2024-04-25 Profectus Alpha 0.7: Tabs and AVIF

NOTE: Profectus is a new graphical browser for Gemini, Nex, and Scroll.

I have released Alpha 0.7 with the following changes:

Added tabs.

Animated AVIF support.

Optimize text rendering - cache textures instead of surfaces to reduce CPU load.

Fix memory leak from text rendering that I believe was introduced in-between versions

Profectus now supports all of the common image formats (png, jpeg, gif) as well as the next generation ones (jpeg xl, webp, and avif). The rest of the supported image formats are only supported because SDL_Image supports them, and many of them are actually used within geminispace. Avif is the final image format that I planned to add for the time being. I am now going to start work on document formats outside of images and other essential browser features. Spartan support is also still planned.

You can download Profectus here:

Profectus Homepage

Precompiled Binaries

You can view examples of the different animated images here:

GIF Images

Elephant (APNG)

Bouncing Ball (APNG)

WebP Example

JPEG XL Example

AVIF Example