Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Forkle vs Falkon, the Slant community recommends Falkon for most people. In the question“What are the best lightweight web browsers?” Falkon is ranked 5th while Forkle is ranked 19th.
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Based OnQupZilla
Browser EngineQt WebEngine (Blink)
Default Search EngineDuckDuckGo
LicenseOpenSource (GPLv3)
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Pros
Pro Extremely lightweight
Pro Integrated ad blocker
Pro Instant startup
Pro Extremely small download
< 0.5MB
Pro Portable
Pro Built-in adblocker
Pro Developed by KDE
Pro Lightweight
Pro Free and Open Source
GPLv3 license.
Cons
Con Does not support tabbed browsing
Con No Linux Install
Con 64-bit only
Con Too minimalist
Con Still in Beta
Con Weak multimedia support
It has some issues with multimedia content eg. Non-playing videos on webpages.
Con Now under the KDE umbrella
Qupzilla is now discontinued and renamed to Falkon. It will also now be a part of KDE and will probably need more dependencies like kde-frameworks in the future.
Con Linux-only
Con Bookmark management not the strongest part
It often requires quite a lot of clicks to add and remove bookmarks.