Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux

Lowkey I wish Perplexity would do this for Comet, idk why but I use the heck out of their browser on my Mac. I dont always use the "browser agent" stuff (lol!), and I dont use it for EVERYTHING, but you spend so much time looking things up, and sometimes its nice to just be able to highlight text on a page and go "yo ELI5 this for me pls I feel dumb" and it just does it.

Re: Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux

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Post by yellow_lead » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

Curious why they would use webkit, I checked their FAQ, but couldn't find any answer.

Re: Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux

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Post by ericyan » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

yellow_lead wrote: post #5

Curious why they would use webkit, I checked their FAQ, but couldn't find any answer.

It also runs on iOS/iPadOS and Webkit is the only allowed engine on these platforms (outside Japan).

Re: Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux

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Post by troad » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC

Wild that I can't use Kagi in Safari on iOS, where my search options are still locked down to three~four Apple-approved choices, of which at least one is just a multi-billion-dollar paid product placement.

(Yes, I know about the extension that hijacks your searches to redirect them to Kagi, but how is that an acceptable state of affairs?)

Re: Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux

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Post by testfrequency » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

troad wrote: post #7

Wild that I can't use Kagi in Safari on iOS, where my search options are still locked down to three~four Apple-approved choices, of which at least one is just a multi-billion-dollar paid product placement. (Yes, I know about the extension that hijacks your searches to redirect them to Kagi, but how is that an acceptable state of affairs?)

Move to Japan?

Re: Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux

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Post by hellcow » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

It seems weird to run a closed-source browser on an open-source operating system when so many open alternatives exist—I certainly wouldn’t do it, and I’m a Kagi customer.

Does Kagi plan to open-source Orion on Linux?

Re: Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux

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Post by jacek » Fri, Jan 09, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC

I've been a Kagi user for months now and was really looking forward to testing this. However, I cannot find the download link. The page does not really contain any information on an actual release.

EDIT: I found this in the docs:

> The alpha version of Orion for Linux is currently only available to [Orion+ supporters](../orion-plus/orion-plus.md) and can be downloaded from the [Billing Dashboard](https://kagi.com/settings/billing) under the Orion browser section.

So I still can't test this. Only for Orion+ supporters.