Get it

Download MacSurf

Free, one click, no account. Expand with StuffIt Expander and double-click to run on a Power Macintosh G3 or G4 under Mac OS 9.1–9.2.2.

Keep MacSurf going

MacSurf is a full-time, one-person project. If it brought your old Mac back to the web, supporting on Patreon (free membership available) helps keep development going. Monthly members on Ko-fi get weekly beta releases. The download below is yours either way, no strings attached.

Current release

MacSurf 2.0.5

"HACKADAY"

The polish batch on top of 2.0: text renders at the correct size everywhere, a large modern-CSS pass, a much more capable on-device JavaScript engine, ad/tracker blocking, and a typing-latency fix. Full release notes ↗

Version 2.0.5 Size 1.2 MB Requires Power Mac G3/G4 · Mac OS 9.1–9.2.2

On a Mac OS 9 machine right now? GitHub doesn't render on-device — use the plain-HTTP edition of this site instead, it links the same build.

1

Download MacSurf2.0.5.sit onto the Mac (or transfer it over from another machine).

2

Expand it with StuffIt Expander — right-click (or Ctrl-click) → decompress if it doesn't auto-expand.

3

Double-click MacSurf to launch. No installer, nothing to configure.

Other builds

Older still-good builds, kept around for comparison and machines that need them. Full history, tags, and source for every version are on GitHub.

VersionNotesSizeDownload
2.0 The original 2.0 release, pre-2.0.5 polish batch 1.2 MB MacSurf2.sit ↓notes ↗
1.68.2 macQJS — QuickJS engine migration, refined 1.1 MB MacSurf1682.sit ↓notes ↗
1.68.1 macQJS — QuickJS engine migration 1.1 MB MacSurf1681.sit ↓notes ↗
1.68 macQJS — first QuickJS release, replacing Duktape 1.1 MB MacSurf168.sit ↓notes ↗

Looking for something older — 1.4, 1.3, 1.0, or the early v0.x line? Every tagged release is on GitHub ↗, source included.