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servo , 1 day ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• More progress on WebDriver
• Improve performance of IntersectionObserver
• Implement HTMLInputElement.alpha
• Implement UserActivation interface
• Expand the UserContentManager API

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 3 days ago to random

And another project using Servo underneath, this time a native Node.js binding that uses Servo to paint pixels while Node handles the OS integration
https://github.com/1Jamie/project-lotus

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servo , 5 days ago to random

You can do cool things with Servo today! See next one of the last examples, a web browser by @webbeef built with web technologies using Servo as rendering engine
https://tangled.org/me.webbeef.org/browser.html/

Screencast of a new browser based on Servo, opening a few websites and showing the feature to split view and have an overview of the open tabs

servo , 8 days ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• Use Webdriver for all WPT runs
• Improve look & feel of various form controls
• Support :open and ::details-content pseudos
• Support JSON modules
• Insert a cache for animation with smarter updates

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 16 days ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• Allow selecting text in input fields with the mouse
• Implement full logic for script-blocking stylesheets
• Support style inheritance for display: contents and <slot> elements
• Add support for caret-color

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 17 days ago to random

📣 Servo at FOSDEM 2026

This weekend at FOSDEM 2026, Bentaimia Haddadi, one of the Servo Maintainers, will present:

“Implementing Streams Spec in Servo web engine”

📅 Saturday, Jan 31
🕑 17:45–18:15 CET
📍 Browser and Web Platform Devroom
🎥 Live stream

If you’re interested in browser engines, Rust, or open, community-driven infrastructure projects, join us at FOSDEM.

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/3J8GUD-servo-streams-reimplementation/

servo , 22 days ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• More work on DevTools, Web Crypto API, WebDriver
• Improve mouse interaction in form inputs
• Implement navigate to fragment
• overflow-clip-margin now supports <visual-box>

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 23 days ago to random

December in Servo…

🎤🧑‍🏫 FOSDEM talks next week!
🤹🪟 multiple windows
🪆🌐 HTTP proxy support
🔐🕵️ more SubtleCrypto algorithms
💽🗃️ new site data & network API

https://servo.org/blog/2026/01/23/december-in-servo/

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servo , 29 days ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• DevTools, Web Crypto API and WebDriver improvements
• Use shadow DOM in user agent widgets for form controls
• Ship navigator.sendBeacon()
• Implement Origin API

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 30 days ago to random

And continuing with the sponsors news... Thanks to RxDB JavaScript Database for becoming Servo bronze sponsor! https://servo.org/#sponsors

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servo , 1 month ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• Web Crypto API now passing 91% of WPT tests
• Make Windows installer respect customized path
• Enable css-font-loading tests
• More thoroughly convert between UTF-16 and UTF-8 offsets in text inputs
• Skip some steps when determining encoding for XML document

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 1 month ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• IndexedDB: Implement databases concept
• Extend SiteDataManager::site_data to include cookie sites
• Restrict box tree damage from changes in original display
• CSS floats improvements
• Enable contrat-color()

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 1 month ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• Fix caret never rendering following a newline
• Implement eviction in the HTTP cache using quick_cache
• Prescan byte stream to determine encoding before parsing document
• More progress on WebDriver and Web Crypto API

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 1 month ago to random

Highlights from last week:

• WebDriver: Enable testdriver tests for Touch
• Add newlines after each value in formdata body
• WebCrypto API improvements (passing 85% WPT subtests)
• Preserve cached intrinsic inline sizes in more cases
• Update DevTools to Firefox 145

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 1 month ago to random

November in Servo…

🍔🖱️ context menus
🚀💇 parallel CSS parsing
🎨🤹 per-webview rendering contexts
🏷️🍲 <use>, <details name>, <video controls>
🔐🕵️ new SubtleCrypto algorithms: SHA-3, cSHAKE, Argon2, ChaCha20-Poly1305, ECDH, ECDSA, X25519

https://servo.org/blog/2025/12/15/november-in-servo/

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servo , 2 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 49 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Implemented basic support of custom protocol handlers
• Added webdriver touch support for all platforms
• Finished adding ChaCha20-Poly1305 support to WebCrypto API
• Servo can now use a http proxy without authentication

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 2 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 48 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Added support for opening multiple windows
• Added proper labels to servoshell UI elements for screenreaders
• Applied variations for font-weight, font-stretch
• Implemented brotli support for CompressionStream and DecompressionStream

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/servo

Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 2 months ago to random

And one more bronze sponsor today, this time Jenny & Phil Porada. Thank you very much!

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servo , 2 months ago to random

Multi-window support has just been added to the Servo WebView API, see it in action! 🪟🪟🪟

servoshell (the Servo mini-browser) showing the new multi-window support by opening a few windows and browsing the web

servo , 2 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 47 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Added support for font-optical-sizing
• Implemented SHA-3 in WebCrypto API
• Added support for reloading DevTools tab
• Hide the servoshell tab bar in full screen mode

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Last Friday we announced the Servo sponsorship tiers, and today we're happy to welcome @sandwich as our second bronze sponsor. Thanks! 🙏 https://sandwich.net/servo

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servo , 2 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 46 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Updated servoshell to v.0.0.2
• Added support for calc() values in CSS Grid
• Added context menu options for images, links, and editable text areas
• Worked on adding ECDSA support to the WebCrypto API

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 2 months ago to random

Thanks to Taym Haddadi we have noticed that is now possible to make PRs to the Servo repository on GitHub from Servo itself! 🎉

This is a screencast of creating a PR in GitHub using the Servo browser. You need to have a branch on your fork, and you create the PR from the "Compare & pull request" button.

servo , 2 months ago to random

The Servo project has defined sponsorship tiers for organizations and individuals donating money to the project. Contact us at [email protected] if you are interested. https://servo.org/blog/2025/11/21/sponsorship-tiers/

servo , 3 months ago to random

October in Servo…

🌳🍃 XPath enabled by default
🗜️📦 Compression Streams too
🦾🍎 native macOS arm64 releases
🤖☢️ Android experimental mode
🪆🤝 new input and zoom API

https://servo.org/blog/2025/11/14/october-in-servo/

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servo , 3 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 45 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Finished adding X25519 support to WebCrypto API
• Added basic IDL implementation for LargestContentfulPaint
• Implemented Element.currentCSSZoom attribute
• Integrated context menu into the show_embedder_control API
• Implemented light mode for new tab page

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 3 months ago to random

This Wednesday, November 12, there will be a Servo breakout session at W3C TPAC: https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/9ef252a4-a0c0-45ac-ba80-5bcb0130d1ff/
Several Servo contributors will be there to discuss the current status of the project and future plans.

servo , 3 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 44 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Implemented ToggleEvent and use for <details> element
• Servo now handles touch events on Android, unifying touch handling across platforms
• Implemented the Compression API
• Added Ed25519 support to SubtleCrypto
• Started on dialog.showModal()

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 3 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 43 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Fully implemented pinch zoom, including center-aware zooming
• Added UI setting for experimental features on Android
• Implemented document preloaded resources
• Added the 'name' and 'areas' IDL attributes for <map> element
• Merged input method activation into the EmbedderControl API
• Released version 0.0.1

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servo , 3 months ago to random

This month in Servo…

☢️🕸️ experimental mode button
🕵🏼‍♀️🍲 Trusted Types now stable
👻✍️ strokeText() on 2D canvases
🗜️📄 ‘Content-Encoding: zstd’
🧾🥺 new funding request process

https://servo.org/blog/2025/10/24/this-month-in-servo/

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servo , 3 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 42 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Improved the servoshell CLI help messaging
• Added new API to hide embedder controls when the element showing the control is removed from the DOM
• Remove MFC build tools requirement for Windows in the documentation
• Integrate fetch into WebSocket implementation

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 3 months ago to random

The Servo project is starting to publish releases, version 0.0.1 is out today! 🚀
You can learn more about the goals and plans behind these releases in our blog: https://servo.org/blog/2025/10/20/servo-0.0.1-release/

servo , 3 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 41 2025

Highlights from last week:

• fonts: Add synthetic bold face support for macos and windows
• servoshell: Reimplement "onClick" action on Android
• script: Allow loading of <iframe srcdoc> with a sandbox attribute
• script: implement url matches about:blank

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/servo

Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 4 months ago to random

Igalia is excited to announce a new commission from the Sovereign Tech Fund to advance the Servo web engine.

https://www.igalia.com/2025/10/09/Igalia,-Servo,-and-the-Sovereign-Tech-Fund.html

servo , 4 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 40 2025

Highlights from last week:

• webdriver: Implement Pointer ID
• Implement fetchLater
• Allow WebViews and fonts to have a RenderingGroupId
• script: display top-level SVG image documents

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/servo
Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 4 months ago to random

From the community: Servo GTK
https://blogs.gnome.org/nacho/2025/10/01/servo-gtk/

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servo , 4 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 39 2025

Highlights from last week:

• stylo: Add support for -webkit-fill-available sizing keyword
• html: Add the reflected 'sizes' IDL attribute for <image>
• script: implement ClipboardItem getType and supports
• layout: Correctly handle margins in sticky positioning

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/servo
Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 4 months ago to random

Minutes from the Servo TSC meeting yesterday: https://github.com/servo/project/blob/main/governance/tsc/tsc-2025-09-29.md

servo , 4 months ago to random

This month in Servo…

📐🖼️ inline SVG rendering
↔️🖋️ OpenType variable fonts
🃏🎛️ CSS.registerProperty()
🔣🤖 TextEncoderStream
🫗⏳ Iterator map(), filter(), flatMap()

https://servo.org/blog/2025/09/25/this-month-in-servo/

servoshell showing a diffie favicon in the tab bar
servoshell loading a page demoing a complex grid layout

servoshell nightly showcasing variable fonts, with variable weight (wght) values smoothly increasing and decreasing

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servo , 4 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 38 2025

Highlights from last week:

• script: Allow reusing results from xpath queries
• html: Check the <source> MIME type on the source set updating
• layout: Make bottom table captions obey relative positioning offsets
• layout: Avoid recomputing automatic inline size

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/servo

Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 4 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 37 2025

Highlights from last week:

• layout: Fix Textual <input> Vertical Align Style
• layout: allow only repaint when css background and border image loaded
• Add trusted type checks for eval arguments
• webdriver: Support "scroll into view" for commands

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/servo

Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/servo

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servo , 4 months ago to random

Your Donations at Work: Funding Josh Matthews' Contributions to Servo

https://servo.org/blog/2025/09/17/your-donations-at-work-funding-jdm/

servo , 4 months ago to random

In 2025 we already have more PRs merged than in the whole of 2024!

2024 PRs: 1,771
2025 PRs: 1,983*

*At the last count of the data this month.

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servo , 5 months ago to random

Servo Report for Week 36 2025

Highlights from last week:

• Support enabling IndexedDB after startup
• script: preserve 2D on DOMMatrix invert
• Enable viewport <meta> tag support for mobile platforms only
• servoshell: Add button to toggle experimental web platform features
• script/layout: Implement HTMLElement.scrollParent

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

https://github.com/sponsors/servo
https://opencollective.com/servo

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