browsh
A modern text-based browser that renders web pages and apps to terminals and browsers using headless Firefox.
What is browsh?
Browsh is a fully interactive, real-time text-based browser that renders modern web pages and applications to terminals and browsers. It solves the problem of browsing the web on extremely low-bandwidth connections or low-powered devices by using a headless Firefox backend to process web content and deliver a text-only version.
Developers, sysadmins, or users who need to browse the web over slow or unstable internet connections (e.g., via SSH on a tethered phone), or those wanting to offload browser CPU usage from low-powered hardware.
Browsh uniquely combines modern browser capabilities (JavaScript, HTML5) with the efficiency of text-based rendering, offering a practical solution for low-bandwidth scenarios where traditional graphical browsers or VNC are impractical.
Overview
A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers
Use Cases
Best For
- Browsing the web over SSH on a very slow internet connection
- Offloading browser CPU usage to save battery on a laptop or Raspberry Pi
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