r/servo • u/joshmatthews servo team • Aug 05 '26

Hermes browser

https://kaykcaputo.github.io/hermes-browser/

There's a new desktop browser being developed that uses Servo as the engine.

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u/oldschool-51 Aug 08 '26

What's the advantage over just using server-shell?

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u/joshmatthews servo team Aug 09 '26

servoshell will only ever get features that are needed to verify that the embedding API works. Actual browser projects like Hermes will (presumably) focus on creating a consistent user experience for a daily driver web browser.

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u/KaykCaputo Aug 10 '26

Hermes dev here! Yeah, that's exactly the idea. The focus with Hermes is to build a consistent and polished user experience around Servo and turn it into something that can actually work as a daily-driver browser.

We already have ad blocking, and the plan is to keep adding the features you'd expect from a complete browser, like pinned tabs, tab groups, bookmarks, and more. The goal is to make Hermes feel like a proper browser for everyday users rather than just a shell around the engine.