Timeline of web browsers

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This is a timeline of web browsers from the early 1990s to the present. Prior to browsers, many technologies and systems existed for information viewing and transmission. For an in depth history of earlier web browsers see the web browser article.

Graphical timeline

1993–2014

The following table chronicles the major release dates since 1993 for the more popular web browsers.

1993	Lynx
Jan
Feb
Mar	2.0*
Apr
May
Jun
Jul	2.0.10
Aug	2.0.11
Sep
Oct
Nov	2.0.12
Dec	2.1
1994	Lynx	Mosaic Netscape	Opera
Jan
Feb	2.2
Mar
Apr
May	2.3
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct		0.9*
Nov			1.0β*
Dec		1.0
1995	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE
Jan
Feb
Mar		1.1
Apr			1.0
May
Jun	2.4
Jul
Aug		1.22		1.0*
Sep
Oct
Nov				2.0
Dec
1996	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					2.0B*
Feb
Mar		2.0
Apr			2.0		2.0
May	2.5
Jun
Jul
Aug		3.0		3.0	2.1
Sep	2.6
Oct
Nov
Dec			2.10
1997	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					3.0
Feb	2.7
Mar
Apr
May
Jun		4.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct				4.0
Nov
Dec			3.0
1998	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					4.0
Feb
Mar	2.8
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct	2.8.1	4.5
Nov			3.5
Dec
1999	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE	Mozilla
Jan					4.5
Feb
Mar				5.0		M3*
Apr
May
Jun	2.8.2
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2000	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE	Mozilla
Jan
Feb
Mar					5.0†
Apr	2.8.3
May
Jun			4.0
Jul				5.5
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov		6.0
Dec			5.0			0.6
2001	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE		Mozilla
Jan						0.7
Feb						0.8
Mar
Apr
May						0.9
Jun
Jul	2.8.4
Aug		6.1
Sep
Oct		6.2		6.0
Nov			6.0
Dec
2002	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Chimera	Mozilla	Phoenix
Jan
Feb					0.1*
Mar
Apr					0.2
May
Jun						1.0
Jul					0.4
Aug		7.0 (& 4.8)				1.1
Sep				6.0 SP1	0.5		0.1*
Oct							0.4
Nov					0.6	1.2
Dec							0.5
2003	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla	Firebird	Safari	MyIE2
Jan			7.0
Feb
Mar					0.7	1.3
Apr			7.1
May							0.6
Jun		7.1				1.4		1.0*
Jul
Aug
Sep			7.2
Oct						1.5	0.7
Nov
Dec									.9*
2004	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon
Jan						1.6
Feb	2.8.5						0.8
Mar
Apr
May			7.5
Jun					0.8	1.7	0.9
Jul
Aug		7.2		6.0 SP2
Sep							0.10 (PR)		1.0*
Oct
Nov							1.0
Dec
2005	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr			8.0					2.0
May		8.0
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep			8.5			SM 1.0α*			1.5	3.0 (JPN)*
Oct
Nov							1.5
Dec
2006	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape
Jan		8.1				SM 1.0
Feb					1.0
Mar										3 Lite/3 Pocket (JPN)
Apr						M. 1.7.13†
May
Jun			9.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct	2.8.6			7.0			2.0
Nov										4.0*
Dec			9.1
2007	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan						1.1
Feb
Mar
Apr			9.2
May									1.6		1.0*
Jun					1.5			3.0
Jul									2.0
Aug											1.1
Sep
Oct		9.0
Nov
Dec
2008	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan
Feb		9.0.0.6†
Mar								3.1			1.2
Apr					1.6
May
Jun			9.5				3.0
Jul
Aug		Chrome
Sep		0.2.149.27*								5.0 Alpha (JPN)		0.2.155*
Oct			9.6
Nov
Dec		1.0							2.5			1.0
2009	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan
Feb
Mar				8.0
Apr											2.0
May		2.0									2.1	2.0
Jun							3.5	4.0
Jul	2.8.7
Aug
Sep		3.0	10.0							5.1.5		3.0
Oct						2.0
Nov			10.10		2.0
Dec										6.0
2010	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan		4.0					3.6					4.0
Feb
Mar			10.50
Apr										6.1.1	2.5
May		5.0
Jun								4.1, 5.0				5.0
Jul			10.60							6.2
Aug									3.0	6.3
Sep		6.0									2.6	6.0
Oct		7.0										7.0
Nov
Dec		8.0	11.0									8.0
2011	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan										6.4.1
Feb		9.0										9.0
Mar		10.0		9.0			4.0					10.0
Apr		11.0	11.10								2.7
May										6.5		11.0
June		12.0	11.50			2.1	5.0		3.1
July						2.2		5.1				12.0
Aug		13.0					6.0					13.0
Sep		14.0				2.4	7.0				2.8	14.0
Oct		15.0							3.2
Nov					2.1	2.5	8.0					15.0
Dec		16.0	11.60			2.6	9.0		3.3
2012	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan						2.7	10.0
Feb		17.0
Mar		18.0			2.1.2†	2.8	11.0
Apr						2.9	12.0			6.7.0	2.9	18.0
May		19.0										19.0
June			12.00			2.10	13.0		3.4
July		20.0				2.11	14.0	6.0				20.0
Aug		21.0				2.12	15.0					21.0
Sep		22.0								6.8.0
Oct				10.0		2.13	16.0					22.0
Nov		23.0	12.10			2.14	17.0		3.5			23.0
Dec									4.0
2013	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE		SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan		24.0				2.15	18.0					24.0
Feb		25.0				2.16	19.0			6.8.2
Mar		26.0										25.0
Apr			12.15			2.17	20.0				3.0	26.0
May		27.0					21.0			6.8.4		27.0
June				10.0.6			22.0	6.0.5	4.1
July	2.8.8dev16	28.0	15.0			2.19						28.0
Aug		29.0				2.20	23.0			6.8.8
Sep			16.0			2.21	24.0					29.0
Oct		30.0	17.0	11.0		2.22	25.0	7.0				30.0
Nov		31.0	18.0
Dec						2.23	26.0			6.8.10		31.0
2014	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE		SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan		32.0	19.0						4.2
Feb							27.0

* Initial release
† No subsequent releases are planned

References

External links

Eric A. Meyer's take on a browser timeline
Fresh-browsers.com major web browsers history
Google Chrome team's The Evolution of the Web

Timeline of web browsers

General

Comparison History List for Unix Usage share

1990s

1990	WorldWideWeb (Nexus)

1991	Line Mode Browser libwww

1992	Erwise MacWWW (Samba) MidasWWW tkWWW ViolaWWW

1993	AMosaic Arena Cello Emacs/W3 Lynx 2 NCSA Mosaic VMS Mosaic

1994	AirMosaic Internet in a Box ANT Fresco Argo IBM WebExplorer MacWeb SlipKnot Minuet Navipress Mosaic/Mosaic Netscape/Netscape Navigator Spyglass Mosaic TCP/Connect II MacWeb

1995	Agora ALynx AMSD Ariadna Cyberjack eWorld Web Browser Grail Internet Explorer 1 Internet Explorer 2 Netscape Navigator 2 NetShark OmniWeb HotJava UdiWWW WebShark

1996	Cyberdog Arachne AWeb IBrowse Amaya Internet Explorer 3 Netscape Navigator 3 Opera 2 Oracle PowerBrowser tcpCONNECT4 Voyager

1997	Netscape Communicator Internet Explorer 4 Opera 3

1998	NeoPlanet Mozilla Application Suite

1999	iCab Internet Explorer 5

2000s

2000	Beonex Communicator Galeon K-Meleon MediaBrowser Netscape 6 Opera 4-5

2001	Internet Explorer 6 Opera 6

2002	Camino Epiphany Netscape (version 7)

2003	Maxthon Opera 7 Safari

2004	Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox

2005	AOL Explorer Deepnet Explorer Firefox 1.5 Opera 8 Safari 2

2006	Firefox 2 Internet Explorer 7 Opera 9

2007	Opera 9.5 Safari 3

2008	Google Chrome Firefox 3

2009	Google Chrome 2-3 Firefox 3.5 Internet Explorer 8 Opera 10 Safari 4

2010s

2010	Google Chrome 4-8 Firefox 3.6 Opera 11 Safari 5

2011	Google Chrome 9-16 Firefox 4 Firefox 5–9 Internet Explorer 9 Opera 12

2012	Google Chrome 17-23 Firefox 10–17 Internet Explorer 10 Safari 6

2013	Google Chrome 24-31 Firefox 18–26 Internet Explorer 11 Opera 15-18 Safari 7

2014	Google Chrome 32 Firefox 27 Opera 19

Related topics

3D Markup Language for Web Aliweb ARPANET ASCII BITNET Browser wars CompuServe Elm Email File Transfer Protocol Gopher HTML HyperCard HyTelnet NCSA Telnet NLS Prodigy Teletext Telnet Usenet UUCP Videotex Viewdata Virtual Reality Markup Language Web page Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog World Wide Web X.25

Web browsers

Features	Ad filtering Augmented browsing Bookmarks Bookmarklet Live bookmark Smart Bookmarks Browser extension Browser security Browser synchronizer comparison Cookies Download manager Favicon Incremental search Plug-in Privacy mode Tabs Universal Edit Button

Web standards	Acid tests Cascading Style Sheets HTML HTML5 JavaScript MathML OCSP SVG WebGL XHTML

Related topics	BrowserChoice.eu CRL HTTP HTTPS iLoo Internet suite Man-in-the-browser Mobile Web Offline reader PAC Pwn2Own Rich Internet application Site-specific browser SPDY SSL/TLS WebSocket Widget World Wide Web WPAD XML

Desktop

WebKit-based	Arora Avant Chromium Chrome Dragon Epic Opera SRWare Iron Torch Yandex.Browser Dooble Flock Fluid iCab Konqueror Lunascape Maxthon Midori OmniWeb Origyn Web Browser QupZilla rekonq Safari Shiira Sleipnir Uzbl Web WebPositive xombrero

Trident-based	AOL Explorer Avant Deepnet Explorer GreenBrowser Internet Explorer Lunascape Maxthon MediaBrowser MenuBox NeoPlanet NetCaptor Sleipnir SlimBrowser SpaceTime UltraBrowser WebbIE ZAC Browser

Gecko-based	AT&T Pogo Avant Camino Firefox Conkeror GNU IceCat IceDragon Pale Moon Pentadactyl Swiftfox Swiftweasel TenFourFox Timberwolf Vimperator xB Browser Galeon Ghostzilla K-Meleon Kazehakase Kirix Strata Lotus Symphony Lunascape Mozilla Beonex Communicator Classilla Netscape SeaMonkey

Text-based	ELinks Emacs/W3 Line Mode Browser Links Lynx Net-Tamer w3m

Other	abaco Amaya Arachne Arena Charon Dillo Gazelle IBM Home Page Reader IBrowse KidZui Mosaic Mothra NetPositive NetSurf

Mobile

WebKit-based	Android Browser BOLT Chrome Dolphin Browser Nintendo 3DS Internet Browser Rockmelt S60 web browser Safari Silk Steel

Gecko-based	Firefox for mobile MicroB Minimo

Presto-based	Nintendo DS & DSi Browser Opera Mini Opera Mobile

Other	BlackBerry Blazer Deepfish Galio ibisBrowser Internet Explorer Mobile Iris Browser Konqueror Embedded NetFront Obigo Browser Skweezer Skyfire Teashark ThunderHawk uZard Web Vision WinWAP

Television and video game console

WebKit-based	Google TV NetFront Steam overlay Wii U Internet Browser

Gecko-based	Kylo

Presto-based	Internet Channel

Other	Galio MSN TV (WebTV)

Software no longer in development shown in italics

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