--- title: Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative | daily.dev description: Ladybird, an independent open source browser built from scratch without borrowing code from other engines, is now backed by a new US 501(c)(3) non-profit... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-ladybird-browser-initiative-oyg00prdd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative | daily.dev og:description: Ladybird, an independent open source browser built from scratch without borrowing code from other engines, is now backed by a new US 501(c)(3) non-profit... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-ladybird-browser-initiative-oyg00prdd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oyG00PRDd.png og:image:alt: Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative **[Ladybird Browser](https://daily.dev/sources/ladybird)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ladybird, an independent open source browser built from scratch without borrowing code from other engines, is now backed by a new US 501(c)(3) non-profit called the Ladybird Browser Initiative. The organization will fund development entirely through sponsorships and donations rather than corporate deals or user monetization. The inaugural board includes founder Andreas Kling and GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath. The browser already supports basic daily tasks like GitHub and Hacker News browsing on Linux and macOS, but remains far from feature-complete. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Ladybird Browser Initiative? It is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit created to fund and drive development of Ladybird, an independent open source web browser. It relies entirely on sponsorships and donations from companies and individuals rather than corporate deals or user monetization, with the software remaining free and open source forever. The inaugural board includes founder Andreas Kling and GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath. _daily.dev surfaces updates like this for developers tracking independent browser engine projects._ ### Does the Ladybird browser use code from Chrome, Firefox, or Safari? No, Ladybird uses a brand new engine built from scratch based on web standards, without borrowing code from any other browser. It originated as a simple HTML viewer for the SerenityOS hobby project and has since grown into a cross-platform browser supporting Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like systems. _Developers weighing browser engine diversity can follow Ladybird's progress on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Supporting the future of the open web: Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy](https://daily.dev/posts/supporting-the-future-of-the-open-web-cloudflare-is-sponsoring-ladybird-and-omarchy-9od2akufx) · Cloudflare · 37 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-ladybird-browser-initiative-oyg00prdd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-ladybird-browser-initiative-oyg00prdd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-ladybird-browser-initiative-oyg00prdd"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T05:54:40.443Z","dateModified":"2026-08-31T05:55:54.663Z","description":"Ladybird, an independent open source browser built from scratch without borrowing code from other engines, is now backed by a new US 501(c)(3) non-profit...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ffdbb7eae8e8f91a2a5b7ec03e617097?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ffdbb7eae8e8f91a2a5b7ec03e617097?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Ladybird Browser","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ladybird Browser","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--gBOjamNh--/f_auto,q_auto/v1788155675/logos/ladybird?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ladybird"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-ladybird-browser-initiative-oyg00prdd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev,open-source","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ladybird Browser","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ladybird"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-ladybird-browser-initiative-oyg00prdd#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the Ladybird Browser Initiative?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit created to fund and drive development of Ladybird, an independent open source web browser. 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