Browsh: The modern text-based web browser (opens in new tab)

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202 pointstheycallhermax2y ago34 comments

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I wrote an HTML renderer [0] as part of euporie [1], which I'm planning on eventually spinning into a new terminal browser (but it needs a bit more work first).

There's no JS support, but a good chunk of CSS is implemented, and images are displayed using terminal graphics if your terminal supports it.

You can try it out by passing a URL to `euporie-notebook`.

[1] https://github.com/joouha/euporie/blob/dev/euporie/core/ft/h...

[0] https://github.com/joouha/euporie

aumerle2y ago

And a full browser runnning in the terminal: https://github.com/chase/awrit

xerxesaa2y ago

Though I realize it's currently offline, can I just say how refreshing it is to see the mention of a live ssh demo with no authentication needed? I wish more tools had such a friction free way to try them.

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asicsp2y ago

See also: https://sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/ - a web browser for your terminal

1vuio0pswjnm72y ago

He lists a number of other text-only browsers but omits the best one, IMHO. Strange coincidence.

focom2y ago

sr.ht is such a pain to browse, why would someone pick this over GitHub.

nihzm2y ago

Please refrain from writing comments like these. From the HN guidelines

  Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

1vuio0pswjnm72y ago

Looks fine in the text-only browser I use. Easy to browse. Here are some sample URLs

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/.gitignore

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/.gitmodule...

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/Makefile

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/README.md

To view raw substitute blob for tree

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/blob/master/README.md

Actually Github has become recently more difficult to browse with the text-only browser I use. They keep messing with the HTML and breaking this simple structure.

I just download the .zip files and browse offline.

xigoi2y ago

Because GitHub takes a fucking eternity to load every time you click something.

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neuromanser2y ago

What did you have trouble with? Genuinely curious.

systems2y ago

and it doesnt show the project language(s), the first thing i do when checking a repo on github is to check the languages used, and usually this help me decided whether or not i want to follow this project or not

ocaml, f#, clojure, zig, raku, array language --> insta follow

rust, smalltalk , lisp/scheme --> 50-50

python --> boooo , not gonna follow

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poulpy1232y ago

I'm a bit surprised by the use of firefox, but it's great to see web tools not based on chrome

voidz2y ago

Neat! Very handy for looking up issues remotely. It has a dependency on firefox, but on systems that have Nix, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

sharperguy2y ago

it seems to have firefox as a dependency

hopw_roewur_ne2y ago

Yes, the page is rendered remotely in Firefox and turned into text transmitted over SSH.

meinheld1112y ago

Cute and sexy but I can’t help but wonder whether it misses the point

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tombh2y ago

Also see: https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl

nerder922y ago

Can people share some use-case for this kind of tools?

tombh2y ago

From the README:

    If you only have a 3kbps internet connection tethered from a phone, then it's good to SSH into a server and browse the web through, say, elinks. That way the server downloads the web pages and uses the limited bandwidth of an SSH connection to display the result. However, traditional text-based browsers lack JS and all other modern HTML5 support. Browsh is different in that it's backed by a real browser, namely headless Firefox, to create a purely text-based version of web pages and web apps. These can be easily rendered in a terminal or indeed, ironically, in another browser. Do note that currently the browser client doesn't have feature parity with the terminal client.

nsonha2y ago

brow the web from a dumb terminal?

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adamdegas2y ago

Battery life

anthk2y ago

Not so much; running Chrome headlessly can yield almost the same power usage as a graphical spawn one.

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polunom2y ago

Been following this project for a bit, super cool

oehpr2y ago

I love this stupid thing

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34 comments

joouha2y ago

I wrote an HTML renderer [0] as part of euporie [1], which I'm planning on eventually spinning into a new terminal browser (but it needs a bit more work first).

There's no JS support, but a good chunk of CSS is implemented, and images are displayed using terminal graphics if your terminal supports it.

You can try it out by passing a URL to `euporie-notebook`.

[1] https://github.com/joouha/euporie/blob/dev/euporie/core/ft/h...

[0] https://github.com/joouha/euporie

aumerle2y ago

And a full browser runnning in the terminal: https://github.com/chase/awrit

xerxesaa2y ago

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asicsp2y ago

See also: https://sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/ - a web browser for your terminal

1vuio0pswjnm72y ago

He lists a number of other text-only browsers but omits the best one, IMHO. Strange coincidence.

focom2y ago

sr.ht is such a pain to browse, why would someone pick this over GitHub.

nihzm2y ago

Please refrain from writing comments like these. From the HN guidelines

  Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

1vuio0pswjnm72y ago

Looks fine in the text-only browser I use. Easy to browse. Here are some sample URLs

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/.gitignore

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/.gitmodule...

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/Makefile

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/tree/master/item/README.md

To view raw substitute blob for tree

https://git.sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/blob/master/README.md

Actually Github has become recently more difficult to browse with the text-only browser I use. They keep messing with the HTML and breaking this simple structure.

I just download the .zip files and browse offline.

xigoi2y ago

Because GitHub takes a fucking eternity to load every time you click something.

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neuromanser2y ago

What did you have trouble with? Genuinely curious.

systems2y ago

ocaml, f#, clojure, zig, raku, array language --> insta follow

rust, smalltalk , lisp/scheme --> 50-50

python --> boooo , not gonna follow

1 more reply

poulpy1232y ago

I'm a bit surprised by the use of firefox, but it's great to see web tools not based on chrome

voidz2y ago

Neat! Very handy for looking up issues remotely. It has a dependency on firefox, but on systems that have Nix, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

sharperguy2y ago

it seems to have firefox as a dependency

hopw_roewur_ne2y ago

Yes, the page is rendered remotely in Firefox and turned into text transmitted over SSH.

meinheld1112y ago

Cute and sexy but I can’t help but wonder whether it misses the point

2 more replies

tombh2y ago

Also see: https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl

nerder922y ago

Can people share some use-case for this kind of tools?

tombh2y ago

From the README:

    If you only have a 3kbps internet connection tethered from a phone, then it's good to SSH into a server and browse the web through, say, elinks. That way the server downloads the web pages and uses the limited bandwidth of an SSH connection to display the result. However, traditional text-based browsers lack JS and all other modern HTML5 support. Browsh is different in that it's backed by a real browser, namely headless Firefox, to create a purely text-based version of web pages and web apps. These can be easily rendered in a terminal or indeed, ironically, in another browser. Do note that currently the browser client doesn't have feature parity with the terminal client.

nsonha2y ago

brow the web from a dumb terminal?

1 more reply

adamdegas2y ago

Battery life

anthk2y ago

Not so much; running Chrome headlessly can yield almost the same power usage as a graphical spawn one.

2 more replies

polunom2y ago

Been following this project for a bit, super cool

oehpr2y ago

I love this stupid thing

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse