Mycel browser

This page was last updated at: May 27, 2026

Mycel is a Desktop web browser and supports the Unix-like, macOS, Plan 9 operating systems.

Mycel is a basic webbrowser that has been written from scratch. It's written in the Go language. It's essentially just a hobby/experimental browser, but it's always cool to see projects like this appear.

Rudimentary web browser written in Golang. Basic portable Web browser; only needs a Go compiler to compile. Optimized for use on 9front and 9legacy, supports plan9port and 9pi as well.

— Mycel developers

About Mycel

Browser URL https://github.com/psilva261/mycel
Development Status Idle
The browser doesn't seem regularly developed, but a new version might still be released at some point
Operating Systems Unix-like, macOS, Plan 9
Device platform Desktop
Rendering Engine Custom
Source Code Repository

Features

  • Basic JavaScript support
  • Rudimentary HTML5 and CSS support, large parts like float/flex layout are just stub implementations
  • Server-side rendered websites
  • Images (pre-loaded all at once though)
  • TLS
  • Experimental JS/DOM can be activated (very basic jQuery examples work)
  • File downloads

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