Alternatives to Safari Technology Preview

Apple's early-access Safari build for macOS with the latest WebKit engine and developer tools. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Safari Technology Preview.

  • Safari

    Apple's browser, with the deepest integration into macOS and Apple devices.

    FreeProprietarymacOS

    Safari is the stable release using the same WebKit engine, better suited as a daily browser with iCloud sync, but upcoming WebKit features and Web Inspector changes arrive later.

  • Firefox Developer Edition

    A pre-release build of Firefox for web developers, with the newest developer tools and platform features.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Firefox Developer Edition gives early developer tools and platform features for Gecko instead of WebKit, and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, including ARM64.

  • Microsoft Edge Dev / Canary

    Preview channels of Microsoft Edge for testing early features.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Microsoft Edge Dev / Canary previews upcoming Edge features and DevTools on a Chromium base for Windows, macOS and Linux, installing alongside stable Edge as a separate browser.

  • Firefox Nightly

    Mozilla's daily pre-release build of Firefox for trying and testing upcoming browser features.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Firefox Nightly updates daily with the earliest Firefox changes on Windows, macOS and Linux, testing Gecko rather than WebKit, and is unstable as a main browser.

  • Chromium

    The open-source browser project that Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi are all built from.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Chromium lets developers test against the bare Chromium engine with Chrome for Testing builds for every release channel, across all desktops, instead of upcoming WebKit.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • HTML5test

    A web page that scores how many HTML5 and related web platform features your browser supports.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • Speedometer

    A browser benchmark that measures web app responsiveness by simulating user actions in demo applications.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • MotionMark

    A browser graphics benchmark that measures how well a browser animates complex scenes at a target frame rate.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • JetStream

    A JavaScript and WebAssembly benchmark suite that measures how fast browsers start up and run advanced web apps.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • Orion

    WebKit browser from Kagi that runs Safari, Chrome and Firefox extensions.

    FreeProprietarymacOSLinux

  • GNOME Web

    GNOME's browser, built on WebKitGTK, formerly known as Epiphany.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux