Is the Safari Web Browser an Open Source Project?

Question

I'm interested in doing some development against the Safari browser but I'm not sure if it's an open source project or not? I know webkit is open source but that doesn't mean the browser is.

I've emailed apple but they haven't been very responsive so I'm wondering if anyone on stackoverflow has any idea?

Answer 1

Safari is closed source. Only the Webkit portion is open source.

Answer 2

You may want to look at Konqueror, as it is the basis for Safari, and what you want to add may be added there, and if it gets into the trunk it may find it's way into Safari.

http://www.konqueror.org/features/browser.php

Answer 3

Google Chrome is also based on WebKit, the rendering engine behind Safari. If you want to look at a fully functional browser based on WebKit, Chrome is probably your best bet.