Alternatives to Offpunk

An offline-first command-line browser and feed reader for Gemini, Gopher, Spartan and the web. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Offpunk.

  • Lagrange

    A cross-platform desktop and mobile client for browsing Geminispace and other small-web networks.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSCommand line

    Lagrange browses Geminispace with a graphical desktop and mobile client plus an optional terminal interface, but it is made for Gemini and the small web rather than the regular web.

  • Chawan

    A terminal web browser with its own engine supporting CSS, JavaScript and inline images.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    Chawan is a terminal browser that handles Gemini, Gopher and the web with CSS, JavaScript and inline images, but it is not a feed reader and builds with the Nim compiler.

  • Lynx

    Text-mode web browser for terminals and remote systems.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Lynx is a text-mode terminal browser with very low bandwidth and resource use that works over SSH, but it has no JavaScript, CSS or images.

  • w3m

    A text-based web browser and pager that runs in the terminal.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    w3m reads web pages as text in the terminal and works as a pager for local files, but it has no JavaScript and focuses on the regular web.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Offpunk as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • russ

    A terminal RSS and Atom reader written in Rust with vim-style controls and offline storage.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    Offpunk is an offline-first command-line browser that doubles as a feed reader and also covers Gemini, Gopher and Spartan, with a command-driven interface.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.