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Chawan vs Links: catalog facts
Chawan	Links
Free Free and open source.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
CSS and JavaScript support in the terminal Inline image display	It renders tables and frames in text mode, and the graphics mode draws images without needing X, which…
No native Windows version, only via WSL Building from source requires the Nim compiler	There is no JavaScript engine, so most modern sites either fail or degrade to unusable.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	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 September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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