Key facts
- Original authors
- Lou Montulli , Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac
- Developer
- Thomas Dickey
- Initial release
- 1992 ; 34 years ago ( 1992 )
- Stable release
- 2.9.3 / 27 May 2026 ; 7 days ago ( 27 May 2026 )
- Written in
- ISO C
- Engine
- fork of libwww
- Operating system
- Unix-like , DOS , Windows , VMS
- Available in
- English
- Type
- Text-based web browser
- License
- GNU GPLv2
- Website
- lynx .invisible-island .net
- Repository
- github .com /ThomasDickey /lynx-snapshots
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- lynx.browser.org
- Image
- Lynx-wikipedia.png
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- Commons category
- Lynx web browser
- software version identifier
- 2.9.2
- source code repository URL
- github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots
- inception
- 1992-00-00
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev
- user manual URL
- lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html
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Lynx is a customizable text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals. As of 2025, it is the oldest web browser still being maintained, having started in 1992.
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