Developer builds modular browser based on javascript

A developer has released an alpha of an open source browser whose interface is written entirely in javascript. The browser has a modular structure and users can remove, adjust or add components themselves.

Breach, as the browser is called, consists of three layers: on top of the Chromium content api and Node.js is the interface built entirely in javascript. That user interface consists of separate modules and in fact these are web apps that can access the Breach API.

The developer’s goal was actually to create a browser whose status, in terms of cookies, tabs and extensions, is completely separate from the machine the software runs on, something the developer describes as ‘tab synchronization on steroids’. The developer then came to the Exobrowser platform, on which Breach’s modular structure is based.

The creators of Breach not only encourage the creation of new modules, but also promote the customization of existing modules. The team behind the browser cites creating horizontal tabs or a modified version of autocomplete as an example. The project is in the alpha phase and the makers want to use the coming time to add functionalities and APIs. The browser is currently only available for OS X and Linux.