# sharpbrowser/SharpBrowser

A full featured web-browser built using C# and CefSharp

Repository: https://github.com/sharpbrowser/SharpBrowser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sharpbrowser
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-04-22T09:57:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 17, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3678, "days_push": 498, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1023, forks 430 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:16.303527+00:00)

## What it is
SharpBrowser is a full-featured open-source web browser for Windows built in C# on the CefSharp (Chromium Embedded Framework) engine. It offers tabbed browsing, session restore, download management, developer tools, and extensive customization of branding, hotkeys, and settings.

## Use cases
- build a custom branded web browser in C#
- embed a Chromium-based browser in a .NET desktop app
- create a kiosk or specialized browsing application
- learn how to build a browser with CefSharp
- distribute a custom browser installer for Windows

## When to choose
- you need a full-featured Windows browser codebase to customize or rebrand
- you want a C#/.NET starting point for Chromium-embedded desktop apps
- you need tabbed browsing, session restore, and download management out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform browser (Windows 64-bit only)
- you want a lightweight embedded web view rather than a full browser application
- you need mobile or Linux support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: browser-extension, gui, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: web-browser, cefsharp, chromium, tabbed-browsing, download-manager, customizable-browser, desktop

## Member repositories
- sharpbrowser/SharpBrowser (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.303527+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 2026-08-30T07:08:39.896886+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sharpbrowser/SharpBrowser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.303527+00:00, sha 45657bcb55e4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.