Beaker (web browser)

Beaker
Developer(s)Blue Link Labs.[1]
Initial release1 August 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-01)
Stable release(s)
1.1.0 (December 8, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-08)[2]) [±]
Preview release(s)
1.0.0 Pre-release 4 (June 4, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-04)[3]) [±]
Repository
Operating systemLinux, Microsoft Windows, macOS
Platformx86-64
TypeOpen-source web browser
LicenseMIT License
Websitebeakerbrowser.com

Beaker is a discontinued[4] free and open-source web browser[5] developed by Blue Link Labs.[6][7] Beaker Browser peer-to-peer technology allows users to self-publish websites and web apps[8] directly from the browser, without the need to set up and administrate a separate web server or host their content on a third-party server. All files and websites are transferred using Dat, a hypermedia peer-to-peer protocol, which allows files to be shared and hosted by several users.[9] The browser also supports the HTTP protocol to connect to traditional servers.[5]

Beaker is built using the Electron framework and therefore uses the Chromium browser as a renderer for webpages.[10]

  1. ^ "Beaker is a more powerful browser, for a more powerful Web". Beaker browser. Retrieved 24 Jul 2018.
  2. ^ "Beaker Browser 1.1". Blue Link Labs. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. ^ "Beaker 1.0, Beta 4". beaker browser Blog. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  4. ^ "Is Beaker still being worked on?". Beaker GitHub thread. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  5. ^ a b Faife, Corin (13 July 2017). "A New Browser Is Making Peer-to-Peer Web Hosting More User-Friendly". Vice.
  6. ^ "Blue Link Labs". bluelinklabs.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  7. ^ "beakerbrowser/beaker". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  8. ^ "Peer-to-peer Web applications". beakerbrowser.com. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  9. ^ "Dat Protocol". www.datprotocol.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  10. ^ "Project of the Week: Beaker Browser | Electron Blog". electronjs.org. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2018-07-27.