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An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows

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Summary

Kagi is discontinuing direct development of its Orion browser for Linux and Windows, opting to open-source both projects for community stewardship. This allows their small team to focus entirely on improving Orion for macOS and iOS platforms.

  • Orion for Linux and Windows development is ending, with source code to be released for community take-over.
  • Kagi's small team will now exclusively focus resources on Orion for macOS and iOS.
  • The decision was driven by resource constraints for a small, independent company building a cross-platform browser.
  • Kagi will not act as the core maintainer for the open-sourced Linux and Windows projects.

This impacts users seeking a privacy-focused, WebKit-based browser alternative on Linux and Windows, and underscores the significant challenges small teams face in broad cross-platform development.

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