Vivaldi (web browser)
Vivaldi (/vɪˈvɑːldi, vəˈv-/) is a freeware, cross-platform web browser with a built-in email client developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Tatsuki Tomita and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, who was the co-founder and CEO of Opera Software. Vivaldi was initially released on 27 January 2015.
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| Developer(s) | Vivaldi Technologies |
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| Initial release | 27 January 2015 |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Engines | Blink (WebKit on iOS/iPadOS), V8 |
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| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, ARM (macOS, Linux & Android only) |
| Available in | 53 languages |
List of languages Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Macedonian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Scots Gaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Peru), Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese | |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Proprietary freeware |
| Website | vivaldi |
Although intended for general users, it is first and foremost targeted towards technically-inclined users as well as former Opera users disgruntled by its transition from the Presto layout engine to a Chromium-based browser that resulted in the loss of many of its distinctive features. Despite also being Chromium-based, Vivaldi aims to revive the features of the Presto-based Opera with its own proprietary modifications.
Vivaldi replaced Firefox as the default browser on the Manjaro Cinnamon Community Edition. As of February 2024, Vivaldi has more than 2.9 million active users.