Vaev – A browser engine built from scratch (It renders google.com)

In plain words

Vaev is an experimental web browser engine built from scratch that renders HTML/XHTML with CSS cascade support, pagination via @page rules, and print-to-PDF capabilities. It handles CSS features like calc(), var(), and percentage units, and can render Google.com. The project supports basic HTTP and file networking but lacks grid layout support. Designed for learning and exploration, it demonstrates functional web rendering despite its minimal scope.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

🌊 A lightning-fast, lightweight, and secure HTML/CSS engine (mirror) - skift-org/vaev

pacman -S base-devel git ninja sdl2 nasm gcc-multilib liburing clang libseccomp lld llvm jq git clone https://codeberg.org/skift/vaev.git cd vaev pip install git+https://codeberg.org/cute-engineering/cutekit python -m cutekit run --release hideo-browser -- file.html Architecture An architecture diagram is available next to this file. It's in the tldrawfrom github.com

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