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tats/w3m

Debian's w3m: WWW browsable pager observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/tats/w3m · homepage · C · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4602
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 744
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1076 stars · 104 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

w3m is a text-mode web browser and pager written in C, maintained as a Debian fork of the original w3m project. It renders web pages in the terminal with support for tables, frames, and optional inline images.

Use cases

  • browse the web from the terminal
  • read html documentation in a console
  • render web pages without a gui
  • use a lightweight browser over ssh
  • view html files in a pager

When to choose

  • you need a fast, lightweight terminal browser
  • you work primarily in a console or over ssh
  • you want a pager that can also fetch web pages

When to avoid

  • you need javascript or modern web app support
  • you want a graphical browsing experience

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

http-client cli terminal-ui web-development developer-tools bsd cli cross-platform text-browser pager terminal c debian command-line linux macos

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
tats/w3mmain32

For agents

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