Vivaldi (web browser)

Vivaldi
Developer(s)Vivaldi Technologies
Initial release27 January 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-27)[1][2]
Stable release(s)
Linux, macOS, Windows7.0 (3495.18)[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 21 November 2024; 4 days ago (21 November 2024)
Android7.0 (3505.78)[4] Edit this on Wikidata / 18 November 2024; 7 days ago (18 November 2024)
iOS, iPadOS7.0 (3505.49)[5] Edit this on Wikidata / 31 October 2024; 25 days ago (31 October 2024)
Preview release(s)
Linux, macOS, Windows7.1 (3510.4)[6] Edit this on Wikidata / 7 November 2024; 18 days ago (7 November 2024)
Android7.1 (3518.3)[7] Edit this on Wikidata / 11 November 2024; 14 days ago (11 November 2024)
iOS, iPadOS7.1 (3522.4)[8] Edit this on Wikidata / 13 November 2024; 12 days ago (13 November 2024)
Repository
Written inC++[9]
EnginesBlink (WebKit on iOS/iPadOS), V8
Operating system
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, ARM
Available in53 languages[10]
List of languages
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Macedonian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Scots Gaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Peru), Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
TypeWeb browser
LicenseProprietary freeware[a]
Websitevivaldi.com

Vivaldi (/vɪˈvɑːldi, vəˈv-/)[12][13] is a freeware, cross-platform web browser with a built-in email client developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Tatsuki Tomita and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, who was the co-founder and CEO of Opera Software. Vivaldi was initially released on 27 January 2015.[14][15]

Although intended for general users, it is first and foremost targeted towards technically inclined users as well as former Opera users disgruntled by its transition from the Presto layout engine to a Chromium-based browser that resulted in the loss of many of its distinctive features.[14][16] Despite the fact that it is also Chromium-based, Vivaldi aims to revive the features of the Presto-based Opera with its own proprietary modifications.[17][18]

Vivaldi replaced Firefox as the default browser on the Manjaro Cinnamon Community Edition.[19] As of February 2024, Vivaldi has more than 2.9 million active users.[20]

  1. ^ "Vivaldi Tech Preview 1 Just Arrived". Vivaldi Technologies. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ Paul, Ian (27 January 2015). "New Vivaldi browser aims to win over power users". PCWorld. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Minor update (5) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 7.0". 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Minor update(2) for Vivaldi Android Browser 7.0". 18 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Vivaldi 7.0 on iOS". 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Crash fixes – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3510.4". 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ^ "New Start Page setting and Add Page To menu – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 3518.3". 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Share page option and crash fix – Vivaldi iOS Browser snapshot 3522.4". 13 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Vivaldi browser: Interview with Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner". utappia.org. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Vivaldi version 1.13.1008.32 for Windows (7+)". Vivaldi Technologies. 25 November 2017.
  11. ^ Picalausa, Julien (9 July 2021). "Why isn't Vivaldi browser open-source?". Vivaldi. Retrieved 21 August 2022. Vivaldi is built in roughly three layers: 1. Chromium, the foundation for our browser. 2. A lot of backend C++ code to support unique features like Ad blocker and Notes. 3. Our UI for desktop (HTML+CSS+JS) and Android [...] Roughly 92% of the browser's code is open source coming from Chromium, 3% is open source coming from us, which leaves only 5% for our UI closed-source code.
  12. ^ Vivaldi 5.3: Tweak and tune your browser with the new Editable Toolbars. Vivaldi. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ What's New in Vivaldi | April 2022. Vivaldi. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022 – via YouTube.
  14. ^ a b Shankland, Stephen (27 January 2015). "Ex-Opera CEO composes Vivaldi, a new Web browser". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tecmundo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Minic, Ivan (10 February 2015). "Jon S. von Tetzchner: We will (re)create a browser you love". Medium.
  17. ^ Gilbertson, Scott (6 March 2015). "Hands-on with Vivaldi, the new Web browser for power users". Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  18. ^ "Vivaldi is building "Opera as it should've been"". www.arstechnica.com. Ars Technica. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference linuxiac was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ "We're in Control". vivaldi.com. Retrieved 8 February 2024.


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