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Developer(s) | Apple |
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Initial release | January 7, 2003 |
Stable release(s) | |
iOS: Safari 17.0
MacOS: Safari 17.0 Windows: Safari 5.1.7 | |
Preview release(s) | |
MacOS: Safari 17.1
iOS: Safari 17.1 | |
Development status | Active |
Written in | C++,[1] Objective-C and Swift |
Operating system | macOS iOS Windows (discontinued, last version: 5.1.7 on May 9, 2012) |
Engines | WebKit, Nitro |
Type | Web browser |
License | Freeware; some components GNU LGPL |
Website | apple |
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. which can be downloaded free of charge. It also comes with a Mac computer. It is based on the WebKit engine, which is a fork of KDE's KHTML engine.
Apple Inc. replaced the previous default web browser, Internet Explorer, with their Safari many years ago. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, said that it would be released in Jan 2003. Since then, 15 types of Safari have been made. The newest one was made in Sep 2023 for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
Safari has several features. Some are specific to certain operating systems or platforms. Here is a list of some of Safari's features: