Uzbl browser

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Uzbl was a lightweight Desktop web browser that ran on Unix-like operating systems. It was developed for about 7 years before being discontinued.

About Uzbl

Browser URL www.uzbl.org
Tag line Web interface tools which adhere to the unix philosophy
Development Status Discontinued
The developers have announced that the browser won't be developed any more
Launched 2009
Discontinued 2016
Operating System Unix-like
Device platform Desktop
Rendering Engine WebKit
NPAPI support Uzbl supports NPAPI plugins
According to Wikipedia, Uzbl supported NPAPI, but I can't find any official documentation about it.
Source Code Repository
Lightweight Browser Uzbl omits some mainstream features in order to reduce system resource & memory usage.
Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbl

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