Arachne (web browser)

Arachne is an Internet suite containing a graphical web browser, email client, and dialer. Originally, Arachne was developed by Michal Polák under his xChaos label, a name he later changed into Arachne Labs. It was written in C and compiled using Borland C++ 3.1. Arachne has since been released under the GPL as Arachne GPL.

Arachne
Developer(s)Michael Polák and contributors
Initial release22 December 1996 (1996-12-22)
Stable release
1.99 / 23 December 2021 (2021-12-23)
Preview releasenone [±]
Written inC
Operating systemDOS, Linux
TypeInternet suite
LicenseGPL-2.0-only
Websitewww.glennmcc.org,
web.archive.org/web/20150201105844/http://arachne.cz/?page=soft

Arachne primarily runs on DOS-based operating systems, but there are also builds available for Linux. The Linux version of Arachne utilizes SVGALib, allowing it to function without requiring a display server.

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