Links is a graphics and text mode web browser, released under GPL. Links is a free software.

• Links runs on Linux, BSD, UNIX in general, OS/2, Cygwin under Windows, AtheOS, BeOS, FreeMint.
• Links runs in graphics mode (mouse required) on X Window System (UN*X, Cygwin), SVGAlib, Linux Framebuffer, OS/2 PMShell, AtheOS GUI
• Links runs in text mode (mouse optional) on UN*X console, ssh/telnet virtual terminal, vt100 terminal, xterm, and virtually any other text terminal. Mouse is supported for GPM, xterm, and OS/2. Links supports colors on terminal.
• Easy and quick user control via pull-down menu in both text and graphics mode, in 33 languages.
• HTML 4.0 support (without CSS)
• HTTP 1.1 support
• Tables, frames in both graphics and text mode, builtin image display in graphics mode
• Builtin image display for GIF, JPEG, PNG, XBM, TIFF in graphics mode
• Anti-advertisement animation filter in animated GIFs
• Bookmarks
• Background file downloads
• Automatic reconnection in case of TCP connection breakdown
• Keepalive connections
• Background (asynchronous) DNS lookup
• Possibility to hook up external programs for all MIME types, possibility to choose one of more programs at every opening.
• 48-bit high-quality image gamma correction, resampling and Floyd-Steinberg dithering in all color depths.
• Font resampling (antialiasing) for virtually unlimited pitch range, LCD optimization of fonts and images.
• Builtin fonts in the executable without reliance on any fonts installed in the system
• In graphics mode, Links supports Unicode fonts where each one code point represents one glyph. It doesn't compose in languages like Khmer.
• In text mode, there is additional requirement — Links supports fonts where each glyph is exactly one character cell wide.
• Links supports only left-to-right text direction.
• User-adjustable menu, HTML font size and image zoom factor.
• User-adjustable display gammas (red, green, blue), viewing-condition correction gamma and precise calibration of both monitor and Links on a calibration pattern
• Automatic aspect ratio correction for modes like 640x200, 640x400, 320x200 with user-adjustable manual aspect ratio correction.
• Support for one-wheel mice (vertical scroll), two-wheel mice (vertical and horizontal scroll) and smooth scrolling by grabbing the plane with a mouse (no wheel needed).
• Easy installation, the browser is just one executable and no more files.

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Graphics mode (PNG)

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Graphics mode (JPG)

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Text mode (PNG)

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Text mode (JPG)

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