nux

The Open Javascript Web Browser

A web browser written in html/css/javascript with awesome tools:

• nw.js (node.js + Chromium Embedded)
• angular.js
• brackets.io
• less

Current app status: alpha - unstable - dev

How to run

• Clone the repo on your PC
• If you are on Mac or Linux, you need to download the appropriate nw.js executable.
• Launch 'nw.exe'

If you find bugs, please file a bug report in the "Issues" tab on GitHub.

Known bugs

• (Not critical) Back/Forward button and Keyboard shortcuts may crash the browser if the app is reloaded using the reload app button.

Fancy Screenshots

These are not final. Everything is subject to change.

(Icons from fontawesome.)

What's available for testing

• Web browsing (Chromium renderer & V8 javascript engine)
• Basic browser ui (back, forward & refresh)
• Opening and closing tabs
• Pinning tabs
• "Launchpad" UI, shown when clicking the adress bar
• Favorites (+ context menu)
• Recent history (+ clear all)
• Auto-searching adress bar (try "wheather in Paris")
• Page inspector
• Very basic downloading (no status)
• Basic plugins support (like Flash Player)
• Custom window frame
• Some keyboard shortcuts
• Session saving
• App icon
• Alternate One-click Dark mode
• Pinned tab indicator when title changed
• Count label for new messages on pinned tabs (for Twitter, Gmail, Facebook...)

What's next

The important todo features include (in no particular order):

• Web page context menu
• Settings
• Tab moving
• Show Page source
• Downloading management (progress & history)
• Adress bar auto-completion & suggestions
• Help menu
• More menus for Favorites, History & Downloads
• Localization system
• RSS Reader
• Optimization
• Auto-update system
• Crash recovery
• Password manager
• Addons
• Themes
• Page sharing
• Voice Search (using WebSpeech API)
• Personnal assistant (notes, mails, alarms, places, maps, etc.)
• Speed dial
• Tab screenshots (and thumbnails)
• Advanced plugins support (disable & update)
• Search providers management (add/remove & default search engine)
• Secured connection status (https)
• Official website
• Bug reporting tool/site?
• Community site/support