w3m
Install command:
brew install w3mPager/text based browser
License: w3m
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/w3m.json
Formula code: w3m.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 0.5.6 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| bdw-gc | 8.2.12 | Garbage collector for C and C++ |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| gettext | 1.0 | GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library |
Depends on when building from source:
| gettext | 1.0 | GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: ncurses
Binaries:
w3m,
w3mman
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 14,056 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 246,049 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 1,944 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.2× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:41:43Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 1,938 | 2,669 | 12,464 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| Installs on Request | 1,808 | 2,480 | 11,333 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| Build Errors | 3 |