Is there a way to embed a browser in Java?

I believe JWebPane is going to be the official way to embed a browser into a java app. Its based on the open sourced engine - WebKit, which is used in Apples Safari and Googles Chrome browsers.See this blog for details.

You may try this: https://jdic.dev.java.net/

_{(source: java.net)}

Or this: http://lobobrowser.org/java-browser.jsp

_{(source: lobobrowser.org)}

You could use SWT for your GUI. Its Browser control allows you to embed IE, Mozilla or Safari (depending on the platform you're running in) with little pain.

By far the most robust embeddable browser I am familiar with is the one in SWT. In fact, it is so flexible that the JavaDoc hover you can see in Eclipse is actually a browser, and the JavaDoc view actually supports things like animation!

The only risk with using SWT is that there are different versions of the SWT library for different platforms. I'm not sure if there is a singl jar you could include to cover everyone.

Take a look at https://xhtmlrenderer.dev.java.net/

You could also try the JWebBrowser from DJ Native Swing: http://djproject.sourceforge.net/ns

I have successfully opened a browser from Java using SWT. You can find code examples of how to use SWT to open a Browser window. It's very easy to do.

You can embed a browser in a Swing/AWT GUI using the JDIC API. I don't see any mention of OS X, so it may not be of use to you.

You can try Webrenderer or Ice Browser

If you need a pure Java solution then you can try JWebEngine. It render HTML 4 very good. You can use it in an applet, Java webstart and on any platform. The using is very simple.