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w3m vs Browsh: catalog facts
w3m	Browsh
Free Free and open source.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Runs entirely in a terminal, including over SSH Renders tables and frames as text	Uses Firefox to render pages before displaying them as text.
No JavaScript, so many modern sites will not work Text interface takes some learning	Requires a Firefox backend and does not look like a graphical browser.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-2.1
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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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