| Links | |
|---|---|
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 Graphical TextScreenshot of the Links Browser. | |
| Developer(s) | Mikuláš Patočka |
| Initial release | 1999; 26 years ago (1999) |
| Stable release | 2.30[1]  / 27 July 2024 |
| Preview release | None (N/A)[±] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | links |
Links is afree softwaretext andgraphicalweb browser with a pull-down menu system.[2] It renders complex pages, has partialHTML 4.0 support (including tables,frames,[3] and support forUTF-8), supports color and monochrome terminals, and allows horizontal scrolling.
It is intended for users who want to retain many typical elements of graphical user interfaces (pop-up windows, menus, etc.) in a text-only environment.
The original version of Links was developed by Mikuláš Patočka in theCzech Republic. His group,"Twibright Labs", later developed version 2 of the Links browser, which displays graphics, and renders fonts in different sizes (withspatial anti-aliasing), but no longer supportsJavaScript (it used to, up to version 2.1pre28). The resulting browser is very fast, but does not display many pages as intended. The graphical mode works even onUnix systems without theX Window System or any other window environment, using eitherSVGAlib or theframebuffer of the system'sgraphics card.
Experimental/Enhanced Links (ELinks) is afork of Links led by Petr Baudis. It is based on Links 0.9.[4] It has a more open development and incorporates patches from other Links versions (such as additional extension scripting inLua) and from Internet users.[5]
Hacked Links is another version of the Links browser which has merged some of Elinks' features into Links 2.
Andrey Mirtchovski has ported it toPlan 9 from Bell Labs. It is considered a good browser on that operating system, though some users have complained about its inability to cut and paste with the Plan 9 snarf buffer.[citation needed]
As of April 2016[update], the last release of Hacked Links is that of July 9, 2003, with some further changes unreleased.[6]
Links was also ported to run on the SonyPSP platform as PSPRadio by Rafael Cabezas with the last version (2.1pre23_PSP_r1261) released on February 6, 2007.[7]
TheBeOS port was updated by François Revol who also added GUI support.[8] It also runs onHaiku.
