It doesn't need all HTML features

[fossdd]

You may heard from others, that implementing a full browser engine can and is really much work.

But we don't need so much.

Drew DeVault for example had this idea:

A web browser engine which flagrantly disregards modern web standards, written in C or Rust. No JavaScript, limited CSS. Designed as a library which others can make GUIs et al out of. Like Servo if they gave a shit about making anything other than a testbed for rewriting Firefox.

I think with that as goal, limited CSS, no JS, basic HTML, vbrowser could be maintainable.

[tomByrer]

No JS = 10%+ websites simply won't work.

But yes, better to start small.

[benstigsen]

Pretty sure someone has already gotten V8 to work with V if I'm not mistaking. So JavaScript support wouldn't be the hardest thing.

The main things V needs to develop from the ground up is HTML and CSS styling support. Then JavaScript to be able to interact with the DOM.

[medvednikov]

Indeed, no JS is not an option.

Fortunately, for us V8 takes care of that. It can be easily embedded.

[vladimirmyshkovski]

@medvednikov Do you think wee need CSS / HTML engine in V from scratch or use, for example litehtml justified?

https://github.com/litehtml/litehtml

[JalonSolov]

Right off the bat, there's a problem with litehtml because it's in C++, and V doesn't get along well with C++.

The only real reason for doing a browser in V is to see if a browser can be written in V, not just a wrapper for code in other languages.