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

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