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Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). A simple framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers in other applications.

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 1 story, 7 comments · first 2022-01-12 · latest 2026-09-10

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  1. …they can't just redistribute the binaries normally. The other closest thing I was able to find was https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3559 which describes a specific proprietary_codecs option in CEF, which is not quite the same…
    comment by dasyatidprime · 2026-09-10 · in DaVinci Resolve 21.1
  2. …using both. I just tried it on my mac, and I can't keep libcef out even with `--backend webview`. https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef
    comment by fny · 2026-06-22 · in Deno Desktop
  3. In case anybody else wondered CEF is the Chromium embedded framework. https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef
    comment by tonyedgecombe · 2026-06-22 · in Deno Desktop
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    Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)
    story by auraham · 2026-06-20 · 0 comments
  5. …face the performance issues of the native webview. Also, there are ideas of a shared installation: https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3836
    comment by schneegans · 2024-12-30 · in Show HN: Kando – A cross-platform pie menu for your desktop
  6. …https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebView CEF: Chromium Embedded Framework > External Projects: https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef#external-projects : cefglue, cefpython,: https://github.com/cztomczak/cefpython (edit) tauri-apps/wry >…
    comment by westurner · 2024-07-10 · in Show HN: A modern Jupyter client for macOS
  7. no, just the steam client, it's using CEF [1], wich is what electron uses [1] - https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef
    comment by Kukumber · 2022-11-28 · in Steam Deck’s Greatness Makes It Hard to Go Back to the Switch
  8. There is the Chromium Embedded Framework which makes it somewhat easy to embed Chromium: https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef
    comment by jupp0r · 2022-01-12 · in Ask HN: Why do new browsers use Chromium instead of Firefox as their base?