# Does discourse work on the lynx browser or the sea monkey browser?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 16, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160 "2026-08-16T18:43:55Z")
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### Author:  [@OS\_Corsair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OS_Corsair)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160/1 "2026-08-16T18:43:55Z")
Discourse is a really superb platform. But can it be accessed from the lynx browser or even the sea monkey ??
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160/2 "2026-08-16T20:47:29Z")
> [@OS\_Corsair](#):
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> But can it be accessed from the lynx browser or even the sea monkey ??
Unless they are Chrome wrappers (?) I doubt it, as only the main four browsers are explicitly supported, apparently.
Perhaps you could try them and report back?
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### Author:  [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160/3 "2026-08-16T21:02:56Z")
> [@OS\_Corsair](#):
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> lynx browser
This is a text based browser, designed for text based terminals. It has a complete lack of Javascript, css, and image rendering, and RAM usage in the 1-10 megabytes range. It will therefore not be suitable for Discourse unless you want to desperately try to read text topics only.
> [@OS\_Corsair](#):
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> sea monkey
This is a browser that is based off an older version of firefox, specifically version the ancient version 60. It tries to spoof user agent string to work with new browser versions. But Sea Monkey browser had been reported to not work on discourse recently since the end of 2023: [Seamonkey now identified as an unsupported browser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seamonkey-now-identified-as-an-unsupported-browser/288426). You can therefore only use it to read topics in the legacy layout
I also know of a plugin you can try to make discourse work on these older browsers, but definitely not lnyx. You can make seamonkey possibly work out with it, but I am not certain. The plugin is [Dumbcourse – Old-browser friendly UI at /dumb (D-pad + small screens)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dumbcourse-old-browser-friendly-ui-at-dumb-d-pad-small-screens/395104)
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160/4 "2026-08-16T21:12:29Z")
> [@twofoursixeight](#):
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> This is a text based browser, designed for text based terminals.
I have something for that:
> [@\> termcourse: read & post on Discourse instances from the terminal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/termcourse-read-post-on-discourse-instances-from-the-terminal/395285):
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> This is a Terminal App (TUI), just a bit of fun … and a bit experimental at this stage! information_sourceSummary A terminal UI for browsing and posting to Discourse forums with topic lists, full topic views, replies, likes, search, and a built‑in composer.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [GitHub - merefield/termcourse: A terminal based client to access Discourse instances, supporting API keys, username/password (and with MFA token) · GitHub](https://github.com/merefield/termcourse)open_bookInstall Guide README…
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### Author:  [@OS\_Corsair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OS_Corsair)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160/5 "2026-08-17T18:51:51Z")
Thanks a ton 🤩🤩 Many people don’t like js. One of my friends was wondering whether discourse has got an agplv3 licence and an Open source code or not.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160/6 "2026-08-17T19:07:58Z")
> [@OS\_Corsair](#):
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> wondering whether discourse has got an agplv3 licence
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### Author:  [@OS\_Corsair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OS_Corsair)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-work-on-the-lynx-browser-or-the-sea-monkey-browser/410160/7 "2026-08-18T02:42:03Z")
Thanks. My buddy wants create a federated forum out of this software 😊😊😊