Ladybird passes the Apple 90% threshold on web-platform-tests

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Post by sergiotapia » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 4:52 PM UTC

Ladybird passes the Apple 90% threshold on web-platform-tests
twitter.com

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Post by dotancohen » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 4:57 PM UTC

The linked tweet notes that this is an important milestone in getting Ladybird considered as an alternative browser engine in iOS.

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Post by jonny_eh » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 4:57 PM UTC

dotancohen wrote: post #2

The linked tweet notes that this is an important milestone in getting Ladybird considered as an alternative browser engine in iOS.

Good context for why "Apple" is in the headline

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Post by zb3 » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 5:01 PM UTC

So was there any app with an alternative browser engine already approved by Apple?

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Post by ActionHank » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

zb3 wrote: post #4

So was there any app with an alternative browser engine already approved by Apple?

IRC I think the roadblock isn't that they need to be approved, but that they can only distribute in the EU.

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Post by pizlonator » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 5:20 PM UTC

Super impressive that an independent, non-corpo project has gotten this far this quickly.

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Post by mcny » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 5:21 PM UTC

ActionHank wrote: post #5

zb3 wrote: post #4

So was there any app with an alternative browser engine already approved by Apple?

IRC I think the roadblock isn't that they need to be approved, but that they can only distribute in the EU.

Is distribution the only problem? If Mozilla or Google were to make their code freely available on some git forge like GitHub and I cloned the repo and built it myself, would I be able to run it for seven days or something in the US?

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Post by tracker1 » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 5:22 PM UTC

pizlonator wrote: post #6

Super impressive that an independent, non-corpo project has gotten this far this quickly.

Definitely... IF they keep this up, they will be a real contender by the end of 2027. I keep saying I'd like to see a similar push for Servo though... since it's probably the next most feature-rich engine option. It really needs a corresponding browser project to go along side it though, since FF/Mozilla isn't that interested.

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Post by SSLy » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 5:27 PM UTC

mcny wrote: post #7

ActionHank wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IRC I think the roadblock isn't that they need to be approved, but that they can only distribute in the EU.

Is distribution the only problem? If Mozilla or Google were to make their code freely available on some git forge like GitHub and I cloned the repo and built it myself, would I be able to run it for seven days or something in the US?

nope, one can't get the entitlement -- even just for 7 days dev mode -- just like that.

Re: Ladybird passes the Apple 90% threshold on web-platform-tests

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Post by X0nic » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 5:28 PM UTC

I wonder how hard the last 10% will be? If its a typical software project its going to be 90% more effort for the last 10%.