--- title: Development has ended on Orion for Linux | daily.dev description: Kagi has discontinued development of Orion for Linux, ending the public beta that launched earlier this year, to concentrate resources on the macOS and iOS... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/development-has-ended-on-orion-for-linux-ofw80rwp9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Development has ended on Orion for Linux | daily.dev og:description: Kagi has discontinued development of Orion for Linux, ending the public beta that launched earlier this year, to concentrate resources on the macOS and iOS... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/development-has-ended-on-orion-for-linux-ofw80rwp9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ofW80rWP9.png og:image:alt: Development has ended on Orion for Linux 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. # Development has ended on Orion for Linux **[omg\! ubuntu\!](https://daily.dev/sources/omgub)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Kagi has discontinued development of Orion for Linux, ending the public beta that launched earlier this year, to concentrate resources on the macOS and iOS versions. The Linux (and work-in-progress Windows) port will be open-sourced so the FOSS community can potentially pick up development, though it will no longer receive security patches or bug fixes from Kagi. The company cited limited team size and resources as the reason, noting that building a cross-platform browser typically requires venture capital backing or a large open-source community, neither of which it has. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Kagi still developing the Orion browser for Linux? No, Kagi has ended development of Orion for Linux, stopping work on the public beta that launched earlier in the year. The Linux port, along with the unfinished Windows version, will be made open-source so the wider FOSS community can continue carrying it forward. Development continues only on the macOS and iOS versions. _Developers tracking Linux browser options can follow changes like this one on daily.dev._ ### Will Orion for Linux still receive security updates after development stopped? No, Kagi says the Linux beta will receive no further updates, including no security patches going forward. Users can keep using it with its existing unfinished features and bugs, but Kagi explicitly does not recommend continuing to do so given the lack of patches. _daily.dev helps developers stay ahead of deprecated tools losing security support._ ### Why did Kagi stop developing a cross-platform browser like Orion? Kagi said building a cross-platform browser is normally done by companies backed by venture capital or by large open-source communities, and it is neither, being a small team of just a handful of developers funded entirely by Kagi users. It chose not to fork Chromium because it believes the web needs more than one engine controlled by a single company, but ultimately spread its limited resources too thin across platforms. _daily.dev keeps developers informed on why niche browser projects struggle to sustain cross-platform support._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Orion Browser by Kagi](https://daily.dev/posts/orion-browser-by-kagi-9fs1r5phq) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha](https://daily.dev/posts/orion-browser-releases-its-first-linux-alpha-ebmtg2y2v) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Orion for Linux adds a content blocker and download manager](https://daily.dev/posts/orion-for-linux-adds-a-content-blocker-and-download-manager-sriqcgsjt) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Orion for Linux beta updated with private browsing and link previews](https://daily.dev/posts/orion-for-linux-beta-updated-with-private-browsing-and-link-previews-xzg5nx4ju) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/development-has-ended-on-orion-for-linux-ofw80rwp9) ```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":"Development has ended on Orion for Linux","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/development-has-ended-on-orion-for-linux-ofw80rwp9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/development-has-ended-on-orion-for-linux-ofw80rwp9"},"datePublished":"2026-10-03T21:43:59.236Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T21:45:59.193Z","description":"Kagi has discontinued development of Orion for Linux, ending the public beta that launched earlier this year, to concentrate resources on the macOS and iOS...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5379994e7838f032999a955d1037815e?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5379994e7838f032999a955d1037815e?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"omg! ubuntu!","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":"omg! ubuntu!","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/79e495adb3c3425785b9be27969a2562","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/omgub"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/development-has-ended-on-orion-for-linux-ofw80rwp9","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux,browsers","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"omg! ubuntu!","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/omgub"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Development has ended on Orion for Linux"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/development-has-ended-on-orion-for-linux-ofw80rwp9#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is Kagi still developing the Orion browser for Linux?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No, Kagi has ended development of Orion for Linux, stopping work on the public beta that launched earlier in the year. 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