# Install webkitgtk with Homebrew, dnf GTK interface to WebKit. Version 2.52.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:webkitgtk ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install webkitgtk ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install javascriptcoregtk4.1 ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javascriptcoregtk4.1 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:webkitgtk - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.52.4 - **Source summary:** GTK interface to WebKit - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T23:07:19Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - WebKitWebDriver (cli) - WebKitWebDriver (alias) ## Dependencies - at-spi2-core - cairo - enchant - expat - fontconfig - freetype - gdk-pixbuf - glib - gstreamer - gtk+3 - harfbuzz - icu4c@78 - jpeg-turbo - jpeg-xl - libavif - libdrm - libepoxy - libgcrypt - libnotify - libpng - libsecret - libsoup - libtasn1 - libwpe - libx11 - libxcomposite - libxml2 - libxslt - libxt - little-cms2 - mesa - openjpeg - pango - sqlite - sysprof - systemd - wayland - webp - woff2 - wpebackend-fdo - zlib-ng-compat ## Build dependencies - cmake - gettext - gobject-introspection - gperf - perl - pkgconf - python@3.14 - ruby - unifdef ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.52.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://webkitgtk.org - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage WebKitGTK is the GTK port of the WebKit browser engine. It provides an embeddable web view and JavaScript engine bindings for Linux and other GTK-based systems, serving applications that need anything from a small HTML/CSS UI surface to a full browser. ### Project history The old WebKit wiki described the GTK port as a browser component for the portable GTK UI toolkit, developed inside the official WebKit source tree and covered by WebKit buildbots and layout tests. That placement made WebKitGTK part of the upstream browser-engine project rather than a separate downstream fork. The WebKitGTK project site, copyrighting the WebKitGTK Team from 2009 onward, presents the port as a full-featured WebKit rendering engine for hybrid applications, browsers, desktop computers, and embedded devices. It also identifies WebKitGTK as the official web engine of the GNOME platform and lists GNOME Web/Epiphany among browsers using it. A major transition arrived with WebKitGTK+ 2.0.0 on March 31, 2013. That first stable 2.0 release built both WebKit1 and WebKit2 APIs by default, declared WebKit2 stable from an API/ABI compatibility perspective, and moved WebKit1 into maintenance mode. The shift aligned GTK embedding with WebKit's multiprocess architecture, improving isolation between web content and application UI. ### Adoption history WebKitGTK became important because Linux desktop applications needed an embeddable, maintained browser engine that matched GTK conventions. GNOME's use made it part of the default stack for applications that display web content, and the project has kept a stable-release process with security advisories for distributions and application maintainers. The API-version story reflects both long-term compatibility and platform churn. As summarized by GNOME/WebKit maintainer Michael Catanzaro in 2025, supported upstream API versions included `webkit2gtk-4.0` for GTK 3 with libsoup 2, `webkit2gtk-4.1` for GTK 3 with libsoup 3, and `webkitgtk-6.0` for GTK 4. That history matters to packagers because different Linux distributions have carried different binary package names for the same API families. ### How it is used Application developers use WebKitGTK to embed web content in GTK applications through stable C/GObject APIs. Typical uses include full browsers, documentation viewers, OAuth/login panes, desktop apps with HTML front ends, and embedded-device UIs that want WebKit's web-platform implementation without shipping a separate browser. The modern WebKit2-style architecture separates web processes from the UI process, so a page crash or hang is less likely to bring down the embedding application. The project site also highlights GStreamer-backed media, accessibility work, GPU compositing, CSS transforms, and WebGL as part of the port's role as a complete web-platform component. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, WebKitGTK is a high-impact dependency because it is both a developer library and a browser engine with a security-update cadence. Its API names, GTK generation, libsoup generation, and distribution package names have real consequences for build compatibility across GNOME, Fedora, Debian, Homebrew, and smaller ports. It is also one of the packages where the package name is history: `webkitgtk`, `webkit2gtk-4.0`, `webkit2gtk-4.1`, and `webkitgtk-6.0` encode shifts from WebKit1 to WebKit2, GTK 3 to GTK 4, and libsoup 2 to libsoup 3. ### Timeline - 2009: WebKitGTK project site copyright period begins for the WebKitGTK Team. - 2013-03-31: WebKitGTK+ 2.0.0 released; WebKit2 API considered stable and WebKit1 moved to maintenance mode. - 2014-09-24: WebKitGTK+ 2.6.0 released, part of the era that introduced the long-lived `webkit2gtk-4.0` API family. - 2021: WebKitGTK 2.32 introduced the `webkit2gtk-4.1` API family for GTK 3 with libsoup 3. - 2023: WebKitGTK 2.40 introduced the `webkitgtk-6.0` API family for GTK 4. - 2026-06-23: WebKitGTK 2.53.4 listed as the current unstable release on the project site. ### Related projects - WebKitGTK is part of the broader WebKit project and is closely tied to GNOME, GTK, GObject, JavaScriptCore, GStreamer, libsoup, and GNOME Web/Epiphany. Its sibling WPE WebKit targets embedded and appliance-style environments. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** webkitgtk - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Requirements:** linux - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - dnf - javascriptcoregtk4.1 - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javascriptcoregtk4.1 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | JavaScript engine from webkit2gtk4.1 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for JavaScript engine from webkit2gtk4.1 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - javascriptcoregtk6.0 - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javascriptcoregtk6.0 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | JavaScript engine from webkitgtk6.0 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for JavaScript engine from webkitgtk6.0 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - webkit2gtk4.1 - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: webkit2gtk4.1 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | WebKitGTK for GTK 3 and libsoup 3 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - webkit2gtk4.1-devel - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: webkit2gtk4.1-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for webkit2gtk4.1 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - webkit2gtk4.1-doc - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: webkit2gtk4.1-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentation files for webkit2gtk4.1 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - webkitgtk6.0 - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: webkitgtk6.0 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | WebKitGTK for GTK 4 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - webkitgtk6.0-devel - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: webkitgtk6.0-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for webkitgtk6.0 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ - dnf - webkitgtk6.0-doc - 2.53.3-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: webkitgtk6.0-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentation files for webkit2gtk5.0 | https://www.webkitgtk.org/ ## Related links - 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[blueprint-compiler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/blueprint-compiler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [dtc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dtc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linux. - [elfutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/elfutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, linux. - [ghex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [glade](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glade/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [eiffelstudio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eiffelstudio/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: at-spi2-core, cairo, cli, core, developer. - [gtk4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtk4/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cairo, cli, developer, developer-tools, fontconfig. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/webkitgtk.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/webkitgtk.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph