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Links vs Chawan: catalog facts
Links	Chawan
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux, Command line
It renders tables and frames in text mode, and the graphics mode draws images without needing X, which…	CSS and JavaScript support in the terminal Inline image display
There is no JavaScript engine, so most modern sites either fail or degrade to unusable.	No native Windows version, only via WSL Building from source requires the Nim compiler
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	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 24, 2026

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