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Conkeror is a highly-programmable web browser based on Mozilla XULRunner. Inspired by Emacs, it has a sophisticated keyboard system for running commands and interacting with web page content. It interfaces with external editors and viewers. It is self-documenting and extensible with Javascript.

Communication

• IRC: There is a #conkeror chat channel on irc.freenode.net.

• Mailing list: Subscribe/unsubscribe/change subscription options Archive (gmane)

Download and install

• Installation instructions

• Installation instructions for OSX

• Installation instructions for Debian-like OSes

• Installing conkeror-spawn-helper

• Browse the source code git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/conkeror.git (hosted by http://repo.or.cz)

Usage

• Invocation/Startup/Command-line syntax

• Modules - information about automatic module loading at startup

• Page modes - site specific functionality

• Profiles - Running multiple instances

Configuration and Customization

• Tabs

• Webjumps

• Common Problems

• Tips

• Proxy

• External Editing

• Writing Commands

• Mozilla Preferences

• Extensions

• Conkeror RC - your startup script

• User Variables

• Breaking Changes - changes to conkeror that may require you to update your rc

• Appearance - changing the appearance of conkeror

• Keymaps - a description of conkeror's keymap hierarchy

• MIME Type Handlers - define applications to be used for viewing particular MIME types

• Keyboard - about conkeror's key handling

• Password Management - Autofill your login credentials for websites

Development resources

• ConkerorLicense - legalese of the Conkeror source code explained

• ConkerorBugs - where to report bugs found in Conkeror

• UpstreamBugs - problems with XULRunner conkeror devs should be aware of

• GitHelp - Some notes about working with our main repository

• DevelopmentGuidelines - coding style and documenting changes

• Testing

• http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Code_snippets:File_I/O

• js2-mode for Emacs

• Mozilla Developer Center XUL Reference

• Mozilla Developer Center JavaScript Documentation

• Gecko-Specific DOM Events

• XULRunner

• Git

• MozRepl (explore and modify Mozilla apps from the inside, while they're running)

• MozRepl older version of mozrepl

Misc

• Feature Requests

• CategoryHomepage

Historical Conkeror

Conkeror was formerly a Firefox extension. The last official release of the extension version of Conkeror is version 0.42. In 2007, Conkeror was ported to the XULRunner platform and development of Conkeror as a Firefox extension was abandoned. The release archives of the extension version of Conkeror will remain available from http://downloads.mozdev.org/conkeror/.

Related Projects

• Vonkeror (a vork of Conkeror vith a lot of differences)

Wiki

Site navigation

• RecentChanges: see where people are currently working

• WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing

• FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways

• SyntaxReference: quick access to wiki syntax

• SiteNavigation: get an overview over this site and what it contains

How to use this site

A Wiki is a collaborative site, anyone can contribute and share:

• To edit this site, first create an account, then ask jbms or retroj on #conkeror at irc.freenode.net for write access.

• Edit any page by pressing Edit at the top or the bottom of the page

• Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with ["quoted words in brackets"]

• Search for page titles or text within pages using the search box at the top of any page

• See HelpForBeginners to get you going, HelpContents for all help pages.