Konqueror

Not to be confused with Conkeror or conqueror.
Konqueror
Developer(s)KDE
Initial release23 October 2000; 24 years ago (2000-10-23)
Stable release
R14.1.2[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 19 April 2024; 6 months ago (19 April 2024)
Preview release
21.11.90[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 25 November 2021; 2 years ago (25 November 2021)
Repository
Written inC++ (Qt)
EnginesWebKit, KHTML, Qt WebEngine (Chromium)
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeWeb browser, file browser
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websiteapps.kde.org/konqueror/ Edit this on Wikidata

Konqueror is a free and open-source web browser and file manager that provides web access and file-viewer functionality for file systems (such as local files, files on a remote FTP server and files in a disk image). It forms a core part of the KDE Software Compilation. Developed by volunteers, Konqueror can run on most Unix-like operating systems. The KDE community licenses and distributes Konqueror under GNU GPL-2.0-or-later.

The name "Konqueror" references the two primary competitors at the time of the browser's first release: "first comes the Navigator, then Explorer, and then the Konqueror".[3] It also follows the KDE naming convention: the names of most KDE programs begin with the letter K.[4]

Konqueror first appeared with version 2 of KDE on October 23, 2000.[5] It replaced its predecessor, KFM (KDE file manager).[6] With the release of KDE 4 in 2008, the functionalities of web browser and file manager were separated: Dolphin replaced Konqueror as the default KDE file manager, while the KDE community continues to maintain Konqueror as the default KDE web browser.

  1. ^ "Official Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.2 release". Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ "v21.11.90 · Tags · Network / Konqueror · GitLab".
  3. ^ Compare: "Konqueror FAQ". konqueror.org. Retrieved 2017-08-23. Where does the name Konqueror come from? [...] It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator and the Explorer comes the Conqueror; it's spelled with a K to show that it's part of KDE. The name change also moves away from "kfm" (the KDE file manager, Konqueror's predecessor) which represented only file management.
  4. ^ K Desktop Environment (KDE) Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ K Desktop Environment - KDE 2.0 Release Announcement
  6. ^ "Konqueror - Konqueror FAQ". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-03-04.