Mozilla Automation TeamThe Servo Project Developers9 min readintermediate
July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more!
Summary
Servo 0.5.0 (July 2026) ships 488 commits, adds Linux aarch64 binaries, a slew of CSS/DOM/WebGPU features, new SubtleCrypto curves, accessibility performance tweaks, security patches for quick‑xml and crossbeam‑epoch, and real‑world fixes for DuckDuckGo and Gumroad.
- Release adds Linux aarch64 binaries – first official support for ARM64 servers/desktops.
- New CSS properties: text‑decoration‑thickness, box‑decoration‑break, @font‑feature‑values, font‑language‑override, font‑variant‑alternates.
- SubtleCrypto now implements Ed448, X448, and KMAC algorithms.
- Document.execCommand gains insertHorizontalRule, insertImage, insertText, forwardDelete.
Servo’s incremental feature rollout shows how a Rust‑based browser can adopt modern web standards (new crypto curves, CSS functions, WebGPU) while keeping security up‑to‑date. The performance‑focused accessibility work and real‑world compatibility fixes demonstrate practical impact for developers t…
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