Le sam. 17 oct. 2026 à 20:37, Andreas Røsdal <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hello Karsten, Carsten, Jérémy, Sebastian > > I would like to contact you to request that you please include the web > browser (Northstar) > we are making into Debian. > First things first, keep the ITP bug in the loop. > > There are 3 variants: > > Nordstjernen browser, main flagship browser, implemented in C: > https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen-browser > Debian strives when dependencies are not vendored, so this is interesting to analyze: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen-browser#dependencies Debian is going to favor ffmpeg, for example. (or even gstreamer, if it was possible). That being said, this browser looks good, considering it is so young. It is slow, its UI is looking like old browsers, but it can run windy.com or youtube.com, which is impressive. > Northstar browser, minimalistic, implemented in C: > https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-browser > > Southstar browser, implemented in Rust, less mature: > https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/southstar-browser > I tried that one too, doesn't load anything, as expected for a less mature browser. > Website: https://nordstjernen.org/ > > The browser has GPL 3 license.Have have ca 700 users in Windows store at > the moment. > > I hope we can cooperate on the distribution on this web browser. > > The Internet needs more web browser engine alternatives than just Chrome > and Firefox. > > Northstar (Nordstjernen) browser is an independent, JIT-free, C-based > browser engine developed in Europe with a mission to build a secure, open, > and sovereign internet stack free from Big Tech monopolies. > These are strong arguments, however, it might be a good idea to not target next debian stable, given the youngness of this browser. Jérémy Regards, > Andreas Røsdal >
