Skiff
Skiff is a simple web browser for Sailfish OS, built on Servo, the web engine written in Rust. It is a small, independent alternative to the Gecko-based Sailfish Browser, and a way to try Servo on a phone.
Features:
- Pages laid out for mobile, with touch scrolling and tapping
- Typing with the Sailfish keyboard, including word suggestions
- Native pickers for drop-down lists and native alert/confirm/prompt dialogs
- Cookies and site data are kept between sessions
- Pages pause while the app is in the background
- Runs sandboxed (Sailjail) with only the Internet permission
Limitations of this first version:
- Servo is still young: many sites work, some render incompletely or not at all
- One page at a time (no tabs), no downloads, no search from the address bar
- 64-bit ARM (aarch64) phones with Sailfish OS 5.1 or later only
The app needs about 110 MB of space, mostly for the Servo engine.
Source code, bug reports and license details: https://git.rupp.digital/brupp/skiff
Licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
Skiff was built with Claude.
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Application versions:
| Attachment | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
 harbour-skiff-0.1.0-1.aarch64.rpm | 30.8 MB | 13/10/2026 - 23:06 |
Changelog:
- First release: Servo 0.7 web view with touch, keyboard and input method support, back/forward navigation, address bar, drop-down lists, alert/confirm/prompt dialogs, new-window links opening in place, persistent cookies and site data, mobile user agent, and pausing while in the background.
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