# Better performance on WebKit based browsers, specifically Safari

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/better-performance-on-webkit-based-browsers-specifically-safari/413>\
**Category:** Help us improve Penpot\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/better-performance-on-webkit-based-browsers-specifically-safari/413 "2022-07-22T15:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suzie97](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/suzie97/32/2653_2.png) [@Suzie97](https://community.penpot.app/u/Suzie97)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/better-performance-on-webkit-based-browsers-specifically-safari/413/1 "2022-07-22T15:29:20Z")

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I use Safari as my main browser on macOS and I also use Epiphany/GNOME Web as my primary browser on Linux.

But, I need to use Penpot on Firefox as the performance is much better on Firefox. On Safari, the document starts to lag and becomes unusable as soon as it becomes a little complex.

Can we expect performance improvements on Webkit based browsers?

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**Author:** ![niwinz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/niwinz/32/122_2.png) [@niwinz](https://community.penpot.app/u/niwinz)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/better-performance-on-webkit-based-browsers-specifically-safari/413/2 "2022-07-26T08:41:22Z")

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We are already working on performance improvements for all browsers engines, but webkit engine as-is for operations that penpot does is a bit slower, and has more memory restrictions. We will try to do our best on it but we can’t guarantee the performance parity with blink/firefox. And it always depends if your browser has or not hardware acceleration (that in fact depends on the browser, operating system, etc…)

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**Author:** ![Suzie97](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/suzie97/32/2653_2.png) [@Suzie97](https://community.penpot.app/u/Suzie97)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:55am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/better-performance-on-webkit-based-browsers-specifically-safari/413/3 "2022-07-26T08:55:05Z")

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Thank you for the reply. It makes sense now. I think I’ll just have to use Penpot on Firefox, which is not a big deal at all.

Thanks for making this great app 👍

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**Author:** ![Theo\_Christiaanse](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/theo_christiaanse/32/1417_2.png) [@Theo\_Christiaanse](https://community.penpot.app/u/Theo_Christiaanse)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/better-performance-on-webkit-based-browsers-specifically-safari/413/4 "2022-09-22T04:04:43Z")

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Where can we learn about on going developments?