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dabsamak/plaid
Lightweight browser inspired by Mosaic
An abandoned proof-of-concept browser for OpenBSD that draws an Xlib window and parses HTML with libtidy but does not actually render anything. Started in 2018, it never got past the skeleton stage. Of interest mainly as a study in pledge/unveil usage, not as a browser.
Uses OpenBSD's pledge(2) and unveil(2) for tight sandbox isolation, which is a sensible security-first approach for a network-facing app. Keeps dependencies minimal — libtls, libX11, libtidy — all available in base+xenocara without third-party package managers. The code is small enough to read in an afternoon.
The author's own README admits it doesn't render anything and has terrible memory management. Last commit was November 2018, so it is effectively dead. No layout engine, no CSS, no JavaScript — not even text reflow. 3 stars and 1 fork are accurate signals of where this went.