Links
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Links, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Links's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Links | Free | Free software under GNU GPL version 2 or later |
The facts
Each one read from Links's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Built-in ad blocking
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Display features
- Listed graphics features include 48-bit gamma correction, antialiasing, and user adjustment of font size and image enlargement.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Image formats
- In graphics mode, Links lists built-in display for GIF, JPEG, PNG, XBM, and TIFF images.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The manual says a compiled Links installation produces a single executable file with the components needed to run the browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The user manual describes Links as designed for low-level IT specialists.checked 12 Oct 2026
- JavaScript
- The manual says JavaScript support was removed in release 2.1pre29 because it was buggy.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Navigation
- The manual lists bookmarks, background downloads, and asynchronous DNS lookup among the browser features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Product
- Links is a web browser that runs in both graphics and text modes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project history
- Mikuláš Patočka began Links in 1999, and three contributors joined in 2000 to add graphics and JavaScript capabilities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and limits
- The download page warns that Links versions older than 2.6 have memory-write bugs in graphics mode that could potentially be exploited to attack a computer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The development page asks users to email bug reports to four listed project addresses with reproduction details, version, operating system, and compiled capabilities where known.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Text and graphics
- Links can display text in text mode and images in graphics mode.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Web support
- The manual lists HTML 4.0 support without CSS, along with tables and frames in both modes.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1999checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux platform
- The supported-platform list includes Linux, with Xorg, SVGAlib, and framebuffer graphics options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- macOS platform
- The supported-platform list names MacOS X.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- desktopchecked 23 Sep 2026
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