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Links vs Lynx: catalog facts
Links	Lynx
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
It renders tables and frames in text mode, and the graphics mode draws images without needing X, which…	Works on any terminal, including a bare SSH session with no graphics Extremely low bandwidth and resource use
There is no JavaScript engine, so most modern sites either fail or degrade to unusable.	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: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is 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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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