rmweb 0.9.0, a native web browser for the Paper Pro (open source)

[exp]

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share rmweb, a native browser I wrote for the reMarkable Paper Pro. It uses WPE WebKit with everything rendered on CPU (Skia raster + Mesa llvmpipe), so it works despite the device having no GPU. Page turns take roughly 120-250 ms.

What's in: reader mode (light and dark), bookmarks, history, a proper settings page, form filling with learn-as-you-type autofill and a per-host password store (obfuscated, not encrypted, fair warning), content blocking with cosmetic rules that collapse ad containers, an auto-refresh guard so sites can't reload the page while you read, downloads to ~/Downloads, in-page find, TLS padlock, and a home-screen icon if you run XOVI + AppLoad.

What it is not: a general-purpose browser for heavy web apps. There's no JIT, so modern SPAs are out of reach. It's for reading: Wikipedia, news sites, blogs, forums all work well.

Install (no toolchain needed): download rmweb-0.9.0.tar.gz from the GitHub Release, then:

scp rmweb-0.9.0.tar.gz root@10.11.99.1:/home/root/
ssh root@10.11.99.1 'mkdir -p /home/root/rmweb \
  && gunzip -c /home/root/rmweb-0.9.0.tar.gz | tar -C /home/root/rmweb -xf - \
  && /home/root/rmweb/install.sh'

Run it from the shell or the AppLoad icon; the power button in the toolbar brings you back to the stock UI. Source, screenshots and full docs: https://github.com/exp78/rmweb

It's a beta and I'd love bug reports. Enjoy!