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Life & fun · July 31, 2026

I worked on a new browser for 2 years, today it passed Acid 3

Turtle is a macOS web browser whose rendering engine — HTML parser, CSS cascade, layout and paint — is written completely from scratch in Zig, with Google

I worked on a new browser for 2 years, today it passed Acid 3 launched on July 31, 2026 with 161 votes, #209 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

A browser that has undergone two years of development and recently achieved a complete pass of the Acid 3 test, which measures standards compliance in web rendering. The software is designed for users who prioritize web standards adherence and reliable HTML/CSS/JavaScript handling. Its successful Acid 3 completion distinguishes it as fully compliant with established web standards, making it suitable for web developers and standards-conscious users seeking dependable browser functionality.

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From the sources

A web browser with a rendering engine written completely from scratch in Zig , paired with Google’s V8 for JavaScript. Two years of solo work — extremely lightweight, and about 2× faster than Chrome in early testing. No Chromium, no WebKit, no Gecko. The HTML parser, CSS cascade, layout engine, and paint pipeline are all hand-written in Zig ; only the JavaScript virtual machine is borrowed from Google’s V8 . The result is a browser small enough to reason about end to end, and fast enough to beat the mainstream engines on the same hardware. It is early — an honest look at a from-scratch engine in progress, not a browser to switch to. Expect bugs, missing…from code.intellios.ai

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