Which GNOME web browser was formerly named Epiphany?

GNOME Web was formerly named Epiphany.

The browser began in 2002 as Epiphany, a free and open-source browser created for the GNOME desktop. In 2012, alongside the GNOME 3.4 release, it was rebranded GNOME Web to make its purpose clearer to users. “Epiphany” remains important, however: it is still used as the project’s internal codename and in parts of its source code.

GNOME Web is developed by the GNOME Project for Unix-like operating systems. It uses WebKitGTK, the GTK-based port of Apple’s WebKit rendering engine, rather than the Gecko engine used by Firefox or Blink used by Chromium-based browsers. It is GNOME’s official and default web browser.

A common mix-up is Midori, another lightweight browser that was associated with GTK and WebKitGTK. Midori was never the renamed identity of GNOME Web. Package names can also preserve the old branding: Debian uses “epiphany-browser,” partly to avoid confusion with a video game named Epiphany.