Open source the browser

pseudonym

In the Orion FAQ the question "Is Orion open-source?" is answered enthusiastically with "We're working on it!". (https://help.kagi.com/orion/faq/faq.html#oss)

I think I misinterpreted this to mean that the team is actively working on this and we can expect this soon. However, from the discussion here and on Discord I understand that for various (legitimate and understandable!) reasons this is currently not a priority. Should the FAQ be updated?

(I don't know if enough users feel this way, but if Kagi were to provide a concrete timeline for going OSS, I would definitely add Orion+ to my Kagi subscription.)

TaylorBrazelton

Is there any plan to open-source this browser?

It outperforms Zen Browser, and I'm switching to it full-time on my personal machine. Open-sourcing would allow contributions, like adding PVA support for running web apps closer to the metal, and provide more trust.

Great work on the WebKit native browser! Keep it up!

mkvoya

Any updates on the open-source plan? The browser is great, and thanks! But I have to admit that there are many minor bugs that occur while using it. Open source is a good approach for users to participate in fixing these bugs.

Joshii

Hey! I read the hole thread, and usually, I use Linux as my main machine. On the Website I found Orion for Linux and I thought a perfect let's test it. I would love to help to port the codebase to Linux.

At the end of the day, it's none of my Business, but the more and longer I work on my machines, the more I transit to open-source software. Occasionally, I like to patch small things and so on.

Sadly, this thread i over 2 years old and my conclusion of this would be nothing will change if your team don't want to.

If you guys still want to go open source please now is the time. If not, inform your users.

Thanks for reading and thinking about it.

pseudonym

Congrats on the 1.0 release! Any updates on going open source?

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