# Install felinks with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Text mode browser and Gemini, NNTP, FTP, Gopher, Finger, and BitTorrent client. Version 0.19.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:felinks ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install felinks ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install elinks ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/elinks/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add elinks ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: elinks from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install elinks ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: elinks from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install elinks ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: elinks from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#elinks ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/el/elinks/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S elinks ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: elinks from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install elinks ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: elinks from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/elinks ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/elinks.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:felinks - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.19.1 - **Source summary:** Text mode browser and Gemini, NNTP, FTP, Gopher, Finger, and BitTorrent client - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-18T21:49:17Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - elinks (cli) - elinks (alias) ## Dependencies - brotli - gnutls - libcss - libdom - libgcrypt - libidn2 - libwapcaplet - tre ## Build dependencies - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - curl - expat ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.19.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/rkd77/elinks - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage felinks is the Homebrew package name for the maintained ELinks continuation. It installs the elinks executable, a text-mode browser descended from Links and focused on terminal browsing across HTTP, FTP, Gopher, Gemini, NNTP, Finger, and related protocols. ### Project history The ELinks README gives unusually direct historical context: ELinks began as a development version and fork of Links, with a more liberal feature policy than the original Links project. The fork aimed to test and tune new features while still producing stable branches. The same README explains the later felinks phase. After the old ELinks team lost interest, felinks continued development from the original ELinks master branch. The repository was renamed back to elinks on 2020-12-01 with Petr's approval, while Homebrew kept the formula name felinks to distinguish this continuation. The modern release stream is active. The NEWS file lists releases from 0.16 through 0.19, including 0.17.0 in 2023 with the XDG config path change, 0.18.0 in 2024, 0.19.0 in 2025, and 0.19.1 in 2026. ### Adoption history ELinks has long been packaged as elinks across Linux distributions and other package collections, while Homebrew uses felinks for this maintained fork. The supplied metadata shows packaging in Alpine, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Ubuntu, and openSUSE, consistent with a portable terminal-browser niche. Its adoption is sustained less by mainstream web browsing and more by terminal, SSH, recovery, accessibility, and automation use cases where a text-mode browser still fits. ### How it is used The manual describes ELinks as a lynx-like character-mode browser with colors, table rendering, background downloading, menu-driven configuration, tabbed browsing, and slim code. It handles local files and remote URLs, primarily HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP, with additional protocol support for BitTorrent, finger, Gopher, SMB, and NNTP. Modern releases add and maintain features that matter to terminal users: XDG config paths, libcurl support, CSS and JavaScript experiments, Gemini support, sixel or kitty inline image work, iframe support, and scripting hooks. ### Why package nerds care felinks matters because it is a living branch of a classic terminal-browser family. For package nerds, it sits in the same lineage as lynx, Links, and w3m, but with a feature-heavy philosophy and a continued release cadence. It is also a case study in naming and continuity: the upstream repository is now elinks again, the executable is elinks, but some package managers retain felinks to identify the maintained fork lineage. ### Timeline - Pre-2010s: ELinks begins as a feature-liberal development fork of Links. - 2019: GitHub releases for the maintained continuation include v0.13.0. - 2020: Repository renamed to elinks on 2020-12-01 with approval from Petr. - 2023: ELinks 0.17.0 moves saved configuration to ~/.config/elinks or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/elinks. - 2026: ELinks 0.19.1 released on 2026-02-07. ### Related projects - Links is the direct ancestor project described by the ELinks README. - Lynx and w3m are peer text-mode browsers in the same package-manager niche. - Chawan is adjacent in newer terminal-browser culture; ELinks release notes mention support for Chawan mailcap extensions. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for felinks. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: ~/.config/elinks/elinks.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/elinks/elinks.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** felinks - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - elinks: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: www/elinks/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - elinks - 0.18.0-1+b1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: elinks from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | advanced text-mode WWW browser | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks/ - Debian apt - elinks-data - 0.18.0-1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: elinks-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | advanced text-mode WWW browser - data files | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks/ - Debian apt - elinks-doc - 0.18.0-1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: elinks-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | advanced text-mode WWW browser - documentation | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks/ - Nix - elinks: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/el/elinks/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - elinks - 0.16.1.1-4.1ubuntu3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: elinks from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | advanced text-mode WWW browser | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks/ - Ubuntu apt - elinks-data - 0.16.1.1-4.1ubuntu3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: elinks-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | advanced text-mode WWW browser - data files | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks/ - Ubuntu apt - elinks-doc - 0.16.1.1-4.1ubuntu3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: elinks-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | advanced text-mode WWW browser - documentation | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks/ - apk - elinks - 0.19.1-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: elinks from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Advanced and well-established feature-rich text mode web browser | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks - apk - elinks-doc - 0.19.1-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: elinks-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Advanced and well-established feature-rich text mode web browser (documentation) | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks - apk - elinks-lang - 0.19.1-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: elinks-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package elinks | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks - dnf - elinks - 0.19.1-1.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: elinks from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A text-mode Web browser | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks - pacman - elinks - 0.19.1-3: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: elinks from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Advanced feature-rich text-mode web browser | https://github.com/rkd77/elinks - zypper - elinks - 0.19.1-1.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: elinks from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | An advanced and well-established feature-rich text mode web browser | http://elinks.or.cz/ - Scoop - main/elinks: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/elinks.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [brotli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brotli/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gnutls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnutls/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libgcrypt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgcrypt/) - 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Shared terms: cli, gnutls, libgcrypt, libidn2, networking. - [amfora](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amfora/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: browser, cli, gemini, networking, terminal. - [center-im](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/center-im/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, client, mode, networking, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/felinks.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/felinks.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph