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
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q207872” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.