WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit in Five Minutes

by Michael Catanzaro

WebKitGTK+

• Web engine for GNOME desktop
• User in:
  • Epiphany web browser
  • Multiple email clients
  • Documentation viewer and IDE
  • Online accounts sign-in
  • Captive portal helped
  • File previewer
  • Dozens of third-party applications
• Turns up in odd proprietary products
• Fuzzed by Project Zero to find Safari issues

WPE WebKit

• Simply WebKitGTK+without the GTK+ dependency
• Best WebKit port for embedded devices
• Downstream fork is used in tens of millions of consumer set-top boxes (plus smaller projects too!)
• Main source of funding for Igalia’s work on WebKit
• JSC 32-bit JIT is essential