# Konqueror

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Konqueror and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Praised as a capable KDE browser and a great file manager, with tiling and solid overall use. Critics say it lacks WebExtensions support and crashes for some users.

## Why people recommend it

- Good browser that handles everything (4 comments): "still a gread tool, would just need some love and webextensions support to come back big" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47912768)) "still a great browser, albeit still missing webext support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47638726)) "KDE had a good browser (Konqueror)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49671681))
- Open-source KDE alternative to Chrome (3 comments): "Anything webkit-based and open source like Epiphany or Konqueror/Rekonq" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019802)) "Konqueror is the KDE equivalent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524212)) "Konqueror could be an option." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49530501))
- Fond memories of KDE 3.5 (2 comments): "they still don't touch their KDE 3.5.10 Konqueror-primary days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269480)) "KDE 3.5 (Konqueror > Dolphin)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269308))

## What people warn about

- Crashes or refuses to open (3 comments): "every time I try to run Konqueror or Falkon they crash immediately" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46336828)) "But konqueror refused to open." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46107017)) "Konqueror crashed on opening." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46059256))
- Missing WebExtensions support (2 comments): "still a great browser, albeit still missing webext support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47638726)) "still a gread tool, would just need some love and webextensions support to come back big" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47912768))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Firefox for Android](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-for-android.md): 76 recommend
- [Opera browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/opera-browser.md): 70 recommend
- [NetSurf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netsurf.md): 17 recommend
- [Dia browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dia-browser.md): 14 recommend
- [Floorp Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/floorp.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Konqueror", https://hackerapproved.com/p/konqueror/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).