---
name: "arora"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "arora"
version: "0.11.0+qt5+git2014-04-06-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/arora"
---

# arora(1)

Lightweight web browser based on Qt and WebKit

## NAME

Arora - Lightweight web browser based on Qt and WebKit

## SYNOPSIS

**arora \[Qt options\] \[url\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**Arora** is a lightweight, cross-platform web browser using the Qt 4.4 port of the WebKit layout engine. It is based on the demo browser application shipped with Qt demos.

## OPTIONS

### Common Qt Options

- **-style style, -style=style**

  Specify the Qt widget style to use (examples: plastique, cleanlooks).

- **-stylesheet stylesheet, -stylesheet=stylesheet**

  Specify the user stylesheet to use when rendering widgets.

- **-session session, -session=session**

  Restore the application from an earlier **session**.

- **-widgetcount**

  Print a debug message at the end about the number of widgets left undestroyed and the maximum number of widgets that existed at the same time.

- **-reverse**

  Sets the application's layout direction to right-to-left.

### Options Specific to Arora

- **url**

  The URL address to open in the browser.

## BUGS

Please report bugs to *http://code.google.com/p/arora/issues/list*.

## AUTHOR

The author of Arora is Benjamin C. Meyer \<ben@meyerhome.net\>.

This manual page was written by Matvey Kozhev \<sikon@ubuntu.com\>.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.