Agora browser

This page was last updated at: Mar 19, 2026

Agora was a proof of concept browser released in the 1990s. It had an interesting approach; instead of "browsing" the internet, you would install the Agora Browser on a server, use it to request a page, it would request the page, and then email the text of that page to you. A slow process indeed!

The result would be a Text Mode version of the page you requested, similar to other Text Mode browsers like Lynx.

Agora was a web browser that ran on Desktop devices. It was discontinued in 1997.

About Agora

Development Status Discontinued
The developers have announced that the browser won't be developed any more
Launched 1996
Discontinued 1997
Operating System Unix-like
It ran on DEC Alpha servers.
Device platform Desktop
Rendering Engine Text Mode
Official Site Archive link of the Agora homepage