---
title: Rendering engine
slug: Glossary/Rendering_engine
tags:
  - Glossary
  - Infrastructure
  - Rendering engine
  - Web browser engine
---
A **rendering engine** is software that draws text and images on the screen. The engine draws structured text from a document (often {{glossary("HTML")}}), and formats it properly based on the given style declarations (often given in {{glossary("CSS")}}). Examples of layout engines: {{glossary("Blink")}}, {{glossary("Gecko")}}, EdgeHTML, {{glossary("WebKit")}}.

## See also

- {{Interwiki("wikipedia", "Web browser engine")}} on Wikipedia
- [Venkatraman.R - Behind Browsers (Part 1, Basics)](https://medium.com/@ramsunvtech/behind-browser-basics-part-1-b733e9f3c0e6)
