| w3m | |
| Developer: | Akinori Ito et al. |
| Released: | 1995 |
| Programming Language: | C |
| Operating System: | OS/2,[1] [2] Unix & Unix-like (Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD and EWS-UX (EWS-4800),[3] Windows (with Cygwin), macOS (with Homebrew) |
| Language: | English and Japanese |
| Genre: | Web browser, Terminal pager |
| License: | MIT license |
w3m is a free and open source text-based web browser licensed under the MIT license. It differs from other text based browsers by supporting elements such as tables, frames, and images.[4] [5]
The name "w3m" stands for "", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW" where W3 is a numeronym of WWW.[6] The original project is no longer active, but an active version is being maintained by a different developer, Tatsuya Kinoshita.[7]
w3m runs in terminal emulator programs such as xterm and GNOME Terminal.[8] The browser has tabbed browsing, right click menus, and image support, along with support for tables and frames. It also functions as a terminal pager. It can be navigated solely using the keyboard or with the mouse. There are two different display modes, one with colors and one that is monochrome.[9]
w3m can be used within Emacs.[10]
Some distributions require the installation of a second package, w3m-img, to render images using w3m.[11]