KDE/falkon

Cross-platform Qt-based web browser

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487

5,266 commits

updated Sep 22, 2026

See the code

README

Falkon

Falkon is a KDE web browser. It uses QtWebEngine rendering engine.

image

Downloads

Falkon downloads are available from homepage.

Building

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make && make install

Install to custom prefix

When installing Falkon to custom prefix, you may need to adjust XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable.

# Build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/falkon

# Run
export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$HOME/falkon/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
$HOME/falkon/bin/falkon

Contributing

Want to contribute? Great!

KDE Community Wiki

Code review is done on Phabricator. When sending patches, add Falkon project (#Falkon) as a reviewer.

Reporting bugs

You can report any bugs or feature request in KDE bugzilla. Before reporting, please make sure your issue isn’t already reported (open issues).

Contact

You can get in contact with developers using mailing list or IRC #falkon at irc.libera.chat.

Contributors

(top 30 of 125)

nowrep

4,290 commits

srazi

234 commits

JHooverman

110 commits

heirecka

58 commits

KDE/falkon

Cross-platform Qt-based web browser

C++

487

5,266 commits

updated Sep 22, 2026

See the code

README

Falkon

Falkon is a KDE web browser. It uses QtWebEngine rendering engine.

image

Downloads

Falkon downloads are available from homepage.

Building

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make && make install

Install to custom prefix

When installing Falkon to custom prefix, you may need to adjust XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable.

# Build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/falkon

# Run
export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$HOME/falkon/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
$HOME/falkon/bin/falkon

Contributing

Want to contribute? Great!

KDE Community Wiki

Code review is done on Phabricator. When sending patches, add Falkon project (#Falkon) as a reviewer.

Reporting bugs

You can report any bugs or feature request in KDE bugzilla. Before reporting, please make sure your issue isn’t already reported (open issues).

Contact

You can get in contact with developers using mailing list or IRC #falkon at irc.libera.chat.

Contributors

(top 30 of 125)

nowrep

4,290 commits

srazi

234 commits

JHooverman

110 commits

heirecka

58 commits

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