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Latest revision as of 13:19, 20 October 2025
| WebKitGtkSharp | |
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| Developer(s) | GNOME Project, WebKitGTK team, Xamarin, and community contributors |
| Initial release |
2009 |
| Latest version | — |
| Programming language | C# |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | .NET, Mono |
| Type | Web rendering library bindings |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | GitHub repository |
WebKitGtkSharp is a set of C# bindings for the WebKitGTK library, which provides a full-featured web content engine based on the WebKit rendering engine.
It is part of the GtkSharp ecosystem and allows .NET and Mono applications to embed modern web browsing and HTML rendering capabilities.
Overview of WebKitGTK
WebKitGTK is the GNOME platform port of the WebKit rendering engine used in browsers such as Safari and GNOME Web (Epiphany). It provides GTK-based applications with the ability to display and interact with web content using standard web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SVG.
Key features of WebKitGTK include:
- Modern web standards support (HTML5, CSS3, ECMAScript)
- Integrated JavaScript engine (JavaScriptCore)
- DOM manipulation and event handling
- Web security and sandboxing
- Offscreen and accelerated rendering
- Custom URI schemes, network access, and inspector tools
WebKitGtkSharp
WebKitGtkSharp provides managed .NET bindings to the native WebKitGTK library. It allows C# developers to embed a full web view widget into GTK applications and interact programmatically with web content, DOM elements, and JavaScript contexts.
With WebKitGtkSharp, developers can:
- Embed web browsers into desktop applications using GTK
- Load and render local or remote web pages
- Execute and interact with JavaScript from managed code
- Handle navigation, resource loading, and DOM events
- Build hybrid applications combining native UI and web technologies
The bindings follow the WebKitGTK API closely while providing idiomatic .NET integration, including event-based callbacks and object wrappers for DOM elements.
Relationship to other GtkSharp components
WebKitGtkSharp depends on and integrates with other GtkSharp libraries:
- GtkSharp – Provides the container and widget system for embedding the WebView component.
- GLibSharp – Supplies the base GObject and main loop system used by WebKitGTK.
- GioSharp – Handles network and resource access for web content.
- CairoSharp – Used internally for rendering web pages to GTK surfaces.
Version compatibility
WebKitGtkSharp versions correspond to the WebKitGTK and GTK releases:
- **WebKitGtkSharp 1.x** – Based on early WebKitGTK 1.x (deprecated)
- **WebKitGtkSharp 2.x** – Updated for WebKitGTK 2.x and GTK 3
- **WebKitGtkSharp 4.x** – Planned for GTK 4 and modern .NET runtimes
Example
A simple example of using WebKitGtkSharp to load a web page:
using Gtk;
using WebKit;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
Application.Init();
Window win = new Window("WebKitGtkSharp Example");
WebView view = new WebView();
win.Add(view);
win.Resize(800, 600);
win.DeleteEvent += (o, e) => Application.Quit();
win.ShowAll();
view.LoadUri("https://www.gnome.org");
Application.Run();
}
}