Konqueror

Konqueror
	Konqueror 20.12.2 on Arch Linux
Developer(s)	KDE
Initial release	23 October 2000
Stable release	24.11.90 / 28 November 2024
Repository	invent.kde.org/network/konqueror ;
Written in	C++ (Qt)
Engines	WebKit, KHTML, Qt WebEngine (Chromium)
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Web browser, file browser
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	apps.kde.org/konqueror/

Konqueror is a free and open-source web browser and file manager that provides web access and file-viewer functionality for file systems (such as local files, files on a remote FTP server and files in a disk image). It forms a core part of the KDE Software Compilation. Developed by volunteers, Konqueror can run on most Unix-like operating systems. The KDE community licenses and distributes Konqueror under GNU GPL-2.0-or-later.

The name "Konqueror" references the two primary competitors at the time of the browser's first release: "first comes the Navigator, then Explorer, and then the Konqueror".^[2] It also follows the KDE naming convention: the names of most KDE programs begin with the letter K.^[3]

Konqueror first appeared with version 2 of KDE on October 23, 2000.^[4] It replaced its predecessor, KFM (KDE file manager).^[5] With the release of KDE 4 in 2008, the functionalities of web browser and file manager were separated: Dolphin replaced Konqueror as the default KDE file manager, while the KDE community continues to maintain Konqueror as the default KDE web browser.

^ "v24.11.90". Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^ Compare: "Konqueror FAQ". konqueror.org. Retrieved 2017-08-23. Where does the name Konqueror come from? [...] It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator and the Explorer comes the Conqueror; it's spelled with a K to show that it's part of KDE. The name change also moves away from "kfm" (the KDE file manager, Konqueror's predecessor) which represented only file management.
^ K Desktop Environment (KDE) Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ K Desktop Environment - KDE 2.0 Release Announcement
^ "Konqueror - Konqueror FAQ". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-03-04.

[wikidata-97b0e9b4bfa23e24cbe542692acb41cdc9f66503-v18-1] "v24.11.90". Retrieved 11 December 2024.

[2] Compare: "Konqueror FAQ". konqueror.org. Retrieved 2017-08-23. Where does the name Konqueror come from? [...] It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator and the Explorer comes the Conqueror; it's spelled with a K to show that it's part of KDE. The name change also moves away from "kfm" (the KDE file manager, Konqueror's predecessor) which represented only file management.

[3] K Desktop Environment (KDE) Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine

[4] K Desktop Environment - KDE 2.0 Release Announcement

[5] "Konqueror - Konqueror FAQ". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-03-04.

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