# Install links with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper, scoop
Lynx-like WWW browser that supports tables, menus, etc. Version 2.30 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install links.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:links
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install links
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install links
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/links/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add links
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: links from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install links
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: links from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install links
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: links from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S links
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: links from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install links
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: links from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
### Windows
- Scoop (92%):
```sh
scoop install main/links
```
Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/links.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:links
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.30
- **Source summary:** Lynx-like WWW browser that supports tables, menus, etc.
- **Homepage:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:11-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- links (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.30
## Project history and usage
Links is a web browser that runs in both text and graphics modes. It belongs to the classic Unix family of terminal-capable browsers while also supporting graphical output modes.
### Project history
The official Twibright Labs about page says Mikulas Patocka started writing Links in 1999 as a text-mode browser. In 2000 Martin Pergel, Petr Kulhavy, and Karel Kulhavy joined to add graphics and JavaScript capabilities.
The official ChangeLog records continued 2.x maintenance, including Links 2.30 in July 2024. The official download page publishes source archives rather than pointing to a current public source-control repository.
### Adoption history
Links spread through Unix and Unix-like package repositories as a practical browser for consoles, SSH sessions, rescue environments, and systems without a full desktop browser. Its continued packaging alongside Lynx, ELinks, and w3m reflects persistent demand for terminal-first web clients.
### How it is used
Users run Links for text-mode browsing, graphical framebuffer or X browsing, page dumping, and quick documentation access from constrained environments. The official user manual documents installation, text and graphics mode operation, menus, bookmarks, downloads, cache, and configuration.
### Why package nerds care
Links is package-nerd significant because one package can serve as a TUI browser, a graphical low-resource browser, and a troubleshooting tool. It is a durable example of software that remains useful from a bare terminal or recovery shell.
### Timeline
- 1999: Mikulas Patocka started writing Links as a text-mode browser.
- 2000: Martin Pergel, Petr Kulhavy, and Karel Kulhavy joined to add graphics and JavaScript capabilities.
- 2005-03-04: Official archive index lists Links 2.0 source archives.
- 2008-07-06: Official archive index lists Links 2.1 source archives.
- 2024-07-27: Official ChangeLog records Links 2.30.
### Related projects
- Related projects include Lynx, ELinks, and w3m. The official about page credits Lynx for some browser data tables.
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## Security Notes
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
## Configuration files
- Unix: ~/.links/links.cfg, ~/.links/html.cfg
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - links - 2.29-2+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: links from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Web browser running in text mode | http://links.twibright.com/
- Ubuntu apt - links - 2.29-1build6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: links from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Web browser running in text mode | http://links.twibright.com/
- apk - links - 2.30-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: links from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Web browser running in both graphics and text mode | http://links.twibright.com/
- apk - links-doc - 2.30-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: links-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Web browser running in both graphics and text mode (documentation) | http://links.twibright.com/
- dnf - elinks - 0.19.1-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: elinks from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A text-mode Web browser | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks
- dnf - links - 2.30-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: links from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Web browser running in both graphics and text mode | https://links.twibright.com/
- pacman - links - 2.30-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: links from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz | A text WWW browser, similar to Lynx | http://links.twibright.com/
- zypper - links - 2.30-2.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: links from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Text-Based WWW Browser | http://links.twibright.com/
- MacPorts - links: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/links/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/links: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/links.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/links.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/links.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph