browsh

A modern text-based browser. Renders web pages in the terminal using headless Firefox.

Gustavo Madeira Santana

@gumadeiras

What This Skill Does

Renders web pages in the terminal using headless Firefox, providing a modern text-based browsing experience. It strips ads and saves bandwidth while displaying stories and videos as text.

Replaces graphical browsers for terminal-only environments by delivering a full web rendering engine through a text interface.

When to Use It

  • Browse the web from a remote server without a graphical desktop
  • Read articles or documentation in a terminal multiplexer like tmux
  • Visit websites that require JavaScript rendering in a headless environment
  • Test how a webpage renders without loading images or ads
  • Access the web over low-bandwidth connections by saving data

Install

$ openclaw skills install @gumadeiras/browsh

Browsh

A fully-modern text-based browser. It renders stories and videos, filters ads, and saves bandwidth.

Prerequisites

  • browsh binary must be in PATH.
  • firefox binary must be in PATH (Browsh uses it as a headless backend).

Local Setup (if installed in ~/apps): Ensure your PATH includes the installation directories:

export PATH=$HOME/apps:$HOME/apps/firefox:$PATH

Usage

Start Browsh:

browsh

Open a specific URL:

browsh --startup-url https://google.com

Note: Browsh is a TUI application. Run it inside a PTY session (e.g., using tmux or the process tool with pty=true).

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