A keyboard-driven terminal web browser with inline image display, tabs, form handling, bookmarks, and AI page summaries. Vim-style keybindings. Feature clone of brrowser.
Built on crust (TUI) and glow (images). Single binary, ~4.8MB.
# Download from releases (Linux/macOS, x86_64/aarch64)
# Or build from source:
git clone https://github.com/isene/scroll
cd scroll
cargo build --release
# Browse a website
scroll isene.org
# Search
scroll g rust terminal browser
# Open local file
scroll file:///path/to/page.htmlPress ? for built-in help. Press q to quit.
| Browsing with inline images | Reading an article |
|---|---|
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- HTML rendering: Headings, paragraphs, lists, links, tables, code blocks, blockquotes, forms
- Inline images: Kitty graphics protocol, sixel, or ASCII art via chafa (auto-detected by glow)
- Tabs: Create, close, undo close, cycle with J/K
- Back/forward navigation: Per-tab history with H/L keys
- Forms: Fill fields, auto-fill from stored passwords, submit via GET/POST
- Bookmarks and quickmarks: Save/recall with b/B and m/'/keys
- Page search:
/to search, n/N for next/prev match - Link following: TAB to cycle links (shown in reverse), ENTER to follow, or type link number
- Site colors: Extracts background/foreground from HTML/CSS, applies to content pane
- Cookies: Persistent cookie storage
- AI summaries: OpenAI GPT page summarization (I key)
- Preferences: Interactive popup (P key) with 20 configurable settings including colors
- Search engines: Google (g), DuckDuckGo (ddg), Wikipedia (w)
- Downloads:
:download URLcommand - Clipboard: Copy URL (y) or focused link (Y) via OSC 52
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| j/k, Down/Up | Scroll line |
| Space, PgDn/PgUp | Page down/up |
| gg | Go to top |
| G, End | Go to bottom |
| Ctrl-D/Ctrl-U | Half page down/up |
| </> | Scroll left/right |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| o | Open URL |
| O | Edit current URL |
| t | Open in new tab |
| H, Backspace | Go back |
| L, Delete | Go forward |
| r | Reload |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| J, Right | Next tab |
| K, Left | Previous tab |
| d | Close tab |
| u | Undo close |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| TAB / S-TAB | Cycle to next/prev link |
| ENTER | Follow focused link or enter link number |
| f | Fill and submit form |
| y | Copy page URL |
| Y | Copy focused link URL |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| / | Search page |
| n / N | Next/prev match |
| b | Bookmark page |
| B | Show bookmarks |
| m + key | Set quickmark |
| ' + key | Go to quickmark |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| i | Toggle images |
| I | AI page summary |
| P | Preferences popup |
| Ctrl-L | Force redraw |
| : | Command mode |
| ? | Help |
| q | Quit |
| Command | Action |
|---|---|
:open URL / :o URL |
Navigate |
:tabopen URL / :to URL |
Open in new tab |
:back / :forward |
History navigation |
:close / :q |
Close tab |
:quit / :qa |
Quit |
:reload |
Reload page |
:bookmark / :bm |
Bookmark current page |
:bookmarks / :bms |
List bookmarks |
:download URL / :dl URL |
Download file |
:help |
Show help |
Settings stored in ~/.scroll/:
config.json- All preferences (colors, homepage, search engine, image mode)bookmarks.json- Saved bookmarksquickmarks.json- Quick access marks (key to URL)passwords.json- Stored credentials (chmod 600)cookies.json- HTTP cookies
| Mode | Method | Quality |
|---|---|---|
auto |
Best available (kitty > sixel > w3m > chafa) | Full color |
ascii |
chafa ASCII art | Text-based |
off |
No images | Fastest |
Change via Preferences (P key) or edit config.json.
Runtime (optional, for full features):
- chafa - ASCII art image fallback
- ImageMagick (
convert) - Image scaling for kitty/sixel curl- AI summary feature
| Tool | Clones | Type |
|---|---|---|
| rush | rsh | Shell |
| crust | rcurses | TUI library |
| glow | termpix | Image display |
| plot | termchart | Charts |
| pointer | RTFM | File manager |
| scroll | brrowser | Web browser |
| crush | - | Rush config UI |
Unlicense - public domain.
Created by Geir Isene (https://isene.org) with extensive pair-programming with Claude Code.