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Comparison of lightweight web browsers
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A lightweight web browser is a web browser that sacrifices some of the features of a mainstream web browser in order to reduce the consumption of system resources, and especially to minimize the memory footprint.[1][2][3]
The tables below compare notable lightweight web browsers. Several of them use a common layout engine, but each has a unique combination of features and a potential niche. The minimal user interface in surf, for example, does not have tabs,[4] whereas xombrero can be driven with vi-like keyboard commands.[5]
Four of the browsers compared—Lynx, w3m, Links, and ELinks—are designed for text mode, and can function in a terminal emulator. Eww is limited to working within Emacs. Links 2 has both a text-based user interface and a graphical user interface. w3m is, in addition to being a web browser, also a terminal pager.[6]
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Test scores reflect the version of the browser engine in use. Generally, a lower score indicates an older version of the browser engine.
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- ELinks implements Mozilla's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine.[50]
- JavaScript support was removed in 2007 (in release 2.1pre29).[54]
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