w3m

{{Infobox software

| name = w3m

| logo =

| screenshot = W3m-wikipedia.png

| caption = w3m running in an xterm displaying the Wikipedia main page.

| developer = Akinori Ito et al.

| released = 1995

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q306669|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q306669|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q306669|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q306669|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = OS/2,{{cite web|last=TOKORO|first=Kyosuke|title=w3m 0.2.1–3 for OS/2 WARP|url=http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA000199/os2/w3m.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010504055228/http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA000199/os2/w3m.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2001|access-date=16 August 2010}}{{cite web|last=Watson|first=Dave|title=Text-Mode Web Browsers for OS/2|url=http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2001/scoug009.textbrowsers.html|publisher=The Southern California OS/2 User Group|access-date=16 August 2010|date=September 2001}} Unix & Unix-like (Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD and EWS-UX (EWS-4800),w3m manual page Windows (with Cygwin), macOS (with Homebrew)

| platform =

| 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.{{Cite web |last=Rutland |first=David |date=2022-11-02 |title=The 3 Best Terminal-Based Web Browsers for Linux |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/best-terminal-web-browsers-linux/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=MUO |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Negus |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDXlYUuIQv8C&pg=PA567 |title=Linux Bible |date=2005-01-28 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-7645-8974-4 |language=en}}

History

The name "w3m" stands for "{{nihongo|WWW wo miru|WWWを見る}}", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW", and where "W3" is a numeronym of "WWW".{{cite web |url=http://w3m.sourceforge.net/FAQ |access-date=8 April 2022 |title=W3M FAQ}} The original project is no longer active, but an active version is being maintained by a different developer, Tatsuya Kinoshita.{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Ankush |date=2020-10-20 |title=Best Terminal-based Web Browsers for Linux Users |url=https://itsfoss.com/terminal-web-browsers/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=It's FOSS |language=en}}

Functions

w3m runs in terminal emulator programs such as xterm and GNOME Terminal.{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Chris |date=2012-01-23 |title=How to Browse From the Linux Terminal With W3M |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/103574/how-to-browse-from-the-linux-terminal-with-w3m/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=How-To Geek |language=en}} 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.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2021-04-17 |title=How to use the W3M text-based web browser on Linux |url=https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/w3m-browser-linux/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=AddictiveTips |language=en-US}}

w3m can be used within Emacs.{{Cite web |title=EmacsWiki: w3m |url=https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/w3m |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.emacswiki.org}}

Some distributions require the installation of a second package, w3m-img, to render images using w3m.{{Cite book |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MaebAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA275 |title=Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video |date=2006 |publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc." |isbn=978-0-596-10076-6 |language=en}}