KHTML became one of the most influential browser engines ever: Apple forked it into WebKitApple's open-source browser engine — powers Safari and historically influenced Chrome's fork. for SafariApple's web browser — built on WebKit for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS., which later powered ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide. via BlinkGoogle's rendering engine forked from WebKit — powers Chrome and many Chromium-based browsers.. Konqueror itself was the default browser on Linux desktops and proved a small open-source team could ship a competitive engine.

KHTML is the ancestor of WebKitApple's open-source browser engine — powers Safari and historically influenced Chrome's fork. and BlinkGoogle's rendering engine forked from WebKit — powers Chrome and many Chromium-based browsers. — engines that power most browsers today.

It broke the IEInternet Explorer — Microsoft's browser that dominated the web in the 1990s and 2000s.–NetscapeA commercial web browser company — Navigator defined the early consumer web. duopoly at the engine level and gave Apple and Google a head start.