QtWeb

Web browser written in Python and Qt with PyQt5

Features

• Quick access to various page functions in the status bar
• Login to a Mastodon account
• Create new Mastodon posts without going to the webui
• Interact with Mastodon posts by right-clicking the post's url (replies only atm)

note: I may add full pleroma support in the future note 2: PyQt (v5.11.3) is somewhat buggy on Debian Stable. I recommend running a newer OS or installing PyQt via pip

Installation

System dependencies

Debian-Based Linux Distros:

sudo apt install python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine

Windows:

• Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows

Python dependencies

Windows:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-win.txt

Linux:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

ToDo

• add fav and boost options when right-clicking a post link
• Create history tab
• Handle downloads
• Create artwork instead of relying on the Tango icon theme
• Ability to add new custom searches via local or remote json
• Add optional auto-updater with stable/testing channels

Bugs

• bad memory leaks
  • debian stable/windows: only leaks when opening and closing web tabs
  • debian testing: also leaks when opening and closing widget tabs/dialogs
• doesn't save cookies on restart sometimes
  • resetting the profile "fixed" it. Need to poke at the old profile to see what really went wrong
• stop and reload buttons occasionally don't get set properly after finished loading
• the webview is really blurry and glitchy in virtualbox
• the nitter redirect only works when loading a url from the navbar
• mbus server is completely broken on windows