kiwibrowser/src.next
Src.next
This project is a Chromium-based web browser and multi-process browser shell. It utilizes a sandboxed architecture to isolate the rendering engine from the browser shell and manages web page rendering through GPU acceleration.
The system includes a browser extension host and framework designed to execute third-party add-ons by managing their bindings, events, and feature sets. It also incorporates a web platform performance suite that uses synthetic microbenchmarks to measure the latency and throughput of low-level system primitives.
The browser maintains security boundaries via filtered inter-process communication and employs a version-gated release management system to track major, minor, and patch builds.
Features
- Browser Process Isolation - Employs a specialized multi-process architecture that isolates the rendering engine from the browser shell for stability and security.
- Chromium-Based Browsers - Built as a custom web browser by modifying the Chromium engine and managing communication between shell and renderer.
- Extension Hosts - Provides a dedicated extension host and framework to execute third-party add-ons within the browser environment.
- Extension Hosts - Provides an isolated environment for executing third-party extensions and managing their feature sets.
- GPU-Accelerated UI Rendering - Utilizes GPU acceleration to offload the rendering of web content for improved performance and reduced CPU load.
- Web Page Rendering - Renders web pages using a multi-process sandboxed architecture and GPU acceleration.
- Inter-Process Communication Security - Implements a filtered inter-process communication interface to maintain strict security boundaries between isolated processes.
- Inter-Process Communication - Routes requests between the rendering engine and the browser shell through a filtered interface to preserve isolation.
- Multi-Process Browser Runtimes - Implements a multi-process shell that distributes tasks across isolated processes for rendering and GPU acceleration.
- Browser Extensibility - Provides the capability to run third-party extensions to expand the web browsing experience.
- Browser Extensions - Creates a comprehensive system for third-party add-ons to integrate with the browser via defined event bindings.
- Extension Systems - Implements a framework for managing extension types, bindings, and events to create a reusable add-on interface.
- System Primitive Microbenchmarking - Includes a performance suite using synthetic microbenchmarks to evaluate low-level system primitive latency and throughput.
- System Primitive Performance Suites - Ships a set of synthetic microbenchmarks to measure the latency and throughput of low-level system primitives.
- Browser Engine Performance Tuning - Uses synthetic microbenchmarks to measure system primitive latency and throughput for optimizing browser speed across platforms.
- Performance Measurement - Provides tools for measuring latency and throughput of low-level system primitives using high-resolution timing.
