Ladybird: That Rare Breed of Browser Based on Web Standards

May 26, 2025

Bar chart showing the number of web-platform-tests in master branches for six browsers as of April 30, 2025. Chrome has the most, followed by Safari, Firefox, Ladybird, Flow, and Servo

There appear to be a lot of different web browsers available — but on closer examination, this isn’t entirely true. Many browsers are based on Chromium, the open source code behind Google’s Chrome browser. Safari and Firefox are the notable exceptions, but Microsoft Edge, Opera and Brave (to name just a few) are all based on Chromium. However, soon there will be a new fully open source browser, constructed independently from the ground up, called Labybird.

Source: Ladybird: That Rare Breed of Browser Based on Web Standards – The New Stack