w3m

Japanese text-mode browser/pager that can display images in the terminal.

Facts

Developer

Akinori Ito, then community

Website

sourceforge.net

Engine

w3m

Platforms

LinuxBSDmacOSUnixWindowsOS/2

Popularity

47/100

Key versions

1. 1995
   Initial releasew3mFirst version released by Akinori Ito, derived from his “fm” pager; the name comes from “WWW wo miru”.[1]
2. 1998
   beta (1998–1999)Project revived: a table renderer then forms turn it into a practical browser.[1]
3. Dec. 20, 2001
   0.2.3First release published in the SourceForge project files.[2]
4. Mar. 5, 2002
   0.3New 0.3 branch.[2]
5. Feb. 23, 2003
   0.4New 0.4 branch.[2]
6. Mar. 21, 2004
   0.5New 0.5 branch.[2]
7. Jan. 15, 2011
   0.5.3Last official release of the original project.[2]
8. Jan. 21, 2023
   0.5.3+git20230121Last tagged release of the fork maintained by Tatsuya Kinoshita.[3]

Version sources: [1] w3m.sourceforge.net, [2] sourceforge.net, [3] tats/w3m (GitHub)

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m
2. https://github.com/tats/w3m