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A web browser is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user’s screen. | |||
Alpine Linux packages several web browsers. | |||
== Console == | |||
* '''Elinks''' {{Pkg|elinks}}: feature-rich text mode web browser | |||
* '''Links''' {{Pkg|links}}/{{Pkg|links-graphics}}: web browser with both graphics and text mode | |||
* '''Lynx''' {{Pkg|lynx}}: text-based browser | |||
* '''w3m''' {{Pkg|w3m}}: text-based web & gopher browser, as well as pager | |||
== Graphical == | |||
* '''Badwolf''' {{Pkg|badwolf}}: A minimalist and privacy-oriented WebKit browser | |||
* '''Chromium''' {{Pkg|chromium}}: the open source project behind Google Chrome, Blink-based | |||
* '''Dillo''' {{Pkg|dillo}}: small and fast GUI web browser | |||
* '''[[Firefox]]''': browser from Mozilla based on Gecko with fast rendering | |||
* '''Midori''' {{Pkg|midori}}: web browser based on GTK and WebKit | |||
* '''Netsurf''' {{Pkg|netsurf}}: an open source web browser | |||
* '''Nyxt''' {{Pkg|nyxt}}: the ''“hacker’s browser”'' | |||
* '''Qutebrowser''' {{Pkg|qutebrowser}}: keyboard-driven, Vim-like browser based on PyQT5 | |||
* '''Surf''' {{Pkg|surf}}: a simple web browser based on WebKit2/GTK+ | |||
* '''Vieb''' {{Pkg|vieb}}: Vim-inspired Electron browser | |||
* '''Vimb''' {{Pkg|vimb}}: a Vim-like browser | |||
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Revision as of 19:13, 29 May 2023
A web browser is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user’s screen.
Alpine Linux packages several web browsers.
Console
- Elinks elinks: feature-rich text mode web browser
- Links links/links-graphics: web browser with both graphics and text mode
- Lynx lynx: text-based browser
- w3m w3m: text-based web & gopher browser, as well as pager
Graphical
- Badwolf badwolf: A minimalist and privacy-oriented WebKit browser
- Chromium chromium: the open source project behind Google Chrome, Blink-based
- Dillo dillo: small and fast GUI web browser
- Firefox: browser from Mozilla based on Gecko with fast rendering
- Midori midori: web browser based on GTK and WebKit
- Netsurf netsurf: an open source web browser
- Nyxt nyxt: the “hacker’s browser”
- Qutebrowser qutebrowser: keyboard-driven, Vim-like browser based on PyQT5
- Surf surf: a simple web browser based on WebKit2/GTK+
- Vieb vieb: Vim-inspired Electron browser
- Vimb vimb: a Vim-like browser