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Midori
DevelopersChristian Dywan,[1] Nancy Runge, Astian Foundation
Initial release16 December 2007 (2007-12-16)[2]
Stable release(s)
Android3.5.15[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 14 July 2025
Linux11.6[4] Edit this on Wikidata / 9 August 2025
Preview release(s) [±]
9.0 (July 29, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-07-29)[5]) [±]
Repositorygithub.com/goastian/midori-desktop/
Written inoriginally in C & GTK2, rewritten completely in Vala & GTK3[6]
Engine
  • Gecko
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Operating systemLinux, Android, Windows, macOS
PlatformIA-32, AMD64, x86
Available in30 languages[7]
TypeWeb browser
LicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later
Websiteastian.org/en/midori-browser/

Midori (Japanese: 緑, romanized: midori, lit. 'green') is a free and open-source web browser. In 2019, the Midori project was acquired by the Astian Foundation.[8][9] After the acquisition, the project became a derivative of the Firefox browser.[10]

History

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Midori began as a lightweight[11][12] web browser using the WebKitGTK rendering engine[11] and the GTK widget toolkit. Midori was part of the Xfce desktop environment's Goodies collection of applications[13] and followed the Xfce principle of "making the most out of available resources".[14] It was the default browser in the SliTaz Linux distribution,[15] Trisquel Mini, Artix Linux, old versions of Raspbian, and wattOS in its "R5 release".[16] It was the default browser in elementary OS "Freya" and "Luna",[17] and Bodhi Linux.[18] Midori was part of the standard Raspbian distribution for the Raspberry Pi ARMv6-based computer, while Dillo and NetSurf are also in the menu.

Midori passed the standard compliance Acid3 test.[19] In March 2014, Midori scored 405/555 on the HTML5 test.[20] In July 2015, Midori 0.5 on Windows 8 scored 325/555 on the updated HTML5 test.[21]

In June 2024, Astian's CEO announced Midori would launch their own open source VPN service.[22] The VPN service became available in February 2025, though not yet integrated within the browser.[23]

In March 2025, Astian released version 11.5.2, the first version to support macOS. It also announced plans for making Midori available on iPhone and iPad.[24]

Features

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Midori featured:

Reception

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The former Midori was recommended by Lifehacker due to its simplicity.[33] The major points for criticism are the absence of process isolation, the low number of available extensions[34] and occasional crashes.[citation needed]

Nick Veitch from TechRadar included Midori 0.2.2 in his 2010 list of the eight best web browsers for Linux. At that time he rated it as "5/10" and concluded, "while it does perform reasonably well all-round, there is no compelling reason to choose this browser over the default Gnome browser, Epiphany, or indeed any of the bigger boys".[35]

Himanshu Arora of Computerworld reviewed Midori 0.5.4 in November 2013 and praised the browser's speed and uncluttered interface, while additionally underlining the private browsing mode which uses a separate launch icon and displays the mode's differences on the home tab.[32]

Victor Clarke from Gigaom praised the former Midori's minimalism in 2014 stating: "Midori will satisfy your humble needs without slowing down your PC.", despite stressing the lack of advanced functionality.[36]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dywan, Christian. "About : Christian Dywan (kalikiana)". Two toasts. Retrieved 11 April 2021. Cris likes to cook. Add to that a passion for Chinese and Japanese tea. These days, kalikiana focuses on hacking on snapcraft, but is still fondly looking back to Midori, ElementaryOS and Ubuntu Touch.
  2. ^ "midori – Midori is a lightweight web browser". git.xfce.org. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Web Browser Midori". 14 July 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  4. ^ "v11.6". 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. ^ Dywan, Christian (29 July 2019). "Release". github.com. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. ^ Kalikiana (31 October 2018). "All for One, One for All". Midori Blog. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Translations: Midori". launchpad.net. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Midori". midori-browser.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019. In 2019, the Midori Browser project merged with the Astian Foundation to take development to new horizons, always respecting the pillars of the project.
  9. ^ "Midori Web Browser". www.midori-browser.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  10. ^ goastian/midori-desktop, Astian, Inc, 17 February 2024, retrieved 18 February 2024
  11. ^ a b c Nick Veitch. "Midori and Epiphany: But which is the best Linux web browser of all?". Archived from the original on 29 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Best Internet Browser – The Show Goes On!". 14 September 2009. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012.
  13. ^ "projects:applications:start [Xfce Goodies]". goodies.xfce.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  14. ^ "About Midori". midori.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  15. ^ a b c Spotlight on Linux: SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0 Archived 15 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Linux Journal
  16. ^ wattOS R6 Review – Go green with Linux Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. LinuxUser & Developer
  17. ^ "Elementary OS Loki Has Arrived". linux.com. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  18. ^ Lightweight Bodhi 1.2 distro offers Enlightenment for the Linux masses
  19. ^ "Midori – the Little Browser that Just Might Surprise You". 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015. Midori – The Little Web Browser that Might Just Surprise You – Make Tech Easier
  20. ^ "HTML5test – How well does your browser support HTML5?". HTML5test.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  21. ^ "HTML5test – How well does your browser support HTML5?". html5test.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  22. ^ https://help.astian.org/showthread.php?tid=1
  23. ^ https://astian.org/midori-en/vpn-browsing-in-midori-yes-and-its-close/
  24. ^ "Midori Browser arrives on Apple devices". Astian, Inc. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  25. ^ a b c d e f Midori Web Browser Archived 12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. BeginLinux.com
  26. ^ Midori 0.2.5 Released!. OMG! Ubuntu!
  27. ^ Arch Linux and desktop adventures with the Raspberry Pi Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. greenhughes
  28. ^ Midori Web Browser Gets an Update, Sets DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine. UbuntuVibes
  29. ^ Midori: One Of The Most Lightweight Browsers Around [Linux & Windows] Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. makeuseof
  30. ^ Maemo Browsers Comparison: MicroB, Fennec, Midori, Tear Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Arantius.com
  31. ^ a b Web-browser Midori Adds Unity Support and Neat 'Next Page' Feature. OMG! Ubuntu!
  32. ^ a b Himanshu, Arora (6 November 2013). "5 lesser-known browsers: Free, lightweight and low-maintenance". Computerworld. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  33. ^ Gordon, Whitson (2 October 2012). "The Best Web Browser for Linux". Lifehacker. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  34. ^ "1 Month with the Midori Web Browser". the_simple_computer. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  35. ^ Veitch, Nick (1 August 2010). "8 of the best web browsers for Linux". Gigaom. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  36. ^ Clarke, Victor (24 August 2014). "Six alternative web browsers you should know about". Gigaom. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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