Chawan
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5recommend
1warn against
Nov 5, 2025first mention
Jul 23, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Interesting find mentioned in the comments”
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Caveats and dissent
“I don't think any of these text-based web browsers are actively maintained”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“my hobby project chawan[1] supports capsicum :)”
Threads where it came up
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- Ratatui – App Showcase 1 mention
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All comments 6
“I don't think any of these text-based web browsers are actively maintained”
“Chawan is nice”
“Interesting find mentioned in the comments”
“`chawan` is really good”
“chawan[1] is really quite neat”
“I use this one pretty often. It’s great.”