Lynx
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
2warn against
Dec 15, 2025first mention
Oct 13, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“things should be engineered so that Lynx is a valid option”
“I used "lynx -dump" and lightly edited the result”
Caveats and dissent
“I would never go back to using lynx.”
daily text-only browser user for over three decadeson “P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names”
“way better than the crusty old lynx and links on sites that need JS”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“I've been building LYNX, an open-source digital audio workstation designed around the FL Studio workflow.”
Threads where it came up
- I'm building LYNX, an open-source DAW inspired by FL Studio, free,cross-platform 1 mention
- Firefox Enterprise 1 mention
- P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names 1 mention
- GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven 1 mention
- It's time to talk about my writerdeck 1 mention
- 'AI gave me your number': AI doxxing turns ChatGPT hallucinations to harassment 1 mention
Also written as lynx, LYNX. Data: lynx.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“(and sometimes Lynx)”
“I would never go back to using lynx.”
“things should be engineered so that Lynx is a valid option”
“intentional reading/browsing via lynx”
“I used "lynx -dump" and lightly edited the result”
“Lynx supports gopher [0]”
“I remember using Lynx as a daily driver 30 years ago. It was fast, and barely had any compatibility issues”
“way better than the crusty old lynx and links on sites that need JS”
“lynx -dump $URL0/$LEAF | less”