--- title: This Month in Ladybird | daily.dev description: June's Ladybird browser update covers a wide range of new capabilities: file downloads with a toolbar indicator and about:downloads page, a searchable browsing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-n2mwbodwl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This Month in Ladybird | daily.dev og:description: June's Ladybird browser update covers a wide range of new capabilities: file downloads with a toolbar indicator and about:downloads page, a searchable browsing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-n2mwbodwl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/n2MwBodWl.png og:image:alt: This Month in Ladybird 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. # This Month in Ladybird **[Ladybird Browser](https://daily.dev/sources/ladybird)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary June's Ladybird browser update covers a wide range of new capabilities: file downloads with a toolbar indicator and about:downloads page, a searchable browsing history page, DevTools additions for inspecting cookies/localStorage/sessionStorage/IndexedDB and CSS rules, video playback speed control, and muted autoplay support. Security work includes sandboxing helper processes on Linux and macOS (now on by default), heap partitioning, fuzzer-found fixes, memory-safe decoding via encoding_rs and Wuffs, and canvas tainting isolation. Canvas and WebGL rendering moved into the sandboxed compositor process, removing direct GPU access from WebContent processes. LibJS consolidated onto a single assembly interpreter across all platforms and moved strings to UTF-16. LibWasm gained WebAssembly GC support. Several new CSS features landed (container-relative units, contrast-color(), registered custom properties, progress(), anchor() in calc()), along with browser UI improvements like tab hover previews and macOS IME support. The team also announced a shift to a maintainers-only contribution model. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Ladybird browser support downloading files yet? Yes, as of the June update Ladybird added file downloads, including a toolbar indicator with a progress popover, an about:downloads page, cancellation support, and a confirmation prompt if you try to quit while downloads are in progress. Downloads are managed in the UI process, so closing the tab that started a download does not stop it. _Track browser engine milestones like this as Ladybird moves toward its first alpha, on daily.dev._ ### Why did Ladybird change its code contribution model to maintainers-only? Ladybird moved to accepting code changes only from maintainers rather than the public in June, while remaining open source overall. Outside involvement is still welcomed through bug reports, test reductions, website compatibility testing, standards discussion, and security reports, rather than direct code submissions. _Developers weighing how open source projects govern contributions can follow shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### How does Ladybird handle GPU access and canvas rendering for security? Canvas and WebGL rendering were moved into the sandboxed compositor process, meaning WebContent processes no longer need direct GPU access. 2D canvas command lists are replayed and rasterized in the compositor, nested contexts rasterize during replay, and WebGL commands stream over shared memory, reducing the attack surface exposed to untrusted web content. _Engineers designing sandboxed rendering pipelines can follow architecture writeups like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [This Month in Ladybird](https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-5kevcfsxe) · Ladybird Browser · 59 upvotes · 3 comments - [This Month in Ladybird](https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-wmtgqhzgv) · Hacker News · 12 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#webassembly](https://daily.dev/tags/webassembly) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-n2mwbodwl) ```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":"This Month in Ladybird","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-n2mwbodwl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-n2mwbodwl"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T05:54:45.906Z","dateModified":"2026-08-31T05:56:32.052Z","description":"June's Ladybird browser update covers a wide range of new capabilities: file downloads with a toolbar indicator and about:downloads page, a searchable browsing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f0d04d597be9efdaf11883698ad30378?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f0d04d597be9efdaf11883698ad30378?_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/this-month-in-ladybird-n2mwbodwl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"devtools,webassembly","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@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":"This Month in Ladybird"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-month-in-ladybird-n2mwbodwl#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does Ladybird browser support downloading files yet?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, as of the June update Ladybird added file downloads, including a toolbar indicator with a progress popover, an about:downloads page, cancellation support, and a confirmation prompt if you try to quit while downloads are in progress. 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