Igalia Receives Sovereign Tech Fund Commission to Advance Servo Web Engine
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Summary
Igalia announces receiving a commission from the Sovereign Tech Fund to advance the Servo web engine, a modern parallelized browser engine written in Rust. The funding will support a multi-pronged effort focused on public interest, developer usability, and long-term sustainability. Igalia has been actively maintaining Servo since 2023 as a Linux Foundation Europe project, and the engine's modular design has made it valuable across the Rust ecosystem.
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As stewards of Servo, Igalia is honored to receive support for a multi-pronged effort focused on public interest, developer usability, and long-term sustainability.
Servo is a modern, parallelized web engine written in Rust, a Linux Foundation Europe project which Igalia has been actively maintaining since 2023.
Its modular design has made it a valuable resource across the Rust ecosystem.
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