carbonyl

Open URL

$ carbonyl [https://example.com]

$ docker run --rm -ti fathyb/carbonyl [https://youtube.com]

$ npm install --global carbonyl

carbonyl [url]

carbonyl is a Chromium-based browser that runs entirely in the terminal. It renders web pages using Unicode block characters and ANSI colors, supporting WebGL, WebGPU, audio/video playback, and animations at 60 FPS.
Unlike traditional text browsers, Carbonyl provides near-full web compatibility by forking Chromium and rerouting its rendering pipeline to terminal output.

Full web support

WebGL, WebGPU, audio, video, animations

60 FPS rendering, 0% idle CPU usage

Works in safe-mode console and SSH sessions

Launches in under one second

npm

$ npm install --global carbonyl

$ docker run --rm -ti fathyb/carbonyl https://github.com

Uses Unicode character U+2584 (▄) as virtual pixels with ANSI color codes. Each terminal cell represents two vertical pixels.

Does not support browser extensions (yet). Cannot download files directly. No built-in ad blocking. Uses 50x less CPU than Browsh for equivalent content.

browsh(1), lynx(1), w3m(1)