# 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
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**Created:** [16 augustus 2026 om 18:43 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: ![twofoursixeight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/twofoursixeight/32/574822_2.png) [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)
#### Post date: [16 augustus 2026 om 21:02 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")

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> [@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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