Software · Web browsers

NetSurf

NetSurf is a web browser, available on Windows and Linux.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-2.0 & MIT — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: NetSurf Developers
Latest version: 3.11 (28 December 2023)
Latest activity: 14 February 2024

At a glance

NetSurf is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0 & MIT) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Few recent updates

About

NetSurf is a multi-platform lightweight web browser. It aims to provide comprehensive rendering of HTML 5 with CSS 2 in a small resource footprint without compromising performance.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 7 November 2026
Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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