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A `!text-based web browser`! is a `F33f`_`[web browser`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_browser]`_`f that renders only the `F33f`_`[text`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Text-based_(computing)]`_`f of `F33f`_`[web pages`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_page]`_`f, and ignores most `F33f`_`[graphic`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computer_graphics]`_`f content. Under small bandwidth connections, usually, they render pages faster than graphical web browsers due to lowered `F33f`_`[bandwidth`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Bandwidth_(computing)]`_`f demands. Additionally, the greater `F33f`_`[CSS`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=CSS]`_`f, `F33f`_`[JavaScript`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JavaScript]`_`f and `F33f`_`[typography`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Typography]`_`f functionality of graphical browsers require more `F33f`_`[CPU`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=CPU]`_`f resources. They also can be heavily modified to display certain content differently

Text-based browsers are often very useful for users with `F33f`_`[visual impairment`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Visual_impairment]`_`f or partial `F33f`_`[blindness`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Blindness]`_`f. They are especially useful with `F33f`_`[speech synthesis`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Speech_synthesis]`_`f or text-to-speech software, which reads content to users.

`F33f`_`[Progressive enhancement`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Progressive_enhancement]`_`f allows a site to be compatible with text-based web browsers without compromising functionality to more sophisticated browsers, as the content is readable through pure HTML without CSS or JavaScript.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[List of notable text-based web browsers`#list-of-notable-text-based-web-browsers]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>List of notable text-based web browsers

• `F33f`_`[browsh`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Browsh]`_`f

• Charlotte Web Browser (for VM/CMS)`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]

• `F33f`_`[Emacs/W3`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Emacs/W3]`_`f & `F33f`_`[EWW`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Eww_(web_browser)]`_`f for GNU Emacs

• `F33f`_`[Line Mode Browser`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Line_Mode_Browser]`_`f (by `F33f`_`[Tim Berners-Lee`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Tim_Berners-Lee]`_`f)

• `F33f`_`[Links`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Links_(web_browser)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[ELinks`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ELinks]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Lynx`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Lynx_(web_browser)]`_`f (and derivatives ALynx and DosLynx)

• `F33f`_`[w3m`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=W3m]`_`f

>>See also

• `F33f`_`[Comparison of lightweight web browsers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Comparison_of_lightweight_web_browsers]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Gemini (protocol)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Gemini_(protocol)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Gopher (protocol)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Gopher_(protocol)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Text-based email client`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Text-based_email_client]`_`f

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Building a resilient frontend using progressive enhancement". `*GOV.UK`*. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f "Description of CHARLOTT". `*IBM`*. 8 February 1999. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

>>External links

• Media related to Text-based web browsers at Wikimedia Commons

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