W3M AlternativesWeb Browsers and other similar apps like W3M

W3M is described as '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)' and is a Web Browser in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to W3M for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Xfce apps. The best W3M alternative is Lynx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like W3M are Links, Dillo, Browsh and Carbonyl.

W3M alternatives are mainly Web Browsers but may also be Terminal Emulators. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of W3M.

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Lynx
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Free • Open Source
Web Browser
Terminal Emulator
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Xfce
8 Lynx alternatives
Lynx is a 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...
- - Lynx is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to W3M.
- - Lynx is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to W3M.
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Lynx Features
1. Command line interfaceLynx either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. LightweightLynx consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Terminal-based
Minimalistic
Text-web-browser
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Almost everyone thinks Lynx is a great W3M alternative.
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It is another web browser which is CLI based, it is also free
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Links
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Free • Open Source
Web Browser
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Linux
125 Links alternatives
Links is a text mode web browser, released under GPL. Links2 has the ability to display graphics.
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Links Features
1. Command line interfaceLinks either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. PortableLinks can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. LightweightLinks consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Text-web-browser
Text mode
Comments about Links as a Alternative to W3M
Almost everyone thinks Links is a great W3M alternative.
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W3M and Links both display graphics and are light weight. Also, Links can be used on all operating systems.
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Dillo
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Free • Open Source
Web Browser
Mac
Linux
Xfce
153 Dillo alternatives
Dillo is a multi-platform graphical web browser known for its speed and small size. Dillo is written in C and C++. Dillo is based on FLTK2, the Fast Light Toolkit (statically-linked by default!). Dillo is free software made available under the terms of the GNU General Public...
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Dillo Features
1. LightweightDillo consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Automated speed adjustments
Browsh
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Free • Open Source
Web Browser
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
8 Browsh alternatives
A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers.
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Browsh Features
Text-web-browser
Add a screenshot
Carbonyl
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Free • Open Source
Web Browser
Mac
Windows
Linux
50 Carbonyl alternatives
Carbonyl is a Chromium based browser built to run in a terminal.
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Carbonyl Features
1. LightweightCarbonyl consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Works in a terminal
WebGL
Chromium-based Browsers
WebGPU
Lynxlet
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Free • Open Source
Mac
5 Lynxlet alternatives
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.
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Lynxlet Features
1. Command line interfaceLynxlet either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Surfraw
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Free • Open Source
Web Browser
Linux
BSD
3 Surfraw alternatives
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.
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