infobox software
| title = qutebrowser
| logo = 
| logo alt = 
| logo size = 
| screenshot = qutebrowser-screenshot.png
| caption = qutebrowser running in the command mode.
| screenshot alt = 
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| author = Freya Bruhin ("the Compiler")
| developer = {{hlist|Freya Bruhin<ref name=pro-linux /><ref name=mynavi>{{cite news|author=長岡弥太郎|date=16 October 2017 |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20171016-a187 |title=PythonやPyQtをベースのテキストドリブンBrowser「Qutebrowser」がv1.0に|language=Japanese}}</ref>|contributors<ref name=qutebrowser-authors>{{cite web |url=https://www.qutebrowser.org/#_authors |title=qutebrowser – Authors |website=qutebrowser.org |access-date = 2018-09-09}}</ref>}}
|released = {{Start date and age|2014|12|14|df=yes}}<ref name=ghrelinit>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/releases/tag/v0.1 |title=Release qutebrowser v0.1 |access-date=27 November 2017 |website=[GitHub](/source/GitHub)}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}                                    | latest release date    = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}|df=yes}}
| programming language = [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)), [JavaScript](/source/JavaScript)
| operating system = Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD<ref>{{cite web |url=https://qutebrowser.org/doc/install.html |title=Installing qutebrowser |website=qutebrowser.org |access-date=2018-08-28}}</ref>
| included with = 
| engine = [WebKit](/source/WebKit) or [QtWebEngine](/source/QtWebEngine)
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| size = 
| language = English<ref name=gh-qb-i31>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/31 |title=Internationalization #31|website=[GitHub](/source/GitHub) |at=[GitHub](/source/GitHub) |access-date=2018-09-09}}</ref>
| language count = 1
| language footnote = <ref name=gh-qb-i31 />
| genre = [Web browser](/source/Web_browser)
| license = [GNU General Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License)
| website = {{URL|qutebrowser.org}}
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}}

'''qutebrowser''' (pronounced "cute browser") is a [web browser](/source/web_browser) for the [operating system](/source/operating_system)s [Linux](/source/Linux), [Windows](/source/Windows), and [macOS](/source/macOS), with [vim](/source/vim_(text_editor))-style [key bindings](/source/Keyboard_shortcut) and a [minimal](/source/Minimalism_(computing)) [graphical user interface](/source/graphical_user_interface) (GUI).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itweek.ru/foss/blog/foss/8694.php |title=Qutebrowser: браузер для поклонников vim |work=[PCWeek](/source/eWeek) Russia |access-date=13 December 2016|language=Russian}}</ref> It is keyboard-driven and is inspired by similar software such as [Vimperator](/source/Vimperator) and dwb.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://qutebrowser.org/FAQ.html |title=FAQ |website=qutebrowser.org}}</ref> It is developed by Freya Bruhin.<ref name=pro-linux>{{cite web |url=http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/24116/ch-open-source-awards-2016-vergeben.html |title=CH Open Source Awards 2016: vergeben |work=Pro-Linux |access-date=13 December 2016 |lang=de}}</ref> 

Qutebrowser is [free and open-source software](/source/free_and_open-source_software) released under the [GNU General Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License), and is included in the native [repositories](/source/software_repository) of [Linux distribution](/source/Linux_distribution)s such as [Fedora](/source/Fedora_(operating_system)) and [Arch Linux](/source/Arch_Linux).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Qutebrowser |title=qutebrowser – ArchWiki |work=archlinux.org |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>

Qutebrowser can use two layout or [browser engine](/source/browser_engine)s: [QtWebEngine](/source/QtWebEngine) by default, or [WebKit](/source/WebKit) optionally instead. It uses [DuckDuckGo](/source/DuckDuckGo) as the default [search engine](/source/search_engine).

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Internet}}
* [List of web browsers](/source/List_of_web_browsers)
* [uzbl](/source/uzbl) – another minimalist [web browser](/source/web_browser) with similar concept (discontinued)
* [Minimalism (computing)](/source/Minimalism_(computing))

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|qutebrowser.org}}
* {{GitHub|qutebrowser}}

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Category:Web browsers that use Qt
Category:Free software programmed in Python
Category:Linux software
Category:Free web browsers
Category:Free software programmed in JavaScript
Category:Software using the GNU General Public License

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