Lynx (web browser)

Lynx is a customizable text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals. As of January 2019, it is the oldest web browser still in general use and active development, having started in 1992.

Lynx

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Original author(s)	Lou Montulli, Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac
Developer(s)	Thomas Dickey
Initial release	1992 (1992)
Written in	ISO C
Operating system	Unix-like, DOS, Windows
Engine	fork of libwww
Available in	English
Type	Text-based web browser
License	GNU GPLv2

History

Lynx was a product of the Distributed Computing Group within Academic Computing Services of the University of Kansas. It was first created in 1992 by a team of students and staff at the university (Lou Montulli, Michael Grobe and Charles Rezac) as a hypertext browser. It was used only to distribute campus information as part of a Campus-Wide Information Server. It was also used for browsing the Gopher space.

Lynx (web Browser) Media

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  Lynx and Firefox rendering the same page

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