Show HN: Northstar Web Browser 1.0.28

Category: web-framework

Tags: browser-engine, c, web-standards, sandboxing, open-source

Score: 8.0/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Nordstjernen Sol is a from-scratch web browser engine written in C, targeting modern HTML/CSS/JS standards with impressive spec conformance (73% CSS, 91% HTML WPT subtests) and a sandboxed multi-process architecture. It stands out for its minimalist ~254k line codebase, cross-platform support, and absence of JIT, making it auditable and security-focused. This is a rare feat of engineering comparable to Servo or WebKit.

Target audience: browser developers, systems programmers, security researchers, and web platform enthusiasts

Repository: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen-browser · C · NOASSERTION · 190 stars

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