Carboxyl is a community-maintained fork of Carbonyl, a Chromium-based web browser designed to run inside a terminal.
It retains Carbonyl’s architecture, combining a Rust library with a modified Chromium headless shell. Web pages are rendered directly at the terminal’s resolution without requiring a graphical window server.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Runs Chromium inside a terminal.
- Uses Chromium’s Blink rendering engine.
- Supports modern HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Runs JavaScript and WebAssembly applications.
- Supports WebGL and WebGPU content.
- Plays audio and video.
- Displays web animations.
- Renders content directly at the terminal’s resolution.
- Does not require a graphical window server.
- Can run through an SSH connection.
- Supports Linux, macOS, Windows 11 and Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- Can be run using Docker.
- Core library is written in Rust.
Website: github.com/carboxyl-rs/carboxyl
Support:
Developer: Carboxyl contributors
License: BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License
Carboxyl is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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