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Terminal-Based Web Browsers (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Over the past year as I've gotten into linux and self-hosting as a hobby, I've found an interest in using terminals and the "minimalist" feeling it gives me. Recently I found out there are terminal based web browsers and I'm really interested in the stripped down nature of web browsing it offers.

I already tried out W3M but I know there are a few others such as Lynx and Browsh.

I'm interested in hearing about other people's experiences with terminal web browsers, the pro's and con's and also the reasons for using them.

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[–] LassCalibur@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You might enjoy Surfraw, the Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Rage Against the Web. I once used an old laptop like that with byobu and w3m but all the keybinds became tiring. Now it's just a soon to be e-waste interactive fiction interpreter.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

I hadn't heard of surfraw, that looks cool!