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Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser

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387 points shiomiru | 2 comments | 16 Jun 25 20:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.443s | source

A terminal-based web browser in Nim.[1] Has acceptable (YMMV) CSS rendering, some JS support, and inline images (sixel/kitty). It can also use various protocols other than http(s) such as (s)ftp, gopher, gemini, ...

Chawan started out as a w3m clone, and the UI still resembles it. However, the architecture has turned out quite different, with pages loaded in separate processes, and protocol/file type handling separated out into external binaries. An interesting result is that you can even register decoders for custom inline image formats, although practical use cases of this are rather minimal.

There is a gallery showcasing some websites being rendered here: https://chawan.net/gallery/index.html

[1]: https://nim-lang.org

1. noufalibrahim ◴[17 Jun 25 04:56 UTC] No.44295875[source]▶
This is beautifully done. I'm going to use this for some of my daily work and see how far I can get with it. HN looks exceptionally good. Thank you!
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2. dotancohen ◴[17 Jun 25 11:27 UTC] No.44297831[source]▶
Good of you! Don't forget to file the bugs you find.