# fathyb/carbonyl

Chromium running inside your terminal

Repository: https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/carbonyl
Language: Rust
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: browser, chromium, terminal
Last push: 2024-07-01T14:31:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 22/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 94
- inputs: {"age_days": 1321, "days_push": 793, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19463, forks 579 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:28.674058+00:00)

## What it is
Carbonyl is a Chromium-based web browser that renders web pages directly inside a terminal, supporting nearly all Web APIs including WebGL, WebGPU, and audio/video playback. It starts in under a second, runs at 60 FPS, and works without a window server, including over SSH.

## Use cases
- browse the web from the terminal
- render modern websites with JavaScript in a terminal
- use a browser over SSH without a window server
- play videos and view media in the terminal
- run a browser in a safe-mode console or headless environment
- convert HTML pages to SVG via the html2svg runtime

## When to choose
- you need full modern web standards support (JS, WebGL, WebGPU, media) in a terminal
- you work primarily over SSH or without a display server
- you want faster, lighter terminal browsing than Browsh
- you need a headless Chromium runtime for rendering or automation

## When to avoid
- you want Lynx-style optimized text-only layouts
- you need browser extension support
- you need fullscreen mode
- you want a lightweight browser that is easy to keep updated

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: browser-extension, graphics, gui, terminal-ui
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, browser-extensions
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-browser, chromium, headless-browser, webgl, webgpu, ssh, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- fathyb/carbonyl (main) score 22

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:28.674058+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 2026-08-29T17:00:06.646920+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:28.674058+00:00, sha 17ce79d9cfa0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.