chawan ☆

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Description:
TUI web browser with CSS, inline image and JavaScript support

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.3.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: tui browser terminal web javascript

Install: brew install chawan

About:
Chawan is a fast, minimalist terminal web browser designed for efficiency and keyboard-driven navigation. It provides robust support for modern web standards including CSS, inline images, and JavaScript, allowing it to render complex pages directly in the console. This makes it an ideal tool for developers and power users who need to browse the web without leaving their terminal environment.

Key Features:

Full JavaScript and CSS support for modern web rendering
Inline image display using Sixel or Kitty graphics protocols
Keyboard-centric navigation and Vim-like keybindings
Fast startup and low resource footprint

Use Cases:

Browsing documentation and web pages from within a terminal multiplexer
Accessing web-based tools on headless servers or remote machines
Quickly checking web content without context switching to a GUI browser

Alternatives:

w3m – w3m is a classic text-based browser but lacks robust JavaScript and modern CSS support.
lynx – Lynx is extremely lightweight but is strictly text-only, with no image rendering capabilities.

License: Unlicense

Dependencies: brotli, libssh2, openssl@3

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 8, 2025 10:55pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	44e9305d
Sep 14, 2025 2:02pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	bb3562dc