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| General Browser Information |
| Browser |
Creator |
Cost (USD) |
Open source |
Software license |
Current layout engine |
| AOL Explorer |
America Online, Inc |
Free |
No |
Proprietary |
Trident |
| Internet Explorer |
Microsoft,
Spyglass |
Free |
No |
Proprietary |
Trident |
| Internet Explorer for Mac (discontinued) |
Microsoft |
Free |
No |
Proprietary |
Tasman |
| Mosaic |
Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, NCSA |
Free (non-commercial) |
No |
Proprietary |
built-in |
| Mozilla |
Mozilla Foundation |
Free |
Yes |
MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
Gecko |
| Mozilla Firefox |
Mozilla Foundation |
Free |
Yes |
MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
Gecko |
| Netscape (v.6-7) |
Netscape Communications Corporation, AOL |
Free |
No |
Proprietary, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
Gecko |
| Netscape Browser (v.8) |
Mercurial Communications for AOL |
Free |
No |
Proprietary, MPL, GPL/LGPL tri-license |
Trident, Gecko |
| Netscape Communicator (v.4) |
Netscape Communications |
Free |
No |
Proprietary |
? |
| Netscape Navigator (v.1-4) |
Netscape Communications |
Free |
No |
Proprietary |
? |
| Opera |
Opera Software |
Free |
No |
Proprietary |
Presto |
| Safari |
Apple Computer |
Free |
No |
Proprietary, LGPL |
WebCore (KHTML) |
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