customizable web browser. Luakit is a highly configurable browser framework based on the WebKit web content engine and the GTK+ toolkit. It is very fast, extensible with Lua, and licensed under the GNU GPLv3 license.
Do I need to be a developer to use luakit?
You don’t have to be a developer to use luakit on a daily basis. If you are familiar with vimperator, pentadactyl, jumanji, uzbl & etc you will find luakit behaves similarly out of the box. Luakit is available on most Linux Distributions and BSD system via their package managers.
Can I install the luakit package on OpenBSD?
FreeBSD and OpenBSD users can install the luakit package. When installing from source, OpenBSD users should build with clang instead of GCC, as the GCC version shipped with OpenBSD is outdated and its use will result in compilation errors. Ensure you have the following required dependencies installed:
How many lines of code is luakit?
Luakit contains only around 9000 lines of code, so this process is usually very fast. FreeBSD and OpenBSD users can install the luakit package. When installing from source, OpenBSD users should build with clang instead of GCC, as the GCC version shipped with OpenBSD is outdated and its use will result in compilation errors.
How do I install luakit on Linux?
Arch Linux users can install the luakit-git package from the AUR. Other users will need to download and build from source. A Debian package is in the works. Luakit contains only around 9000 lines of code, so this process is usually very fast. FreeBSD and OpenBSD users can install the luakit package.
How destructive is the luakit extension?
The extension should not be destructive! This means, it’s not allowed to conflict with the basis of Luakit itself or harm other extensions. The extension comes first into ‘candidates’ branch, so checkout ‘candidates’ first if you fork this repo and wish your changes be pulled easily.
