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[[!meta date="2012-10-23T10:53:54Z"]]


[[!toc]] NetSurf's code is broadly
split into two; core code, and front end code. All ports make use of the
core code and each port has its own front end code.

Directory Structure
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The source is split at top level as follows:

### Core

#### Content handling

-   **content** -- Generic content handling: Fetching, caching,
    managing, etc
-   **css** -- CSS content specific handling
-   **image** -- Image content specific handling (conversion)
-   **javascript** -- JavaScript content specific handling
-   **render** -- HTML and Text content specific handling (processing,
    layout, render)

#### Other core components

-   **desktop** -- Non-platform specific front-end
-   **utils** -- Misc reusable components

### Front ends

-   **amiga** -- AmigaOS specific code
-   **atari** -- Atari FreeMiNT code
-   **beos** -- BeOS/Haiku specific code
-   **cocoa** -- Mac OS X specific code
-   **framebuffer** -- Framebuffer specific code
-   **gtk** -- GTK specific code
-   **monkey** -- Terminal based test engine specific code
-   **riscos** -- RISC OS specific code
-   **windows** -- Windows specific code

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