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Browsh vs w3m: catalog facts
Browsh	w3m
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux, Command line
Uses Firefox to render pages before displaying them as text.	Runs entirely in a terminal, including over SSH Renders tables and frames as text
Requires a Firefox backend and does not look like a graphical browser.	No JavaScript, so many modern sites will not work Text interface takes some learning
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-2.1	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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