A simple read-only text-based web browser.

browser-20250807-win64.zip

Check the README.txt file for instructions on how to use the browser.

Features

Its features are:

• Treats HTML (.html), Markdown (.md), Gemini (.gmi) and Text (.txt) files as web pages. If it has a link, you can click on it!

Its current limitations are:

• HTML support is very rudimentary
• Text rendering is limited to Code page 437 by default but can be extended with custom code page definitions.

Its non-features are:

• Does NOT support HTML5
• Does NOT support JavaScript
• Does NOT support CSS
• Does NOT support Cookies
• Does NOT support Multimedia
• Does NOT support Extensions
• Does NOT support AI
• Does NOT support Tor
• Does NOT support VPN
• Does NOT support Blockchain
• Does NOT support Cryptocurrency
• Does NOT support Cloud
• Does NOT support Analytics
• Does NOT support Developer Tools
• Does NOT support BitTorrent
• Does NOT support WebAssembly
• Does NOT support WebRTC
• Does NOT support Geolocation

If you want to read more about the motivation behind this project:

• A Simple Browser for A Simpler Web

Screenshots

Additional Fonts

bmfont Consolas 16 bold

To use the font, unzip the contents of the archive next to the browser executable (or any other directory).

Open the config.txt file and add the following two lines:

char 8 16
codepage bmfont consolas_16_b.fnt

Save the config.txt file and open the browser.