# Conkeror: An Emacs-Inspired Web Browser and JavaScript Application Platform

DevFeed: [Conkeror: An Emacs-Inspired Web Browser and JavaScript Application Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/conkeror-21886.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.nelhage.com/2008/03/conkeror/>)

Author: Nelson Elhage

Published: 2008-03-13T19:57:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Nelson Elhage](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nelson-elhage.md>)

Topics: [Emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emacs.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [Mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mozilla.md>), [Firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firefox.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emacs.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mozilla.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes switching to Conkeror, a standalone application built on Mozilla's XULRunner and the Gecko rendering engine. Conkeror combines Emacs keybindings and extensibility with a web-oriented interface and supports writing interactive applications in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

## Source excerpt

I've recently switched to Conkeror as my primary browser. It started life as a Firefox extension, but nowadays it's a standalone app built on top of Mozilla's xulrunner, so it uses the Gecko rendering engine. What it is, is an emacs implemented in Javascript, for the web. This means on the one hand that it acts like emacs. Most of the basic emacs keybindings are supported - you open URLs with C-x C-f, and have buffers you can switch between with C-x b and so on.