Nordstjernen

Spec sheet

Product

Nordstjernen is an independent web browser written from scratch in C and focused on HTML and CSS standards.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Integrations

Version 1.0.29 adds Google sign-in through to Gmail; the browser also connects to the sites, page resources, and search engine the user chooses.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Security

Nordstjernen has no JIT and its site reports an engine security audit in version 1.0.29.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Privacy

The browser has no telemetry or update pings, partitions cookies, and performs safe-browsing checks on-device.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Support

The privacy page directs questions to the Nordstjernen issue tracker.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Maker

The project says Nordstjernen is built in Norway.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Architecture

Each tab runs in its own sandboxed renderer process, with seccomp and Landlock sandboxing on Linux.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Availability

The site lists builds for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and the JVM.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Downloads

The download page lists current 1.0.29 Linux portable and Debian or Ubuntu packages, with the most recent macOS, Alpine, openSUSE, and Java packages from 1.0.23.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Features

The browser supports JavaScript, Canvas 2D, WebCrypto, Service Workers, WebAssembly, WebGL 1 and 2, inline video, SVG, MathML, and printing.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Licensing

Nordstjernen is offered under the GNU GPL version 3 or later or the Nordstjernen Source License 1.0, at the user's option.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Personal data

The privacy policy says Nordstjernen does not collect personal data and has no analytics, crash reporting, accounts, or advertising ID use.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

Standards support

The site reports 140 WHATWG HTML spec rows fully implemented, 31 partial, and none absent across sections 1–16 as of July 2026.Read 12 Oct 2026 · nordstjernen.org

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