{{Short description|Text-based web browser}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox software | name = Browsh | screenshot = {{#statements:image}} | developer = Thomas Buckley-Houston | operating_system = all major platforms<ref name="Browsh-download"/> | programming language = JavaScript and Go<ref name="Browsh-github"/> | genre = Web browser | latest_release_version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}} | latest_release_date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}} | license = {{#statements:P275}} }}

'''Browsh''' is a web browser that can be run from terminal client environments such as ssh and Mosh or from a web browser client. It represents web pages as text.

==Technology== The Browsh web browser represents web pages as text and can be run either from a terminal client environment or from a web browser.<ref name="Browsh-intro"/> {{As of|August 2018}} the web browser client remains less developed.<ref name="Browsh-intro"/> It has been developed since 23 April 2016.<ref name="Browsh-github"/> It uses Go as a core part of its implementation.<ref name="Browsh-intro"/> Browsh uses a headless version of Mozilla Firefox to fetch and parse web pages.<ref name="Browsh-intro"/>

==Reception== This may be seen as a modern replacement for the Lynx text-based web browser.<ref name="Phoronix-1"/> Others have felt displaying the web in text is impractical.<ref name="Pastor-1"/>

==References== {{Reflist|2|refs=

<ref name="Phoronix-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Browsh-Text-Browser|access-date=24 October 2018|first=Michael|last=Larabel|date=10 July 2018|website=Phoronix|title=Browsh: A Modern, Text-Based Web Browser|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915193736/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Browsh-Text-Browser|archive-date=15 September 2018|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Pastor-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.xataka.com/aplicaciones/browsh-navegador-que-muestra-web-ascii-poco-practico-sorprendente-como-concepto|access-date=24 October 2018|title=Browsh es el navegador que muestra la web en ASCII: poco práctico, pero sorprendente como concepto|date=10 July 2018 |trans-title=Browsh is the browser that shows the web in ASCII: impractical, but surprising as a concept|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024065757/https://www.xataka.com/aplicaciones/browsh-navegador-que-muestra-web-ascii-poco-practico-sorprendente-como-concepto|archive-date=24 October 2018|language=es}}</ref>

<ref name="Browsh-github">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/tree/c27e72bcfac874372bc070d0d2cb4b0c149b2cdd|title=Github|access-date=24 January 2019|website=github}}</ref>

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<ref name="Browsh-intro">{{cite web|url=https://www.brow.sh/docs/introduction/|title=Introduction|access-date=24 October 2018|website=browsh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831173629/https://www.brow.sh/docs/introduction/|archive-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="Browsh-download">{{cite web|url=https://www.brow.sh/downloads/|title=Downloads|access-date=24 October 2018|website=browsh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904220438/https://www.brow.sh/downloads//|archive-date=4 September 2018}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website}}

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Category:Web browsers Category:Free software programmed in JavaScript Category:Free software programmed in Go Category:Software using the GNU Lesser General Public License