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1 ![surf](surf.svg) 2 3 surf is a simple web browser based on WebKit2/GTK+. It is able 4 to display websites and follow links. It supports the XEmbed protocol 5 which makes it possible to embed it in another application. Furthermore, 6 one can point surf to another URI by setting its XProperties. 7 8 2009/9/17 Simon Rozet <simon@rozet.name>: 9 > I though exactly the same before. I always had +20 tabs open in firefox. 10 > Honestly, I'd never thought I'd enjoy using a browser with no tab support 11 > until I forced myself to use surf for a week. I am now much less distracted 12 > and more focused when browsing the web. dwm + surf <3 13 14 Getting Started 15 --------------- 16 Start the browser with 17 18 surf http://your-url 19 20 You can navigate by clicking on links on the displayed page. Hit *Ctrl-g* to enter a new URL. For more commands consult 21 22 man surf 23 24 Links 25 ----- 26 * Mailing List: `dev+subscribe@suckless.org` ([Archives](//lists.suckless.org/dev)) 27 * IRC channel: #suckless at irc.oftc.net 28 29 Note On Webkit Versions 30 ----------------------- 31 Compile your own webkit or expect hell. The packaging of webkit is pure 32 insane. 33 Surf uses upstream stable webkit2gtk by default, but the previous 34 version based on webkit1gtk is still available as a branch. 35 36 Development 37 ----------- 38 surf is actively developed. You can [browse](//git.suckless.org/surf) its 39 source code repository or get a copy with the following command: 40 41 git clone https://git.suckless.org/surf 42 43 Download 44 -------- 45 * [MIT/X Consortium license](//git.suckless.org/surf/plain/LICENSE) 46 * [surf 2.1](//dl.suckless.org/surf/surf-2.1.tar.gz) (2021-05-08) 47 * See also [dmenu](//tools.suckless.org/dmenu), 48 [tabbed](//tools.suckless.org/tabbed)