K-Meleon
The featherweight Windows native.
A Windows browser using native widgets for an absurdly light footprint, now on the Goanna engine. Runs on hardware — and Windows versions — that everything else abandoned.
- Engine
- Goanna
- License
- Open source
- Runs on
- Windows
- Top marks
- Light on resources, Open source
- Updated
- September 2026
Why it shines
- Tiny memory footprint
- Runs on very old Windows machines
- Endlessly configurable via macros
Worth knowing
- Dated interface and workflow
- Modern-web compatibility limits
Origins
K-Meleon belongs to The Mozilla family — descended from Goanna.
Does well
Ranked in
Scorecard
- Tracking protection0/3
- Fingerprinting resistance0/3
- Anonymity0/3
- Built-in ad blocking0/3
- Customization2/3
- Keyboard control0/3
- Built-in tools0/3
- Minimal interface0/3
- Fresh design0/3
- Classic interface2/3
- Light on resources3/3
- Raw speed0/3
- Battery efficiency0/3
- Extension ecosystem0/3
- Cross-device sync0/3
- Site compatibility1/3
- Low maintenance1/3
- Open source3/3
- Independence2/3
- Built-in AI0/3
- Gaming features0/3
- Dev tooling0/3
0–3 on each of the 22 criteria the quiz and the guides rank by. How we score.
