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|Short description=Text mode browser
 
|Short description=Text mode browser
 
|Full description=Lynx is a Web browser for users on both UNIX and VMS platforms who are connected to those systems via cursor-addressable, character-cell terminals or emulators (including VT100 terminals and desktop-based software packages emulating VT100 terminals, such as Kermit, Procomm, etc.). Lynx will display HTML documents containing links to files on the local system, as well as files on remote systems running http, gopher, ftp, wais, nntp, finger, or cso/ph/qi servers, and services accessible via logins to telnet, tn3270 or rlogin accounts.
 
|Full description=Lynx is a Web browser for users on both UNIX and VMS platforms who are connected to those systems via cursor-addressable, character-cell terminals or emulators (including VT100 terminals and desktop-based software packages emulating VT100 terminals, such as Kermit, Procomm, etc.). Lynx will display HTML documents containing links to files on the local system, as well as files on remote systems running http, gopher, ftp, wais, nntp, finger, or cso/ph/qi servers, and services accessible via logins to telnet, tn3270 or rlogin accounts.
|Homepage URL=http://lynx.browser.org/
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|Homepage URL=https://lynx.invisible-island.net
|User level=none
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|Version download=https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/lynx2.8.9rel.1.tar.gz
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|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
|Documentation note=User guide included; see http://lynx.browser.org/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html for a complete list of user support resources
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|Documentation note=User guide included; see https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html for a complete list of user support resources
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
 
|Related projects=Checkurls,Debris,Links,w3m,Ncurses,netrik,Pinfo,Popper,Poppy,retawq,Surfraw,Mozilla,GNUscape_navigator,Dillo,ELinks
 
|Related projects=Checkurls,Debris,Links,w3m,Ncurses,netrik,Pinfo,Popper,Poppy,retawq,Surfraw,Mozilla,GNUscape_navigator,Dillo,ELinks
 
|Keywords=Web,Internet,browser,WWW,lynx,links,blind user
 
|Keywords=Web,Internet,browser,WWW,lynx,links,blind user
|Version identifier=2.8.8
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|Version identifier=2.8.9
|Version date=2014/03/09
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|Version date=2018/07/08
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/lynx2.8.8rel.2.tar.bz2
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|Version comment=2.8.9 stable released 2018-07-08
|Version comment=2.8.8 stable released 2014-03-09
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|Last review by=Thomas Dickey
|Last review by=Alejandro Hernández Petermann
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|Last review date=2020/03/15
|Last review date=2016/09/15
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
|Status=
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|User level=none
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|Test entry=No
 
|Is GNU=No
 
|Is GNU=No
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|Decommissioned/Obsolete=No
 
|License verified date=2001-07-11
 
|License verified date=2001-07-11
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Project license
 
{{Project license
 
|License=GPLv2
 
|License=GPLv2
|License verified by=Janet Casey
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|License copyright=1997-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey
|License verified date=2001-07-11
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|License verified by=Thomas Dickey
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|License verified date=2021-08-25
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|License note=https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/blob/master/COPYHEADER
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}}
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{{Project license
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|License=GPL-2.0
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|License copyright=1995 University of Kansas
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|License verified by=Thomas Dickey
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|License verified date=2021-08-25
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|License note=https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/blob/master/COPYHEADER
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}}
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{{Software category
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|Interface=console, accessibility
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|Internet-application=web-browser
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|Use=interface, internet-application
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}}
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{{EntryGNU
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|Is GNU=No
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Real name=Thomas Dickey
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
|Resource URL=
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|Email=dickey@invisible-island.net
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|Username=tedickey
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lynx
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lynx
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Resource
 
{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=Developer
 
|Resource audience=Developer
 
|Resource kind=E-mail
 
|Resource kind=E-mail
|Resource URL=mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net
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|Resource URL=mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org
 
}}
 
}}
{{Software category
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{{Resource
|Interface=console, accessibility
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|Resource audience=Developer
|Internet-application=web-browser
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|Resource kind=Homepage
|Use=interface, internet-application
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|Resource URL=https://lynx.invisible-island.net
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots
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}}
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{{EntryDetails
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|Is High Priority Project=No
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|Test entry=No
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Featured}}
 
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Latest revision as of 06:09, 25 August 2021


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Lynx

https://lynx.invisible-island.net
Text mode browser

Lynx is a Web browser for users on both UNIX and VMS platforms who are connected to those systems via cursor-addressable, character-cell terminals or emulators (including VT100 terminals and desktop-based software packages emulating VT100 terminals, such as Kermit, Procomm, etc.). Lynx will display HTML documents containing links to files on the local system, as well as files on remote systems running http, gopher, ftp, wais, nntp, finger, or cso/ph/qi servers, and services accessible via logins to telnet, tn3270 or rlogin accounts.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv2

Verified by

Thomas Dickey

Verified on

25 August 2021

License

GPL-2.0

Verified by

Thomas Dickey

Verified on

25 August 2021




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Thomas Dickey (Tedickey)Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
DeveloperE-mailmailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lynx
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lynx
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttps://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots
DeveloperHomepagehttps://lynx.invisible-island.net


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