An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows
- ID
- 31564
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 03 Oct 2026, 12:53 PM
- Fetched
- 04 Oct 2026, 10:40 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://blog.kagi.com/update-orion-linux-windows
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 5.0
- Created
- 04 Oct 2026, 10:41 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
Kagi announced on October 2, 2026 that it is ending development of Orion for Linux and Windows and open-sourcing both, so its small team (funded entirely by Kagi subscribers) can focus on Orion for macOS and iOS. The current Linux Beta keeps working but receives no further updates from Kagi after that date, and Kagi says it does not recommend it as a main browser; Windows never shipped. Source release details are promised within 30 days, Kagi has approached open-source foundations about stewardship, and it states it will not be the core maintainer — it is inviting interested developers to email support@kagi.com.
Why it matters
If you run Orion's Linux Beta, you should treat it as unmaintained from October 2, 2026 and plan a migration path, since Kagi explicitly says not to rely on it as your main browser. If you maintain open-source projects, there is a concrete 30-day window to put your hand up for stewardship of a non-Chromium, WebKit-based browser codebase before it goes unowned — the announcement says these projects need people who want to own them, and Kagi will not fill that role.
Discussion angle
Is a non-Chromium, WebKit-based browser codebase realistic for volunteer maintainers to carry, given Kagi itself — a funded, dedicated team — concluded it could not sustain three platforms? And practically, who in the room would migrate off the Linux Beta, and to what?