Servo is a [[MPLv2]] licensed server engine written in [[Rust]]. - [Website](https://servo.org/) - [Source](https://github.com/servo/servo) - [Documentation](https://github.com/servo/servo/wiki) > Servo is a prototype web browser engine written in the [Rust](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust) language. # Notability Currently of academic interest. Always interested in another browser engine out there. # Philosophy ## Generative AI The [[#Governance|TSC]] abruptly changed their [[Generative AI]] policy in March 2025 without community feedback when the author of the existing policy was on leave. ```cardlink url: https://www.azabani.com/2025/04/11/generative-ai-in-servo.html title: "Generative AI in Servo" description: "We can, and should, build Servo without generative AI tools like GitHub Copilot." host: www.azabani.com image: https://www.azabani.com/images/generative-ai-in-servo.jpg ``` This puts Servo deeply in suspicious territory from which it is unlikely to emerge. ## Governance > The Servo project is governed by the **Technical Steering Committee (TSC)**, who are responsible for technical oversight of the project as laid out in the [**charter**](https://github.com/servo/project/blob/master/governance/CHARTER.md). The project follows a [Consensus Seeking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making) decision making model. > > Current members of the TSC can be found in the [servo/project repository on GitHub](https://github.com/servo/project/blob/master/governance/tsc/README.md). The TSC meets in public, and meetings are announced with an issue on the repository. All meeting minutes are published there. > > The TSC can form subcommittees for detailed discussion of issues. Currently there are no active subcommittees. > > Servo is a [Linux Foundation Europe Project](https://linuxfoundation.eu/en/projects). Servo is not a fully functional browser yet but i have not heard anything bad about its leadership and their chair [@rego.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y3ctntkcdaofk47cjuer2zmh) has pronouns in his bio ## History > Servo has always been a research project. It began at the [Mozilla Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation "Mozilla Corporation") in 2012, and its employees did the bulk of the work until 2020. This included the [Quantum project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(software)#Quantum "Gecko (software)"), when portions of Servo were incorporated into the [Gecko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(software) "Gecko (software)") engine of [Firefox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox). > > After Mozilla laid off all Servo developers in 2020, governance of the project was transferred to the [Linux Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation). > In January 2023, the Servo project announced that new external funding had enabled a team of developers to reactivate the project. The external funding source is [[NLnet]], a grant-giving foundation which has also supported the development of [[Parrot VM]], [[DNSSEC]], [[Tor]], and other open technologies. # OS Support > It is currently developed on 64-bit macOS, 64-bit Linux, 64-bit Windows, and Android. # Features # Tips # References - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Grant-Funding-Table - https://servo.org/blog/2023/01/16/servo-2023/ - https://servo.org/blog/2023/11/06/nlgrant-announcement/