# chase/awrit

A full graphical web browser for Kitty terminal with mouse and keyboard support

Repository: https://github.com/chase/awrit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awrit
Language: Rust
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-04-25T13:16:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 32, longevity 86
- inputs: {"age_days": 1215, "days_push": 130, "days_rel": 374, "gap_med": 80.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1385, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:34.803907+00:00)

## What it is
Awrit is a graphical web browser that renders actual Chromium content inside the Kitty terminal using the Kitty graphics protocol, with mouse and keyboard support. It lets users browse the web, view documentation, and preview dev servers without leaving the terminal.

## Use cases
- browse the web inside the kitty terminal
- view devdocs documentation without leaving the terminal
- preview vite dev server changes in the terminal
- run a browser in a tiled terminal layout without a tiling window manager
- render web UIs alongside terminal tools like neovim

## When to choose
- you use Kitty v0.31+ and want real web rendering in your terminal
- you want browser windows tiled via Kitty layouts without a window manager
- you want to view documentation or dev servers alongside terminal workflows

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, secure browser - the project is unmaintained with known security concerns
- you don't use the Kitty terminal or a terminal supporting its graphics protocol
- you need full browser features like extensions or devtools

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: browser-extension, gui, terminal-ui
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cli, rust
- tags: kitty-terminal, chromium, graphics-protocol, web-browser, terminal-graphics, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- chase/awrit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.803907+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:56.623593+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chase/awrit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.803907+00:00, sha 554f07174ec3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.