Lynx AlternativesTop Web Browsers and other similar apps like Lynx

Lynx is described as 'Fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) browser for users on Unix, VMS, and other platforms running cursor-addressable, character-cell terminals or emulators. That includes vt100 terminals, other character-cell displays, and vt100 emulators such as Kermit or Procomm' and is a very popular Web Browser in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Lynx for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Snapcraft apps. The best Lynx alternative is Ladybird, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lynx are Links, Dillo, W3M and Lynxlet.

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  2. Links icon

    Links

     93 likes

    Links is a text mode web browser, released under GPL. Links2 has the ability to display graphics.

    14 Links alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    Links screenshot 1
     
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    Comments about Links as an Alternative to Lynx
    vazirified
    Positive
    0

    Does everything that Lynx does, plus a bit more! Works better with "https" protocol and has a menu for those who prefer it!

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It is also a command line based web browser.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    aramparonikyan
    Positive
    0

    Unlike Chrome, IE etc, it is text based.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Links icon
    Links icon
    • Links is Free and Open SourceLynx is also Free and Open Source
  4. Dillo icon

    Dillo

     36 likes

    Dillo is a multi-platform graphical web browser, known for its speed and small footprint, that is developed with a focus on personal security and privacy.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    Dillo screenshot 1
     

  5. W3M

     27 likes

    w3m is a text-based web browser as well as a pager like ' more ' or ' less '. With w3m you can browse web pages through a terminal emulator window (xterm, rxvt or something like that).

    7 W3M alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    W3M screenshot 1
     
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    Comments about W3M as an Alternative to Lynx
    Jupiter2
    Positive
    0

    Terminal browser like Lynx

    aramparonikyan
    Positive
    0

    Unlike Chrome, IE etc, it is text based.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    W3M icon
    • W3M is Free and Open SourceLynx is also Free and Open Source
  6. Lynxlet icon

    Lynxlet

     6 likes

    Lynxlet is an application for launching the text web browser Lynx in a Terminal window. Lynxlet is a Termlet - a class of applications designed to make Terminal based programs easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Lynxlet screenshot 1
     
  7. Browsh icon

    Browsh

     8 likes

    A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers.

    8 Browsh alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  9. Nyxt browser icon

    Nyxt browser

     10 likes

    Nyxt is a new type of web browser for power users. It's built from the ground-up to be completely customizable. Out of the box Nyxt ships with tens of features that allow you to quickly analayze, navigate, and extract information from the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Nyxt browser screenshot 1
     
  10. uzbl icon

    uzbl

     31 likes

    Uzbl is a lightweight webkit browser following the UNIX philosophy - to do one thing and do it well.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    WebInspector
     
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    luakit

     10 likes

    luakit is a fast, light and simple to use micro-browser framework exensible by Lua using the WebKit web content engine and the GTK+ toolkit.

    18 luakit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    luakit screenshot 1
     
  12. Surfraw icon

    Surfraw

     2 likes

    Surfraw - Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Rage Against the Web provides a fast unix command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines and other artifacts of power.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Surfraw screenshot 1
     
  13. Carbonyl icon

    Carbonyl

     4 likes

    Carbonyl is a Chromium based browser built to run in a terminal.

    46 Carbonyl alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Carbonyl as an Alternative to Lynx
    davidhill01
    Positive
    0

    It doesn't work nicely in pure console - dumped me into a white screen with no navigation or UI. virtually no documentation on the github and no updates in ~2 years.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Carbonyl icon
    Carbonyl icon
    • Carbonyl is Free and Open SourceLynx is also Free and Open Source

  14. Arachne

     1 like

    full-screen Internet suite containing a graphical web browser, email client, and dialer.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • DOSBox
    • MS-DOS
    Arachne screenshot 1
     
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    Comments about Arachne as an Alternative to Lynx
    Gamliel Fishkin
    Negative
    1

    Lynx is a text web browser, and Arachne was a suite with a graphical web browser.

    Arachne icon
    • Arachne is Free and Open SourceLynx is also Free and Open Source
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