This directory contains archive copies of the most recent Lynx development source code. We are currently working on Lynx 2.8.7.

Mirror site(s):
The primary HTTP distribution site is http://lynx.isc.org/current/;
The primary FTP distribution site is ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx/current/; also known as ftp://ftp.us.browser.org/lynx/current/. Lynx users may use the index page on the FTP site for an organized view of the current distribution.
Mirrors may be found on:

Both FTP and HTTP

ftp://ftp.cesnet.cz/Network/lynx/ (also by HTTP)
ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/WWW/clients/lynx/ (also by HTTP)
ftp://ftp.uk.freesbie.org/sites/lynx.isc.org/ (also by HTTP) ftp://ftp2.uk.freebsd.org/sites/lynx.isc.org/ (also by HTTP) ftp://ftp.ieunet.ie/mirrors/ftp.isc.org/lynx/ (also by HTTP) ftp://ftp.uniroma2.it/unix/packages/LYNX/ (also by HTTP) ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/infosys/browsers/lynx/ (also by HTTP)
ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lynx/ (also by HTTP)

HTTP Only

http://download.mirror.ac.uk/sites/lynx.isc.org/
http://ftp2.uk.i-scream.org/mirror/lynx.isc.org/
http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/lynx.isc.org/
http://linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/lynx.isc.org/
http://lynx.dsmirror.nl/
http://lynx.site2nd.org/
http://parker.vslib.cz/Network/lynx/
http://piotrkosoft.netinet.net/pub/mirrors/lynx/
http://text.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/lynx.isc.org/
http://www.gigaload.org/lynx/
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/lynx.isc.org/
http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/lynx/pub/

FTP Only

ftp://ftp.cyf-kr.edu.pl/pub/unix/lynx/
ftp://ftp.eu.uu.net/pub/unix/www/lynx/
ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/net/www/lynx/
ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/lynx/
For the latest stable release and other help, see http://lynx.isc.org/. For DOS386/Win32 binaries, see below.
The development version also has a breakout subdirectory.

Current version


Current Version in Various Formats

 Size    Date   Time  Filename
 ======= =====  ===== =========
 4784565 Apr 27 17:10 lynx2.8.7dev.9.tar.Z
 2360834 Apr 27 17:10 lynx2.8.7dev.9.tar.bz2
 3277314 Apr 27 17:10 lynx2.8.7dev.9.tar.gz
 3502211 Apr 27 17:10 lynx2.8.7dev.9.zip
 4780003 Feb 17 14:00 lynx2.8.7dev.8.tar.Z
 2349922 Feb 17 14:00 lynx2.8.7dev.8.tar.bz2
 3267487 Feb 17 14:00 lynx2.8.7dev.8.tar.gz
 3491390 Feb 17 14:00 lynx2.8.7dev.8.zip
 4746861 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.tar.Z
 2327776 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.tar.bz2
 3249410 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.tar.gz
 3473076 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.zip
 4753650 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.tar.Z
 2329494 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.tar.bz2
 3250516 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.tar.gz
 3476808 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.zip
 4661783 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.tar.Z
 2287744 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.tar.bz2
 3211033 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.tar.gz
 3424863 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.zip
 4614098 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.tar.Z
 2279807 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.tar.bz2
 3189238 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.tar.gz
 3396652 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.zip
 4617931 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.tar.Z
 2279177 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.tar.bz2
 3188012 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.tar.gz
 3395312 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.zip
 4604485 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.tar.Z
 2278573 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.tar.bz2
 3185699 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.tar.gz
 3393646 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.zip
 4609498 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.tar.Z
 2277602 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.tar.bz2
 3184780 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.tar.gz
 3392813 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.zip
 4602539 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.tar.Z
 2287359 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.tar.bz2
 3181351 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.tar.gz
 3389809 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.zip
 4594117 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.tar.Z
 2287165 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.tar.bz2
 3181051 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.tar.gz
 3387424 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.zip
 4592215 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.tar.Z
 2286642 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.tar.bz2
 3180120 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.tar.gz
 3386161 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.zip
 4594511 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.tar.Z
 2283720 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.tar.bz2
 3178272 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.tar.gz
 3384251 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.zip
 4592379 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.tar.Z
 2282317 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.tar.bz2
 3177601 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.tar.gz
 3382941 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.zip

PGP Signatures For Source Archives

 Size    Date   Time  Filename
 ======= =====  ===== =========
     245 Apr 27 17:29 lynx2.8.7dev.9.zip.asc
     245 Apr 27 17:29 lynx2.8.7dev.9.tar.gz.asc
     245 Apr 27 17:29 lynx2.8.7dev.9.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Apr 27 17:29 lynx2.8.7dev.9.tar.Z.asc
     245 Feb 17 14:07 lynx2.8.7dev.8.zip.asc
     245 Feb 17 14:07 lynx2.8.7dev.8.tar.gz.asc
     245 Feb 17 14:07 lynx2.8.7dev.8.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Feb 17 14:07 lynx2.8.7dev.8.tar.Z.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.zip.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.tar.gz.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.7.tar.Z.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.zip.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.tar.gz.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.6.tar.Z.asc
     245 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.zip.asc
     245 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.tar.gz.asc
     245 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.tar.bz2.asc
     245 May 17  2007 lynx2.8.7dev.5.tar.Z.asc
     245 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.zip.asc
     245 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.tar.gz.asc
     245 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Nov 14  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.4.tar.Z.asc
     245 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.zip.asc
     245 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.tar.Z.asc
     245 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.2.tar.gz.asc
     245 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.zip.asc
     245 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.tar.gz.asc
     245 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.7dev.1.tar.Z.asc
     245 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.zip.asc
     245 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.tar.gz.asc
     245 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.6.tar.Z.asc
     245 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.zip.asc
     245 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.tar.gz.asc
     245 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Oct  2  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.5.tar.Z.asc
     245 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.zip.asc
     245 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.tar.gz.asc
     245 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Sep 18  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.4.tar.Z.asc
     245 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.zip.asc
     245 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.tar.gz.asc
     245 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Sep 10  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.3.tar.Z.asc
     245 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.zip.asc
     245 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.tar.gz.asc
     245 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Sep  3  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.2.tar.Z.asc
     245 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.zip.asc
     245 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.tar.gz.asc
     245 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.tar.bz2.asc
     245 Aug 31  2006 lynx2.8.6pre.1.tar.Z.asc

Version-level Patches

 Size    Date   Time  Filename
 ======= =====  ===== =========
  217629 Apr 27 17:19 2.8.7dev.9.patch.gz
  855444 Feb 17 14:05 2.8.7dev.8.patch.gz
    3575 Aug  2  2007 2.8.7dev.7.patch.gz
  590083 Aug  2  2007 2.8.7dev.6.patch.gz
  169998 May 17  2007 2.8.7dev.5.patch.gz
    1538 May  9  2007 2.8.6rel.5.patch.gz
    1762 Nov 15  2006 2.8.6rel.4.patch.gz
    2551 Nov 14  2006 2.8.7dev.4.patch.gz
  101417 Nov 12  2006 2.8.7dev.3.patch.gz
    2646 Nov  6  2006 2.8.6rel.3.patch.gz
   72006 Nov  6  2006 2.8.7dev.2.patch.gz
   38385 Oct 12  2006 2.8.7dev.1.patch.gz
    3498 Oct 12  2006 2.8.6rel.2.patch.gz
   59989 Oct 10  2006 2.8.6pre.6.patch.gz
   47272 Oct  2  2006 2.8.6pre.5.patch.gz
   12215 Sep 18  2006 2.8.6pre.4.patch.gz
    9696 Sep 10  2006 2.8.6pre.3.patch.gz
   82710 Sep  3  2006 2.8.6pre.2.patch.gz
     991 Aug 31  2006 2.8.6pre.1.patch.gz
    2445 Apr 22  2004 2.8.5rel.2.patch.gz
    2288 Feb  4  2004 2.8.5rel.1.patch.gz
    1686 Sep 12  2002 lynx2.8.4rel.1d.patch.gz
    2736 Aug 18  2002 lynx2.8.4rel.1c.patch.gz
    3475 Oct  6  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1b.patch.gz
    3065 Jul 23  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1a.patch.gz
   13927 Jul 17  2001 2.8.4rel.1.patch.gz
     679 Jun  2  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1c.patch.gz
    2851 May 21  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1b.patch.gz
    6621 May  5  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1a.patch.gz
    2278 Apr 23  2000 2.8.3rel.1.patch.gz

PGP Signatures For Version-level Patches

 Size    Date   Time  Filename
 ======= =====  ===== =========
     245 Apr 27 17:21 2.8.7dev.9.patch.gz.asc
     245 Feb 17 14:06 2.8.7dev.8.patch.gz.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 2.8.7dev.7.patch.gz.asc
     245 Aug  2  2007 2.8.7dev.6.patch.gz.asc
     245 May 17  2007 2.8.7dev.5.patch.gz.asc
     245 May 10  2007 2.8.6rel.5.patch.gz.asc
     245 Nov 15  2006 2.8.6rel.4.patch.gz.asc
     245 Nov 15  2006 2.8.6rel.3.patch.gz.asc
     245 Nov 14  2006 2.8.7dev.3.patch.gz.asc
     245 Nov 14  2006 2.8.7dev.4.patch.gz.asc
     245 Nov  6  2006 2.8.7dev.2.patch.gz.asc
     245 Oct 12  2006 2.8.7dev.1.patch.gz.asc
     245 Oct 12  2006 2.8.6rel.2.patch.gz.asc
     245 Oct 10  2006 2.8.6rel.1.patch.gz.asc
     245 Oct 10  2006 2.8.6pre.6.patch.gz.asc
     245 Oct  2  2006 2.8.6pre.5.patch.gz.asc
     245 Sep 18  2006 2.8.6pre.4.patch.gz.asc
     245 Sep 10  2006 2.8.6pre.3.patch.gz.asc
     245 Sep  3  2006 2.8.6pre.2.patch.gz.asc
     245 Aug 31  2006 2.8.6pre.1.patch.gz.asc
     245 Apr 22  2004 2.8.5rel.2.patch.gz.asc
     245 Feb  4  2004 2.8.5rel.1.patch.gz.asc
     245 Jan  8  2004 lynx2.8.4rel.1d.patch.gz.asc
     245 Jan  8  2004 lynx2.8.4rel.1c.patch.gz.asc
     245 Jan  8  2004 lynx2.8.4rel.1b.patch.gz.asc
     245 Jan  8  2004 lynx2.8.4rel.1a.patch.gz.asc

Release Version in Various Formats

 Size    Date   Time  Filename
 ======= =====  ===== =========
 4600457 May  9  2007 lynx2.8.6rel.5.tar.Z
 2290787 May  9  2007 lynx2.8.6rel.5.tar.bz2
 3195827 May  9  2007 lynx2.8.6rel.5.tar.gz
 3393304 May  9  2007 lynx2.8.6rel.5.zip
 4604371 Nov 15  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.4.tar.Z
 2291156 Nov 15  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.4.tar.bz2
 3195728 Nov 15  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.4.tar.gz
 3393240 Nov 15  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.4.zip
 4610441 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.3.tar.Z
 2278572 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.3.tar.bz2
 3185130 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.3.tar.gz
 3393155 Nov  6  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.3.zip
 4599789 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.2.tar.Z
 2277550 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.2.tar.bz2
 3184917 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.2.tar.gz
 3392927 Oct 12  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.2.zip
 4616405 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.1.tar.Z
 2277552 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.1.tar.bz2
 3184796 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.1.tar.gz
 3392820 Oct 10  2006 lynx2.8.6rel.1.zip
 4318943 Feb  4  2004 lynx2.8.5rel.1.tar.Z
 2177287 Feb  4  2004 lynx2.8.5rel.1.tar.bz2
 2984352 Feb  4  2004 lynx2.8.5rel.1.tar.gz
 3175700 Feb  4  2004 lynx2.8.5rel.1.zip
    1686 Sep 12  2002 lynx2.8.4rel.1d.patch.gz
    2736 Aug 18  2002 lynx2.8.4rel.1c.patch.gz
    3475 Oct  6  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1b.patch.gz
    3065 Jul 23  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1a.patch.gz
 3746594 Jul 17  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1.tar.Z
 1940531 Jul 17  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1.tar.bz2
 2556501 Jul 17  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1.tar.gz
 2761065 Jul 17  2001 lynx2.8.4rel.1.zip
     679 Jun  2  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1c.patch.gz
    2851 May 21  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1b.patch.gz
    6621 May  5  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1a.patch.gz
 3040475 Apr 23  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1.tar.Z
 1631069 Apr 23  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1.tar.bz2
 2037594 Apr 23  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1.tar.gz
 2245486 Apr 23  2000 lynx2.8.3rel.1.zip

Important Documents

 Size    Date   Time  Filename
 ======= =====  ===== =========
  509736 Apr 27 17:10 CHANGES
   18096 Dec 12  1998 CHANGES2.3
   48386 Dec 12  1998 CHANGES2.4
   93248 Dec 12  1998 CHANGES2.5
   41847 Dec 24  1997 CHANGES2.6
   48660 Dec 24  1997 CHANGES2.7
  204024 Oct 10  2006 CHANGES2.8
   59407 Apr 27 17:10 INSTALLATION
   11922 May 23  2004 PROBLEMS
    6664 Oct 12  2006 README
    7922 Dec 15  1999 README.TRST
    7085 May 23  2004 README.chartrans
    6838 Jan  7  2004 README.defines
    5070 Mar 31  2000 README.jp
    4769 Oct 12  2006 README.metrics
   13516 Jan  7  2004 README.rootcerts
    3062 Jan 19  2004 README.ssl
    9713 Apr 27 17:10 README.sslcerts

DOS/Win32

A release of Lynx and pointers to Lynx for DOS386+ and Win32 are available from:
http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm
A release of Lynx built for Win32 with Borland may be found via: http://www.jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/

OS/2

Hobbes

gz, bz2, zip

Gzip can be obtained from any Gnu archive site, e.g., ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gzip/

Bzip 2 home page http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/

Info-Zip home page http://www.info-zip.org/

UNIX binaries and packages

[This section under construction]
You can get some Lynx binaries via the LYBIDO pages.
You can also use your systems' port or package system:
NetBSD
Packages: README.html includes ssl, NLS and IPV6 support
lynx-current includes ssl and NLS support
FreeBSD
Ports for lynx: includes Japanese and ssl flavours
OpenBSD
Already included in 2.5
Mac OS X
Apple downloads
RISC OS
Part of the Unix Porting Project

Natural Language Support / Internationalization

Lynx supports multiple languages through use of gettext. Some message catalogs are bundled in the source distribution's po directory. Also read the notes in About NLS.
Questions or comments can be directed to the lynx-dev@nongnu.org mailing list, which is archived at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/
Updated by: Thomas Dickey
[email]