This Month in Ladybird: June 2026
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- #browser development
- #security updates
- #web standards
- Ladybird browser added file downloads, browsing history management, and DevTools storage inspection in June.
- New features include video playback speed control and muted autoplay policy for media.
- Security enhancements include sandboxed services on Linux/macOS, heap partitioning, and memory-safe decoding.
- GPU access moved to the sandboxed compositor, improving security and responsiveness.
- LibJS unified on a single optimized JavaScript interpreter and adopted UTF-16 strings.
- WebAssembly GC support added, along with CSS features like container-relative units and contrast-color().
- UI improvements include tab hover previews, vertical tabs, and macOS IME support.
- Several websites like tweakers.net, WhatsApp Web, and GitHub saw compatibility and performance fixes.
- Development process changed to maintainers-only for code contributions, though project remains open source.
- WPT score increased by 3,366 subtests, reflecting improved web standards compliance.