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{{short description|Free and open-source text-based web browser}}
{{lowercase title|title=w3m}}
{{Infobox software
| name = w3m
| logo = 
| screenshot = W3m-wikipedia.png
| caption = w3m running in an [[Software:Xterm|xterm]] displaying the Wikipedia main page.
| developer = Akinori Ito and [http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=39518 team members]
| released = 1995
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q306669|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q306669|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q306669|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q306669|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = OS/2,<ref>{{cite web|last=TOKORO|first=Kyosuke|title=w3m 0.2.1–3 for OS/2 WARP|url=http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA000199/os2/w3m.html|access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="scoug">{{cite web|last=Watson|first=Dave|title=Text-Mode Web Browsers for OS/2|url=http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2001/scoug009.textbrowsers.html|publisher=The Southern California OS/2 User Group|access-date=16 August 2010|date=September 2001}}</ref> [[Software:Unix|Unix]] & [[Unix-like]] ([[Software:Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Software:SunOS|SunOS]], [[Software:HP-UX|HP-UX]], [[Software:Linux|Linux]], [[Software:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]] and [[Software:EWS-UX|EWS-UX]] (EWS-4800),<ref>w3m manual page</ref> [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (with [[Software:Cygwin|Cygwin]]), [[Software:MacOS|macOS]] (with [[Software:Homebrew (package manager)|Homebrew]])
| platform = 
| language = English and Japanese
| genre = [[Software:Web browser|Web browser]], Terminal pager
| license = MIT license
}}

'''w3m''' is a [[Free software|free software]]/open source [[Software:Text-based web browser|text-based web browser]] and terminal pager. It has support for tables, [[Framing (World Wide Web)|frames]],<ref name="scoug" /> SSL connections, color, and inline images on suitable [[Computer terminal|terminals]].<ref name=":0" /> Generally, it renders pages in a form as true to their original layout as possible.

The name "w3m" stands for "{{nihongo|''WWW wo miru''|WWWを見る}}", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW" where W3 is a [[Numeronym|numeronym]] of WWW.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w3m.sourceforge.net/FAQ |access-date=8 April 2022 |title=W3M FAQ}}</ref>

{{as of|2021}}, the original project appears to be inactive, while a currently maintained version exists and is packaged in various Linux distributions such as Debian and Fedora. This version is available from the [https://github.com/tats/w3m repository] of Debian developer Tatsuya Kinoshita.

The most notable feature is full keyboard navigability on everything.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Chris|title=How to Browse From the Linux Terminal With W3M|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/103574/how-to-browse-from-the-linux-terminal-with-w3m/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=How-To Geek|date=23 January 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2021}}{{dubious|most notable feature|date=July 2021}} For instance, searching using [[Software:Google Search|Google]] can be done through the terminal.<ref name=":0" /> Links can be navigated using the arrow keys. Even gmail is navigable in the same manner.<ref name=":0" />

==In Emacs==
w3m is also used by the [[Software:Emacs|Emacs]] [[Software:Text editor|text editor]] via the ''[http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/ emacs-w3m.el]'' [[Emacs Lisp]] module.

==Forks==
Two [[Software:Fork (software development)|fork]]s of w3m add support for multiple character-encodings and for other features not in the original:

# Hironori Sakamoto's ''w3m-m17n'' ("m17n" stands for multilingualization)
# Kiyokazu Suto's ''w3mmee'' ("mee" stands for "Multi-Encoding Extension")

== See also ==
* [[Software:Eww (web browser)|Eww (web browser)]]
* Emacs/W3
* [[Software:Lynx (web browser)|Lynx (web browser)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://pub.ks-and-ks.ne.jp/prog/w3mmee/ w3mmee official website]
*{{GitHub|tats/w3m}} currently (as of 2018–03) maintained version repository

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