Chawan TUI web browser
A terminal-based web browser in Nim.[1] Has acceptable (YMMV) CSS rendering, some JS support, and inline images (sixel/kitty). It can also use various protocols other than http(s) such as (s)ftp, gopher, gemini, ... Chawan started out as a w3m clone, and the UI still resembles it. However, the architecture has turned out quite different, with pages loaded in separate processes, and protocol/file type handling separated out into external binaries. An interesting result is that you can even register decoders for custom inline image formats, although practical use cases of this are…
Chawan TUI web browser launched on June 16, 2025 with 387 votes, #57 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Chawan is a terminal-based web browser written in Nim that renders CSS, supports JavaScript, and displays inline images using sixel or kitty formats. It accesses websites through multiple protocols including HTTP, SFTP, Gopher, and Gemini. Built with a modular architecture where pages load in separate processes and protocol handling uses external binaries, Chawan evolved from a w3m clone but maintains a different internal design. It allows users to register custom image format decoders for specialized use cases.
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From the sources
(Addendum 2025-06-25: a patch release fixing some major platform-specific issues in this version is now available here .) Version 0.2.0 of the Chawan TUI browser has been released. A tarball of the source tree is available here . Please refer to the README file for compilation instructions. A static binary distribution for amd64 Linux also exists. To install it, extract the archive somewhere and run make install as root. (To uninstall, run make uninstall .) The same distribution is also available as a .deb package . ## Information for package maintainers The current list of mandatory runtime dependencies is: libssh2. libbrotli (more precisely, libbrotlicommon and libbrotlidec). OpenSSL or…from chawan.net
In the maker’s words, at launch
A terminal-based web browser in Nim.[1] Has acceptable (YMMV) CSS rendering, some JS support, and inline images (sixel/kitty). It can also use various protocols other than http(s) such as (s)ftp, gopher, gemini, ... Chawan started out as a w3m clone, and the UI still resembles it. However, the architecture has…
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