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ExoBrowser

Latest Relase:v0.1.exp1

The ExoBrowser is a scriptable platform designed to ease the experimentation with new concepts for the Web Browser.

Free Open-source, and Free
Usable Innovative but only if it's easy to use and easy to learn
Hackable Lets users easily change or extend the behaviour of their browser

The ExoBrowser exposes its API (parts of the Chromium Content API + a Simple View Model) in Javascript and enables the implementation of a fully functional browser entirely out of it (as a Javascript/HTML/CSS app)

See The Experimentation Platform to Build a Next Generation Browser

We're currently focused on running a set of experiments on top of the ExoBrowser to explore new concepts:

Experiment 1: Stacked Navigation
Experiment 2: Synchronized Sessions

Downloads

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The ExoBrowser Architecture

[Chromium Architecture]
  
  (Platform)        #   (Browser Implementation)
+----------------+  #  +-----------------------+
|  Content API   +-----+     Chrome (C++)      |
+----+-----------+  #  +-----------------------+
     |              #     |       |        |
+----+---+  +----+  #  +-----+ +-----+ +-------+
| Webkit +--+ v8 |  #  | GTK | | Win | | Cocoa |
+--------+  +----+  #  +-----+ +-----+ +-------+

`vs.`

[ExoBrowser Architecture]

             (Platform)                  #   (Browser Implementation)
+----------------+ +------------------+  #  +-----------------------+
|  Content API   +-+ ExoBrowser (C++) |-----+  Web Views (HTML/JS)  |
+----+-----------+ +--------------+---+  #  +-----------------------+
     |                   (JS API) |      #             | (Net)      
+----+---+  +----+ +--------------|---+  #  +-----------------------+
| Webkit +--+ v8 +-+    NodeJS    +---+-----+   Local Server (JS)   |
+--------+  +----+ +------------------+  #  +-----------------------+