Software that renders HTML pages (Web pages). A browser rendering engine turns content coded in HTML into the text and images for the screen and printer. Also called a "layout engine," a rendering engine is used by Web browsers, email programs (for HTML email) and other applications that render HTML content. Following is a sampling of popular browsers and their rendering engines. See
HTML,
HTML email and
render.
Rendering
Browser Engine Source
Internet Explorer Trident Microsoft
AOL Explorer Trident Microsoft
Firefox Gecko Mozilla
Safari WebKit Apple
Chrome up to V27 WebKit Apple
Chrome as of V28 Blink Chromium
Edge up to V79 EdgeHTML Microsoft
Edge as of V80 Blink Chromium
Opera up to V14 Presto Opera
Opera as of V15 Blink Chromium
Konqueror KHTML KHTML
Brave Blink Chromium
Vivaldi Blink Chromium
Android browsers Blink Chromium
iOS browsers WebKit Apple