smolbote
- yet another no-frills browser
poi
[options...] URL(s)
smolbote is a keep-it-simple free software web browser.
-h
, --help
: Display this help.-v
, --version
: Display version information.--build
: Display build branch and commit.-c
, --config
: Set configuration file.--socket
: Local server socket--command
: Run a plugin command.--commands
: List all plugin commands.The Configuration is loaded from ~/.config/smolbote/smolbote.cfg, and can be
edited with the poi-config
tool.
Settings are only loaded on launch; re-run the browser to apply changes.
A main window contains one or more subwindows.
A subwindow contains multiple tabs and functions similarly to a tab group.
The navigation bar is the toolbar that holds the history, reload and home buttons, as well as the address bar. It can be made movable through the navigation.movable option.
Plugins a way of extending smolbote's functionality using the Qt plugin system. They are not to be confused with NPAPI/PPAPI or WebExtension plugins.
To enable a plugin either copy it or symlink it in the plugins.path location, or set its absolute path as the plugins.path.
A Profile is a collection of settings, policies, scripts, cookies, cache and history. Profiles can be used to isolate pages from each other.
Each window has a default profile it uses when opening new tabs. This can be set by the profile.default option, and can be changed from the window's menu. Additionally, tabs can have their profiles individually changed from their page menu.
Because profiles store all their data separately, you can log in into the same site with a different account from each profile. However, links opened into new tabs will still use the subwindow's default profile. For example, you can set a profile to hold login information for a site, but all new tabs opened from that site would still be using the default off-the-record profile.