W3m
Command line web browser
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w3m is a free and open source text-based web browser licensed under the MIT license. It differs from other very early text-based browsers by supporting elements such as tables, frames, and images.[5][6]
| w3m | |
|---|---|
w3m running in an xterm displaying the Wikipedia main page. | |
| Original author | Akinori Ito |
| Developers | Fumitoshi UKAI, Tatsuya Kinoshita, Rene Kita, et al. |
| Initial release | 1995 |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | OS/2,[2][3] Unix & Unix-like (Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD and EWS-UX (EWS-4800),[4] Windows (with Cygwin), macOS (with Homebrew) |
| Available in | English and Japanese |
| Type | Web browser, Terminal pager |
| License | MIT license |
| Website | git |
| Repository | |
History
The name "w3m" stands for "WWW wo miru (WWWを見る)", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW", and where "W3" is a numeronym of "WWW".[7] The original project is no longer active. A different developer, Tatsuya Kinoshita, was maintaining a fork until early 2024.[8] Kinoshita left the project after a few months.[9] A new fork was created as a result.[10]
Functions
w3m runs in terminal emulator programs such as xterm and GNOME Terminal.[11] The browser has tabbed browsing, right click menus, and image support,[11] along with support for tables and frames. It also functions as a terminal pager.[5] It can be navigated solely using the keyboard or with the mouse. There are two different display modes, one with colors and one that is monochrome.[12]
w3m can be used within Emacs.[13]
Some distributions require the installation of a second package, w3m-img, to render images using w3m.[14]
