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About Flow Browser
Flow is a browser built on Ekioh's own engine rather than Chromium, WebKit or Gecko. Page layout is multithreaded, so several page elements are positioned at once across all CPU cores, and HTML elements are drawn directly on the GPU to keep the CPU free for JavaScript. It supports Flexbox, CSS custom properties, calc(), WebGL and GPU-accelerated canvas.
A preview build can be downloaded for the Raspberry Pi. Ekioh mainly targets consumer electronics and embedded systems, and offers desktop development builds with on-target debugging and Selenium WebDriver support.
Strengths
- Independent engine not based on Chromium, WebKit or Gecko
- Multithreaded layout that scales with CPU cores
- GPU rendering with low memory use
- Selenium WebDriver support for testing
Limitations
- Public download is a preview for the Raspberry Pi
- Aimed mainly at embedded and TV products rather than everyday desktop use
- Proprietary
Details
- Pricing
- FreeA Raspberry Pi preview is offered as a download; the page does not state a price.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Ekioh
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Trying an independent browser engine on a Raspberry Pi
- Categories
- Web browsers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Firefox
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