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There are some smaller groups that are working on their own engines (slowly but surely)

If interested in Java browsers, then you might like to check out one that had quite a bit of development.

The main site is down due to dain issues. Googling will also give you a blog and Github. Their Cobra engine was Java IIRC. All that code might make a nice head start even if this project is dead or goes that way.

There's also Dillo and Netsurf.

Not to mention the various terminal browsers, like lynx and links.

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