This is an archive of the very earliest World Wide Web browsers: those developed between late 1990, when the World Wide Web was invented, and mid-1993, when Mosaic "set the Web free."
- Timeline
- A well-researched history of important moments in the development of the early web
- Archive
- Sources and binaries for the CERN browsers WorldWideWeb/Nexus, LineMode, and MacWWW/SAMBA; and for the independent browsers ViolaWWW, Erwise, tkWWW, MidasWWW, w3browser/FineWWW, Lynx, and Cello
- Emulation
- Run ancient browsers inside your modern browser!
- Links
- Other cool resources about the early Web
- Contact
- Please get in touch if you have leads on missing browser sources or any corrections to the information presented here.
- Access
- These pages are accessible to old and ancient browsers, and the archive is mirrored via Gopher and FTP.
- Updates
- 26.07.2025: GIFs!
- 26.07.2025: Fixed incorrect Viola 3.3 Beta screenshot
- 10.12.2024: Link to Nishi's patched Arena sources (at links)
- 02.12.2024: Link to Nishi's patched tkWWW sources.
- 04.04.2024: Added visitor counter.
- 20.03.2024: Added browser logos to browser pages.
- 18.03.2024: Implemented emulation for all but MacWWW, Erwise, MidasWWW.
- 04.03.2024: Migrated archive to browsers.flanigan.us.