w3m is a free and open source text-based web browser licensed under the MIT license. It differs from other early text-based browsers by supporting elements such as tables, frames, and, in some distributions, images.
History
The name "w3m" stands for "", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW", and where "W3" is a numeronym of "WWW". The original project is no longer active. A different developer, Tatsuya Kinoshita, was maintaining a fork until early 2024. Kinoshita left the project after a few months. A new fork was created as a result, which continues to be developed .
Functions
w3m runs in terminal emulator programs such as xterm and GNOME Terminal. The browser has tabbed browsing, right click menus, and image support,
w3m can be used within Emacs.
Some distributions require the installation of a second package, w3m-img, to render images using w3m.
See also
- Eww (web browser)
- Emacs/W3
- Lynx (web browser)
References
External links
- Original website
- Emacs-w3m
- w3mmee website