Ladybird is a truly independent web browser — not a Chromium shell, not a WebKit port, not a Firefox fork. Every component, from the HTML parser and CSS engine to the JavaScript interpreter and network stack, is written from scratch against the WHATWG, W3C, and ECMA specifications. Ladybird is currently pre-alpha and aimed at developers who want to build, contribute to, or learn from a clean-room browser implementation.Documentation Index
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Introduction
Learn what Ladybird is, its goals, roadmap, and what makes it different from other browsers.
Build on Linux & macOS
Step-by-step build instructions for Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, macOS, and more.
Architecture Overview
Understand the multi-process design: UI, WebContent, RequestServer, and ImageDecoder.
Contributing
Get involved — find bugs, write tests, and submit issues that move the project forward.
What’s Inside
LibWeb
The HTML/CSS rendering engine — implements layout, painting, the DOM, and Web APIs from spec.
LibJS & LibWasm
A from-scratch JavaScript engine and a complete WebAssembly implementation.
IPC & Services
How browser processes communicate safely using LibIPC.
DevTools
Firefox DevTools integration via the remote debugging protocol.
Core Libraries
AK, LibCore, LibGfx, LibCrypto — the standard library powering Ladybird.
Testing
Run in-tree tests, Web Platform Tests, and sanitizer builds.
Get Up and Running
Install prerequisites
Install CMake ≥ 3.30, a C++23-capable compiler (clang-21 or gcc-14), Ninja, and Qt6 development packages for your platform.
Build and run
Ladybird is pre-alpha software. It must be built from source. Expect rough edges — the project improves every day.