Editing Konqueror (section)

{{distinguish|Conkeror|conqueror (disambiguation){{!}}conqueror}}
{{short description|Web browser and file manager}}

{{Infobox web browser
| name = Konqueror
| title = Konqueror
| logo = Breezeicons-apps-48-konqueror.svg
| screenshot = Konqueror 20.12.2 start screen.png
| caption = Konqueror 20.12.2 showing the default homepage
| developer = [[KDE]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2000|10|23|df= yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q178565|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q178565|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q178565|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q178565|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}}}
| programming language = [[C++]] ([[Qt (framework)|Qt]])
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| engines = [[WebKit]], [[KHTML]], Qt WebEngine ([[Chromium_(web_browser)|Chromium]])
| genre = [[Web browser]], [[file browser]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
}}

'''Konqueror''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[web browser]] and [[file manager]] that provides [[World Wide Web|web]] access and [[file viewer|file-viewer]] functionality for file systems (such as local files, files on a remote FTP server and files in a disk image). It forms a core part of the [[KDE Software Compilation]]. Developed by volunteers, Konqueror can run on most [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s. The [[KDE]] community licenses and distributes Konqueror under [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL-2.0-or-later]].

The name "Konqueror" references the two primary competitors at the time of the browser's first release: "first comes the [[Netscape Navigator|Navigator]], then [[Internet Explorer|Explorer]], and then the Konqueror".<ref>
Compare:
{{cite web
 |url= https://konqueror.org/faq/#WheredoesthenameiKonqueroricomefrom
 |title= Konqueror FAQ
 |website= konqueror.org
 |access-date= 2017-08-23
 |quote= Where does the name ''Konqueror'' come from? [...] It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator and the Explorer comes the Conqueror; it's spelled with a K to show that it's part of KDE. The name change also moves away from "kfm" (the KDE file manager, Konqueror's predecessor) which represented only file management. 
}}
</ref>
It also follows the [[KDE]] naming convention: the names of most KDE programs begin with the letter K.<ref>[http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase/faq/webbrowser.html#id2556978 K Desktop Environment (KDE)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609082659/http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase/faq/webbrowser.html |date=2007-06-09 }}</ref>

Konqueror first appeared with version 2 of KDE on October 23, 2000.<ref>[http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-2.0.php K Desktop Environment - KDE 2.0 Release Announcement<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It replaced its predecessor, KFM (KDE file manager).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://konqueror.kde.org/faq/#WheredoesthenameiKonqueroricomefrom |title=Konqueror - Konqueror FAQ<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723193818/http://konqueror.kde.org/faq#WheredoesthenameiKonqueroricomefrom |archive-date=2008-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> With the release of KDE 4 in 2008, the functionalities of web browser and file manager were separated: [[Dolphin (file manager)|Dolphin]] replaced Konqueror as the default KDE file manager, while the KDE community continues to maintain Konqueror as the default KDE web browser.