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==Usage== {{main|Category:Gecko-based software}} Gecko is primarily used in [[web browser]]s, the earliest being [[Netscape 6]] and [[Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla Suite]] (later renamed [[SeaMonkey]]). It is also used in other Mozilla web browser derivatives such as [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] and [[Firefox for mobile]] and the implementation of the [[Internet Explorer]]-clone that is part of [[Wine (software)|Wine]].<ref name="IE Wine Gecko">{{cite web |url = http://wiki.winehq.org/Gecko |title = IE Uses Gecko Under Wine |publisher = Wine Wiki |access-date = 2009-09-14 }}</ref> Mozilla also uses it in their [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird email-client]]. Other web browsers using Gecko include [[LibreWolf]], [[Zen Browser]], [[GNU IceCat]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fsf.org/working-together/gang/gecko|title=Gecko|last=sdubois|date=24 June 2010|website=Free Software Foundation|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> [[Midori (web browser)|Midori]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midori Browser light web browser |url=https://astian.org/midori-browser/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Astian, Inc |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Waterfox]], [[K-Meleon]], [[Lunascape (web browser)|Lunascape]], [[Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition|Portable Firefox]], [[Conkeror]], [[Classilla]], and [[TenFourFox]]. Gecko is also used by [[Sugar (GUI)|Sugar]] for the [[OLPC XO-1]] computer,<ref name="sugarui">{{Cite news |url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/03/Hnsugarinterface_1.html |title=One Laptop Per Child readies 'Sugar' interface |last=Martens |first=China |publisher=IDG News Service |date=2007-01-03 |access-date=2007-12-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118115757/http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/03/Hnsugarinterface_1.html |archive-date=2008-01-18 }}</ref> and is used as a complete implementation of the [[XUL]] ([[XML]] User Interface Language). Gecko currently defines the XUL specification.{{update inline|date=July 2024|reason=Mozilla discontinued XUL in 2017}} Gecko is also used by the [[KaiOS]] mobile operating system, which is based on the discontinued [[Firefox OS]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/kaios-technologies-partners-with-mozilla-to-improve-gecko/ |title=KaiOS Technologies partners with Mozilla to improve Gecko |last=Hill |first=Paul |website=Neowin |date=2020-03-12 |access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref> ===Past users=== Products that formerly used Gecko include [[Pale Moon]] (now using [[Goanna (software)|Goanna]]), Epiphany (now known as [[GNOME Web]] and using [[WebKitGTK]]), and [[GNOME DevHelp]] (now using [[WebKitGTK]]). Discontinued products that used Gecko include [[Swiftfox]], [[Flock (web browser)|Flock]], [[Galeon]], [[Camino (web browser)|Camino]], [[Minimo]], [[Beonex Communicator]], [[Kazehakase]], [[Songbird (software)|Songbird]], [[Mozilla Sunbird|Sunbird (calendar)]], [[MicroB]], [[Nightingale (software)|Nightingale]], [[Instantbird]], and [[Picasa]] for Linux.<ref name="picasa">{{cite web|url=http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html#picasa30 |title=Picasa 3.0 for Linux |access-date=2008-12-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107022711/http://picasa.google.com./linux/download.html |archive-date=2009-01-07 }}</ref> ===Proprietary dependency=== On Windows and other platforms, Gecko depends on proprietary compilers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Building Firefox for Windows|url=https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/setup/windows_build.html|website=MDN Web Docs}}</ref>
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