Welcome to the Dillo Website
Dillo is a fast and small graphical web browser with the following features:
- Multi-platform, running on Linux, BSD, MacOS, Windows (via Cygwin) and even Atari.
- Written in C and C++ with few dependencies.
- Implements its own real-time rendering engine.
- Low memory usage and fast rendering, even with large pages.
- Uses the fast and bloat-freeFLTK GUI library.
- Support for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and local files.
- Extensible with plugins written in any language (see the list of plugins).
- Is free software licensed with the GPLv3.
- Helps authors to comply with web standards by using thebug meter
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Read theuser manual to discover how to use all the features.
Screenshots
...seethe gallery for more pictures and screenshots.
Project objectives
- Lower the barrier of entry to the web.
- Support old or small machines and slow connections.
- Personal security and privacy.
- High software efficiency.
Check theold website for more details. The domaindillo.org isno longer under control of Dillo developers.
Download
Download thelatest release 3.2.0 and follow theREADME.md instructions to build Dillo. You can also clone the latest changes directly from theGitHub repository.
Contributing
We always welcome contributions, here are several ways in which you can help:
- Use Dillo to browse the web and if you find something that is not working,open an issue or send an email todillo-dev@mailman3.com.
- Spread the word, so the world knows Dillo exists and is still alive.
- Implement some new feature or fix some bug and send us a patch or create a pull request (check thedeveloper documentation).
- Donate to the project viaLiberapay to cover testing and infrastructure costs.
Plugins
Dillo caneasily be extended by plugins to support new protocols. Plugins are written in any language and interact using the standard input and output. Here are some of them:
| Plugin | Protocol | Language | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dillo-plugin-gemini | gemini:// | Bash | Gemini protocol plugin |
| dillo-plugin-gopher | gopher:// | C | Gopher protocol plugin |
| dillo-plugin-ipfs | ipfs://, ipns:// | Go | IPFS protocol plugin |
| dillo-plugin-man | man:// | Bash | Rendersman pages in HTML |
| dillo-plugin-spartan | spartan:// | Bash | Spartan protocol plugin |
To add a new plugin to this list,open a PR orsend an email with a link to your repository and a short description.