# LadybirdBrowser/ancient-history

The Ladybird web browser

Repository: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ancient-history
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ancient-history
Language: C++
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: c-plus-plus, web-browser
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-12-25T15:16:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1522, "days_push": 1347, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1647, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.415835+00:00)

## What it is
This is the original repository for Ladybird, a cross-platform web browser written in C++ that originated from the SerenityOS project. The repository is now defunct: the browser's source code has moved into the SerenityOS monorepo.

## Use cases
- browse the web with an independent browser engine
- study the source code of a from-scratch web browser
- contribute to Ladybird browser development
- research the history of the Ladybird project

## When to choose
- you want to read the historical, pre-merge version of the Ladybird codebase
- you need links pointing to the current location in the SerenityOS monorepo

## When to avoid
- you want to use or contribute to Ladybird today - use the SerenityOS monorepo instead
- you need a maintained browser for daily use

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: browser-extension
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cpp
- tags: web-browser, serenityos, historical-repo, moved-repository

## Member repositories
- LadybirdBrowser/ancient-history (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.415835+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:45:17.021259+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ancient-history (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.415835+00:00, sha bc97422b6be2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.