# Chawan terminal web browser

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Chawan terminal web browser and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A free, text-based web browser for the terminal that people use daily for sites like HN, valued as a real browser implementation and for being customizable, fast and regularly updated.

## Why people recommend it

- Used often as daily driver (3 comments): "depending on the sites you browse daily (like HN - which works fine), you might be able to use one of these as a daily-driver" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302641)) "chawan is really good. I use it very often, and it looks very promising." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598259)) "I use this one pretty often. It's great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45831818))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [EWW (Emacs Web Wowser)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eww.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Chawan terminal web browser", https://hackerapproved.com/p/chawan/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).