# tats/w3m

Debian's w3m: WWW browsable pager

Repository: https://github.com/tats/w3m
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/w3m
Homepage: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/w3m
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-08-19T04:03:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4602, "days_push": 744, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1076, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.352392+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, cli, terminal-ui
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: text-browser, pager, terminal, c, debian, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tats/w3m (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.352392+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 2026-08-30T06:53:23.687719+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tats/w3m (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.352392+00:00, sha aaa9343cc916)
  - homepage: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/w3m (fetched 2026-08-29T12:54:55.126073+00:00, sha 9971e025789e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.