https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh

A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers
https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh

bandwidth-saver http-performance mosh ssh tty vnc

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A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh
• Owner: browsh-org
• License: lgpl-2.1
• Created: 2016-05-08T19:34:15.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-17T23:09:52.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-02T15:06:01.459Z (10 days ago)
• Topics: bandwidth-saver, http-performance, mosh, ssh, tty, vnc
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://www.brow.sh
• Size: 7.61 MB
• Stars: 17,113
• Watchers: 183
• Forks: 419
• Open Issues: 234
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
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![Browsh Logo](https://www.brow.sh/assets/images/browsh-header.jpg)

**A fully interactive, real-time, and modern text-based browser rendered to TTYs and browsers**

![Browsh GIF](https://media.giphy.com/media/bbsmVkYjPdOKHhMXOO/giphy.gif)

## Why use Browsh?

Not all the world has good Internet.

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](https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/issues/17). 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.

Why not VNC? Well VNC is certainly one solution but it doesn't quite

have the same ability to deal with extremely bad Internet. Terminal 

Browsh can also use MoSH to further reduce bandwidth and increase stability

of the connection. Mosh offers features like automatic

reconnection of dropped or roamed connections and diff-only screen updates.

Furthermore, other than SSH or MoSH, terminal Browsh doesn't require a client

like VNC.

One final reason to use terminal Browsh could be to offload the battery-drain of a modern

browser from your laptop or low-powered device like a Raspberry Pi. If you're a CLI-native,

then you could potentially get a few more hours of life if your CPU-hungry browser

is running somewhere else on mains electricity.

## Installation

Download a binary from the [releases](https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/releases) (~11MB).

You will need to have [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) already installed.

Or download and run the Docker image (~230MB) with:

    `docker run --rm -it browsh/browsh`

## Usage

Most keys and mouse gestures should work as you'd expect on a desktop

browser.

For full documentation click [here](https://www.brow.sh/docs/introduction/).

## Contributing

_Note that some of these instructions may be out of date (July 2022)_

For generic Linux systems you can follow [this guide](https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/blob/master/SETUP_DEV_LINUX.md) on how to setup a build environment, that you may be able to adapt for other systems as well.

Windows users can follow [this guide](https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/blob/master/SETUP_DEV_WIN.md) in order to set up a build environment.

Mac users may follow [this guide](https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/blob/master/SETUP_DEV_OSX.md) that goes through the steps of setting up a build environment.

### Communication

Questions about Brow.sh? Stuck trying to resolve a tricky issue? Try:

  - [Github Discussions](https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/discussions)

  - [Gitter](https://gitter.im/browsh)

    

## Tests

For the webextension: in `webext/` folder, `npm test`    

For CLI unit tests: in `/interfacer` run `go test src/browsh/*.go`    

For CLI E2E tests: in `/interfacer` run `go test test/tty/*.go`    

For HTTP Service tests: in `/interfacer` run `go test test/http-server/*.go`    

## Special Thanks

  * [@tobimensch](https://github.com/tobimensch) For essential early feedback and user testing.

  * [@arasatasaygin](https://github.com/arasatasaygin) For the Browsh logo.

## Donating

Please consider donating: https://www.brow.sh/donate

## License

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1