embedded web browser

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I'm looking for Linux embedded web browser, or preferably just a rendering object (it will not be used for actual browsing, just for displaying web based gui). The requirements are:

Written in C/C++ (small footprint)
Support Dynamic HTML
Support Java script
Minimum dependencies on the libraries (although i understand that it can not be completely standalone)
No Dependency on X11 (i.e working with direct frame qui libraries)

So far i only found Embedded Konqueror. Any suggestions are welcomed, commercial solutions are OK, but open source is preferable.

Found another option QT WebKit which is selected and answers all my requirements.

Another update: Successfully installed and tested embedded QT distribution with WebKit on my board. The configuration of frame buffer was seamless, touch screen calibration took some time, but on the bottom line everything working as expected.
And I'm entering wonderful world of java script :) I handle much better kernel drivers.

Another update: I found another commercial solution that i might consider in the future. embedded browser from access company here. I did not worked with them, but it was recommend so for public record i put it here as well.

I am in a very similar situation. Please let us know which solution fits your needs best! — Roast, Jun 16 '10 at 16:08
Do you have Display also in your set up or you want to access Web GUI on remote system over network? In later case, You can just use some web server like boa, lighttpd etc. — Jagdish, Mar 14 '16 at 09:38

svimre · Answer 1 · 2013-10-16T11:09:34.090

You may try out the Chromium Embedded Framework(CEF). It has C and C++ interface with bindings for several other languages (Python, .NET, Java).

https://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded/

If you would like to use as much Javascript as possible, you can try node-webKit (Uses CEF under the hood). Within node-webkit you use nodeJS(serverside javascript) libraries directly from the DOM.

https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

el.pescado - нет войне · Answer 2 · 2010-06-14T12:07:07.927

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You may try to build WebKit with DirectFB version of GTK+.

Another alternative is Firefox on DirectFB but it seems not ready yet.

edited Jun 14 '10 at 12:07

answered Jun 13 '10 at 15:19

el.pescado - нет войне

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I think that if you can find all the right versions of stuff it does in fact work... the problem is that relatively few people care about DirectFB support in GTK/Mozilla/etc so it tends to be out of date/broken/old and the wiki pages never seem to change... – Spudd86 Jun 16 '10 at 14:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 13 '10 at 15:12

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it doesn't hit all of your requirements, but have you considered Prism: http://prism.mozillalabs.com/

answered Jun 13 '10 at 15:12

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thanks, but i can not drop any of my requirements except (4) that it's kind of vague ... – Ilya Jun 14 '10 at 08:24
Thanks, i added c++ as well i meant i don't want java and alike. – Ilya Jun 14 '10 at 10:47
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No longer developed: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Prism – Doron Behar Aug 25 '20 at 05:21

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 14 '10 at 16:23

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Perhaps you can do what you want with Xulrunner ?

You can certainly make it start up a window with a web page which can then do "stuff" using Javascript.

answered Jun 14 '10 at 16:23

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 24 '10 at 17:02

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Since you didn't say it needs to be free, Opera for Linux Devices is pretty much exactly what you're looking for.

answered Sep 24 '10 at 17:02

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i had a discussion with Opera in the past as well, it's quite expensive and does not have an evaluation option so i dropped it. As i stated i'm using QT with WebKit and Frame-buffer option works pretty good. – Ilya Sep 27 '10 at 14:51

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