Helios Browser

Helios Browser (previously known as project web) is an open source modular browser catered more towards developers, designers, and power users. It features functionalities meant to boost their workflow and automate many tasks.

Our goal was to unify and optimize the workflow of developers and designers. Since we spend most of our time on the web, it made sense to integrate these functionalities into the browser itself with some impressive automations that would create a more fluid workflow.

This is where we are right now :)

Build Steps

Download and install the opensource version of qt. download qt

Ensure QtWebEngine, WebChannel, WebSockets and Qt Positioning is installed. This project may use even more additional libraries, so it's best to install them all.

On windows, it is essential to pick the msvc compiler(This is available in the qt installer tool and maintainence tool), and not MinGW. WebEngine will only compile with msvc.

Linux

Install cmake and a c++ compiler of your choice.(clang or g++).

git clone https://github.com/Milansuman/project-web.git
cd project-web
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make

A binary named project-web will be created in the build directory.

Windows

Install Visual Studio Community Edition for the msvc compiler(The build tools are not provided by qt). Ensure cmake, msvc and windows 11 sdk are installed.

Install CMake:

winget install cmake

MSVC and the Windows 11 SDK are provided by the Visual Studio installer.

git clone https://github.com/Milansuman/project-web.git
cd project-web && mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DQt6_DIR=<path_to_qt_msvc>/lib/cmake/Qt6 -DQT_ADDITIONAL_PACKAGES_PREFIX_PATH=<path_to_qt_msvc> ..
cmake --build . --config Release

The project-web.exe binary will be in the build/Release folder.

Ensure the Qt6/bin folder is in $PATH