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Lobo Evolution vs Nordstjernen: catalog facts
Lobo Evolution	Nordstjernen
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to download; the source is available but not under an open-source licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Independent rendering engine written in pure Java CobraEvolution engine can be embedded in Java programs	Independent engine not based on Chromium, Gecko or WebKit Development tracked against the HTML specification
Web standards support is incomplete, so many sites render poorly Requires a Java runtime	Source-available rather than open source; Northstar is the GPL sibling A from-scratch engine may not render every site correctly
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License: Source-available
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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