{"id":12477,"date":"2019-03-27T03:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12477"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:00:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:00:36","slug":"browsh-a-modern-text-browser-that-play-videos-and-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/27\/browsh-a-modern-text-browser-that-play-videos-and-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Browsh \u2013 A Modern Text Browser That Play Videos and Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

Browsh is an open source, simple and modern text-based browser that renders in\u00a0TTY<\/strong>\u00a0terminal environments. It is made up of a minimal Golang CLI front-end and a browser web-extension (headless Firefox) which actually offers most of the functionality to create a purely text-based version of web pages and web apps.<\/p>\n

This browser renders anything that a modern browser can; HTML5, CSS3, JS, video as well as WebGL. It is importantly a bandwidth-saver, designed to run on a remote server and accessed via\u00a0SSH<\/a>\/Mosh<\/a>\u00a0or the in-browser HTML service so as to notably reduce bandwidth.<\/p>\n

Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0Command Line Web Browsing with Lynx and Links Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

Browsh<\/strong>\u00a0is useful only when you don\u2019t have good Internet connection. It also helps you to avoid battery-drain of a modern browser from your laptop or low-powered device such as a\u00a0Raspberry Pi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Live SSH Demo<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Just point your SSH client to\u00a0ssh brow.sh<\/code>, no authentication needed and session last\u00a05<\/strong>minutes and are logged.<\/p>\n

How to Install Browsh Text-Based Browser in Linux<\/h3>\n

Browsh\u2019s requirements are a\u00a0latest version of Firefox<\/a>\u00a0and a terminal client with true colour support. Once you have those you can download the suitable binary or package for your Linux distribution using following commands.<\/p>\n

Install Browsh on RHEL\/CentOS & Fedora<\/h4>\n
--------- On 64-bit ---------<\/strong> \r\n# wget https:\/\/github.com\/browsh-org\/browsh\/releases\/download\/v1.4.12\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_amd64.rpm\r\n# rpm -Uvh browsh_1.4.12_linux_amd64.rpm\r\n\r\n--------- On 32-bit ---------<\/strong>\r\n# wget https:\/\/github.com\/browsh-org\/browsh\/releases\/download\/v1.4.12\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_386.rpm\r\n# rpm -Uvh browsh_1.4.12_linux_386.rpm\r\n<\/pre>\n
Install Browsh on Debian\/Ubuntu & Linux Mint<\/h4>\n
--------- On 64-bit ---------<\/strong> \r\n$ wget https:\/\/github.com\/browsh-org\/browsh\/releases\/download\/v1.4.12\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_amd64.deb\r\n$ sudo dpkg -i browsh_1.4.12_linux_amd64.deb \r\n\r\n--------- On 32-bit ---------<\/strong>\r\n$ wget https:\/\/github.com\/browsh-org\/browsh\/releases\/download\/v1.4.12\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_386.deb\r\n$ sudo dpkg -i browsh_1.4.12_linux_386.deb \r\n<\/pre>\n
If you don\u2019t want to install\u00a0.deb<\/code>\u00a0and\u00a0.rpm<\/code>\u00a0versions, you can download static binaries and execute it as shown.<\/p>\n
--------- On 64-bit ---------<\/strong> \r\n$ wget https:\/\/github.com\/browsh-org\/browsh\/releases\/download\/v1.4.12\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_amd64\r\n$ chmod 755 browsh_1.4.12_linux_amd64\r\n$ .\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_amd64\r\n\r\n--------- On 64-bit ---------<\/strong> \r\n$ wget https:\/\/github.com\/browsh-org\/browsh\/releases\/download\/v1.4.12\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_386\r\n$ chmod 755 browsh_1.4.12_linux_386\r\n$ .\/browsh_1.4.12_linux_386\r\n<\/pre>\n
There are also a Docker image that comes with the latest version of Firefox bundled, all you need to do is just pull and run the TTY client with.<\/p>\n
$ docker run -it --rm browsh\/browsh\r\n<\/pre>\n
How to Use Browsh Text-Based Browser in Linux<\/h3>\n
Once you have\u00a0Browsh<\/strong>\u00a0installed, you can run\u00a0browsh<\/code>\u00a0on the terminal as shown.<\/p>\n
$ browsh\r\n<\/pre>\n
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Browsh Text Browser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Most keys and mouse gestures should work as you would expect on a desktop browser, the following are the basic ones for you to get started.<\/p>\n