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Carboxyl vs Lynx: catalog facts
Carboxyl	Lynx
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Renders modern sites with JavaScript, WebGL and video in a terminal Works over SSH and without a graphical desktop	Works on any terminal, including a bare SSH session with no graphics Extremely low bandwidth and resource use
Fullscreen mode is not supported yet On Linux without Docker it needs the same dependencies as Chromium	No JavaScript, CSS or images, so most modern sites are unusable Keyboard-driven interface with its own conventions to learn
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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