Editing Lynx (web browser) (section)

{{short description|Text-based, cross-platform web browser}}
{{Distinguish|Links (web browser)|LynxOS}}
{{Infobox web browser
| name                    = Lynx
| logo                    = 
| screenshot              = Lynx-wikipedia.png
| caption                 = An older version of this article displayed in Lynx
| collapsible             = 
| author                  = [[Lou Montulli]], Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac
| developer               = Thomas Dickey
| released                = {{Start date and age|1992}}
| latest release version  = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q207872|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date     = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q207872|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest preview version  = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q207872|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date     = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q207872|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}}}
| discontinued            = 
| programming language    = [[C (programming language)#ANSI C and ISO C|ISO C]]
| operating system        = [[Unix-like]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=H.|title=Lynx Installation Guide|url=http://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.8/breakout/INSTALLATION|website=lynx.invisible-island.net|date=24 April 1999|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605125102/http://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.8/breakout/INSTALLATION|url-status=live}}</ref> [[DOS]], [[Windows]], [[OpenVMS|VMS]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.8/index.html |title={{sic|Lynx|2.8.8|nolink=yes}} |last=Dickey |first=Thomas |date=11 September 2015 |website=lynx.invisible-island.net |access-date=11 June 2017 |archive-date=18 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618082253/http://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.8/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| engine                  = [[fork (software development)|fork]] of [[libwww]]
| platform                = <!--Exactly which?-->
| size                    = 
| language                = [[English language|English]]
| genre                   = [[Text-based web browser]]
| license                 = [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU GPLv2]]
| standard                = 
| AsOf                    = 
| website                 = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Lynx''' is a customizable [[text-based web browser]] for use on cursor-addressable character cell [[computer terminal|terminals]].{{sfn|Rakitin|1997}}{{sfn|Legan|2001}} {{As of|2025}}, it is the oldest web browser still being maintained,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lynx current development|url=https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/|date=2016-04-27|access-date=2024-09-08|website=TecMint}}</ref> having started in 1992.