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Add to SafariWhen comparing Basilisk vs Naver Whale, the Slant community recommends Basilisk for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop web browsers?” Basilisk is ranked 23rd while Naver Whale is ranked 53rd. The most important reason people chose Basilisk is:
So the source code can be verified.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Open Source
So the source code can be verified.
Pro It's a Suite
It includes a calculator, timer, calendar and unit converter and a built-in music player.
Pro Convenient sidebar
You can have a bunch of apps on the sidebar which makes accessing them more convenient.
Pro Looks cute
Has a cute aesthetic with many options for wallpapers and changing the browser design.
Pro Compatible with Chromium extensions
You can use Chromium extensions.
Pro Uses Blink
It uses Blink which is the most used rendering engine.
Cons
Con Security risk
Con Limited WebRTC support
Con Licensed under MPL
which one of the more restrictive open source licenses.
Con Uses Goanna
A Gecko fork that is developed by mostly one developer.
Con Only available for Intel based cpu architectures
it is only available for ix86 and amd64.
Con Limited Widevine support
Con Misses translations
Since Naver is the South Korean Google it focuses mostly on Korea and some parts of the browser might miss translations.
Con Looks like an alien
It does not follow your desktop overall design.
Con Feature creep
Too much stuff.
