Hydra
- Engine: Goanna
- OS: Windows
- Status: Active
This page was last updated at: May 18, 2026
Dactyloidae is a Desktop web browser and supports the Linux, macOS, Windows operating systems. It seems like it was a short lived project, actively developed for under a year; it hasn't seen any development since. Dactyloidae's website doesn't work any more, so it's hard to find more information about it.
Dactyloidae is related to the Kirin browser (they are both made by the same developer)
Not much is known about this web browser; it appears to be a fork of Eclipse Hydra (fork of Basilisk, which is itself a fork of Firefox, focusing on support for Windows XP). The developer has posted on the Palemoon forums that it is a hobby project, while they are finishing off their College exams. So it probably won't receive many updates at the moment, but hopefully it will continue to be developed and supported in the future.
Talk on the forums indicate that there has been some great speed improvements to some of the Javascript memory management. If anyone knows more, please drop a note in the feedback box.
The website doesn't currently work so it's hard to find more information about it.
If anyone has more information about it; please let me know so I can add more info here.
| Browser URL | dactyloidae.xyz/ |
|---|---|
| Development Status |
Idle The developer is currently working on College exams but will return to the project when possible.
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| Launched | 2026 |
| Last Updated | 2026 |
| Operating Systems |
Linux,
macOS,
Windows
Focusing on supporting Windows XP, Dactyloidae is the only browser from the roytam1 codebase that supports non-Windows (notably macOS and Linux (both x64 and LoongArch64))
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| Device platform | Desktop |
| Rendering Engine | Goanna |
| Retro Operating Systems |
Dactyloidae targets older operating systems
Focuses on supporting Windows XP
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| Source Code Repository |
| Forum Post | Palemoon forums thread |
|---|---|
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URL Code Repo
2026-03-30
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https://github.com/OwnedByWuigi/UXP
The project's old (archived) github repository.
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These web browsers have something in common with Dactyloidae, you could test them out and compare them.