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## Rosenrot # Rosenrot
Rosenrot is a small browser forked from an earlier version of [rose](https://github.com/mini-rose/rose). It has some additional quality of life improvements tailored to my (@NunoSempere) tastes and setup, and detailed installation instructions for Ubuntu 20.04. Rosenrot is a small browser forked from an earlier version of [rose](https://github.com/mini-rose/rose). It has some additional quality of life improvements tailored to my (@NunoSempere) tastes and setup, and detailed installation instructions for Ubuntu 20.04.
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You can also create a rose.desktop file so that it will show up in your desktop environment. You can see this documented [here](./user-scripts/ubuntu-20.04/install-with-dependencies.sh). You can also create a rose.desktop file so that it will show up in your desktop environment. You can see this documented [here](./user-scripts/ubuntu-20.04/install-with-dependencies.sh).
### Features ## Features
- Tabs, cookies, caching - Tabs, cookies, caching
- Minimal ui, autohiding elements - Minimal ui, autohiding elements
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- Customize appearance of the browser through css - Customize appearance of the browser through css
- Built-in rose-mklink script for in-shell static links - Built-in rose-mklink script for in-shell static links
- Optional adblocking through [wyebadblock](https://github.com/jun7/wyebadblock) - Optional adblocking through [wyebadblock](https://github.com/jun7/wyebadblock)
- Max number of tabs (by default 8), configurable.
- Plugin system, seeded with: - Plugin system, seeded with:
- Libre redirect: Redirect annoying websites to open source frontends - Libre redirect: Redirect annoying websites to open source frontends
- Readability: Strip webpages of unnecessary elements for ease of reading with a custom shortcut - Readability: Strip webpages of unnecessary elements for ease of reading with a custom shortcut
- Custom style: Override the css of predetermined websites - Custom style: Override the css of predetermined websites
- Max number of tabs (by default 8), configurable.
- Stand in plugin: Mimick function definitions which do nothing for the above plugins so that they can be quickly removed - Stand in plugin: Mimick function definitions which do nothing for the above plugins so that they can be quickly removed
You can see some screenshots in the [images](./images) folder. You can see some screenshots in the [images](./images) folder.
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### Relationship with [rose](https://github.com/mini-rose/rose) ### Relationship with [rose](https://github.com/mini-rose/rose)
- Rose is a minimal browser based on webkit2gtk. Previously, it described itself as aiming to be a "basement for creating your own browser using [the] gtk and webkit libraries". - Rose is a small browser based on webkit2gtk. Previously, it described itself as aiming to be a "basement for creating your own browser using [the] gtk and webkit libraries". It has since diverged into a more featureful small browser with lua bindings, and rebased its history. You can see the original, minimal version [here](https://github.com/NunoSempere/rosenrot-browser/blob/a45d1c70f58586fed97df70650e5d066b73d0a0d/rose.c).
- Rosenrot is my (@NunoSempere's) fork from rose. It has accumulated quality of life features/cruft that I like, like a "readability" plugin that simplifies annoying websites like [Matt Levine's Money Stuff newsletter](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-18/matt-levine-s-money-stuff-credit-suisse-was-a-reverse-meme-stock). It also incorporates ad-blocking. - Rosenrot is my (@NunoSempere's) fork from that earlier minimal rose. It has accumulated quality of life features and, honestly, cruft, that I like, like a "readability" plugin that simplifies annoying websites like [Matt Levine's Money Stuff newsletter](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-18/matt-levine-s-money-stuff-credit-suisse-was-a-reverse-meme-stock). It also incorporates ad-blocking.
- Rosenrot is also a song by the German hardcore rock band [Rammstein](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af59U2BRRAU). - Rosenrot is also a song by the German hardcore rock band [Rammstein](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af59U2BRRAU).
### Comparison with [surf](https://git.suckless.org/surf/file/surf.c.html) ### Comparison with [surf](https://git.suckless.org/surf/file/surf.c.html)
- Surf is another browser based on GTK/Webkit, from the suckless community. - Surf is another browser based on GTK/Webkit, from the suckless community.
- It is more complex: surf.c has [2170](https://git.suckless.org/surf/file/surf.c.html) lines, vs rose.c's [454](https://git.nunosempere.com/open.source/rosenrot/src/branch/master/rose.c) - It is significantly more complex: surf.c has [2170](https://git.suckless.org/surf/file/surf.c.html) lines, vs rose.c's [454](https://git.nunosempere.com/open.source/rosenrot/src/branch/master/rose.c).
- I find its code messier and harder to understand - I find its code messier and harder to understand.
- Conversely, surf has significantly more configuration options, and digs deeper into webkit internals. - Conversely, surf has significantly more configuration options, and digs deeper into webkit internals.
- Anecdotically, surf feels slower, though I haven't tested this rigorously. - Anecdotically, surf feels slower, though I haven't tested this rigorously.
- surf has a larger community, with patches and modifications - surf has a larger community, with patches and modifications.
- surf is more opinionated, but also less amateurish. For instance, rosenrot - surf is more opinionated, but also less amateurish.
- My recommendation would be to use rose, and if you find some feature missing, either look how surf does it and import it to rose, or move to surf. - My recommendation would be to use rosenrot, and if you find some feature missing, either look how surf does it and import it to rose, or move to surf.
- But then again, I've built rosenrot to cater to my own tastes, so I'd say that.
### Folk wisdom ## Folk wisdom
Of general interest: Of general interest: