libwpe ☆

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Description:
General-purpose library for WPE WebKit

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @wpewebkit | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: webkit embedded browser-engine wpe library

Install: brew install libwpe

About:
Libwpe is a foundational C library that provides a platform-agnostic API layer for WPE WebKit, enabling efficient web content rendering on embedded systems. It abstracts platform-specific details, allowing developers to integrate a high-performance web engine into devices with limited resources. Its main value is providing a stable, minimal footprint interface for building custom web-enabled applications.

Key Features:

Minimal footprint suitable for embedded devices
Platform-agnostic C API for web engine integration
Provides interfaces for graphics, input, and networking
Enables hardware-accelerated content rendering

Use Cases:

Integrating web content into automotive infotainment systems
Building custom embedded browser applications
Developing smart TV and set-top box interfaces

Alternatives:

QtWebEngine – Provides a full-featured browser engine but is significantly larger and tied to the Qt framework, whereas Libwpe is lightweight and framework-agnostic.
WebKitGTK – A GTK-specific port of WebKit; Libwpe is the underlying engine designed for non-GTK embedded platforms, often used by other bindings.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 23, 2025 11:11pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	50b2007d
Oct 27, 2024 12:49pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	8ea700f4