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Yep, Safari is still WebKit.
Safari thankfully hasn't switched to Blink (the engine powering Chrome and all Chromium-based browsers), which forked from WebKit over a decade ago (April 2013).
Safari is only available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. In fact, every browser on iOS/iPadOS is WebKit-based, as it's the only browser engine Apple permits on their phones and tablets. (Yes, this includes the so-called "Firefox", "Chrome", and all the other browser apps on iOS/iPadOS.)
GNOME Web (aka: Epiphany) is also WebKit-based and is available on Linux.
There's no current Windows WebKit browser that I'm aware of. (Apple shipped Safari for Windows a long, long time ago, but also discontinued it shortly after.)
There are embedded ports of WebKit for various devices in the form of WPE Webkit. (WPE stands for Web Platform for Embedded.)
Hey i have Epiphany installed on my laptop, i love its clean interface! I think just last week i received an update via flathub and i feel it runs smoother now when i browse heavy website such as Google StreetView.