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Servo v0.0.1

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Resurfaced independently across 6 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
8
submitters
8
observed span
2014–2025
peak thread · 204 comments
570 pts
latest 20+ return · 2025-10-20
570 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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From the blog at https://servo.org/blog/2025/10/20/servo-0.0.1-release/ > Today, the Servo team has released new versions of the servoshell binaries for all our supported platforms, tagged v0.0.1. These binaries are essentially the same nightly builds that were already available from the download page with additional manual testing, now tagging them explicitly as releases for future reference. > We plan to publish such a tagged release every month. For now, we are adopting a simple release process where we will…

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
702

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
237

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2014-09-18Servo is a prototype web browser engine written in the Rust languagetodd820
2020-09-16The Servo Browser EnginetheBashShell10
2022-11-15The Servo Browser Enginegraderjs10
2023-02-05Servo: Experimental Rust Browser Enginenateb202210
2023-09-02The Servo Parallel Browser Engine Projectthunderbong30
2024-01-24An open-source browser engine written in RustFirst breakoutkeepamovin12033
2025-06-29The Servo Parallel Browser Engine ProjectBluestein40
2025-10-20Servo v0.0.1Best thread · Latest 20+ point returnundeveloper570204