Long-Time Slashdot Reader Announces New Open Source Web Browser 'Northstar'

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By EditorDavidOct 4, 2026, 7:21 am181 ptsTrendingTop
Long-time Slashdot reader Andreas(R) announces Northstar, a "minimalist" web browser written entirely from scratch in C — now available in version 1.0.11: One window, one page, one process — about 160,000 lines of original C, small enough for one person to read and audit end-to-end. It carries no upstream…

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