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.

Quick Start

# 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.html

Press ? for built-in help. Press q to quit.

Screenshots

Browsing with inline images	Reading an article

Key Features

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 URL command
Clipboard: Copy URL (y) or focused link (Y) via OSC 52

Keyboard Reference

Scrolling

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

Navigation

Key	Action
o	Open URL
O	Edit current URL
t	Open in new tab
H, Backspace	Go back
L, Delete	Go forward
r	Reload

Tabs

Key	Action
J, Right	Next tab
K, Left	Previous tab
d	Close tab
u	Undo close

Links & Forms

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

Search & Bookmarks

Key	Action
/	Search page
n / N	Next/prev match
b	Bookmark page
B	Show bookmarks
m + key	Set quickmark
' + key	Go to quickmark

Other

Key	Action
i	Toggle images
I	AI page summary
P	Preferences popup
Ctrl-L	Force redraw
:	Command mode
?	Help
q	Quit

Commands

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

Configuration

Settings stored in ~/.scroll/:

config.json - All preferences (colors, homepage, search engine, image mode)
bookmarks.json - Saved bookmarks
quickmarks.json - Quick access marks (key to URL)
passwords.json - Stored credentials (chmod 600)
cookies.json - HTTP cookies

Image Modes

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.

Dependencies

Runtime (optional, for full features):

chafa - ASCII art image fallback
ImageMagick (convert) - Image scaling for kitty/sixel
curl - AI summary feature

Part of the Fe2O3 Rust Terminal Suite

See the Fe₂O₃ suite overview and the landing page for the full list of projects.

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

License

Unlicense - public domain.

Credits

Created by Geir Isene (https://isene.org) with extensive pair-programming with Claude Code.