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author: Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200
committer: Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" >
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> 
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/gopher/style.css">
+<title>Gopher</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<a href="https://wittamore.fr/gopher"><img src="/gopher/images/gopher-dark.png" width="100px" alt="gopher"></a><br>
+<h1>What is Gopher?</h1>
+<p>
+The Gopher protocol is a communication protocol designed for distributing, 
+searching, and retrieving documents in Internet Protocol networks. The 
+design of the Gopher protocol and user interface is menu-driven, and 
+presents an alternative to the World Wide Web for those who have become tired
+of it, and where many parts of the world cannot even connect due to bloat.
+</p>
+<h2>Why Gopher?</h2>
+<p>
+Gopher is one of the <a href="/gopher/en/smolnet.html">smolnet</a> 
+protocols that is having a regain of interest due to the 
+smothering of the world wide web by corporate interests, AI slop, and overcomplexity, 
+where your personal data makes them money and you are the product.
+Gopher is a tried and trusted, simple, plain text solution that can serve text, 
+images, documents, videos, audio, streaming, etc. and can link to almost
+any other protocol as long as your client, or browser, supports it.
+</p>
+<p> 
+Gopher has no javascript, cookies, css, or formatting tags to ruin your day, only content and 
+clearly defined links. It's simplicity is by design, and because of this, 
+it is the ideal trampoline towards other smolnet protocols,
+like gemini:// or spartan://, and a host of others.
+No, you are not condemmed to be eternally feeding from the trough of corporate interests,
+there's a whole other universe out there.  
+</p> 
+
+<h2>How does it work?</h2>
+<p>
+Over 300 gopher servers exist today, and the number is increasing. Many of them are aggregators, 
+i.e. they allow people to run their own phlogs (gopher blogs) without any knowledge of programming 
+or need to run their own Gopher servers.
+</p><p>
+One can find poetry,blogs, novels, technical writings, politics, humour, etc. all in plain text and without
+adverts, pop-ups, or any kind of graphical or commercial disturbance. Content is king on Gopher. 
+Also, gopher servers send no cookies, use javascript, or create user profiling. 
+</p>
+<p>
+If you are more technically inclined and would prefer to host your own gopher server, 
+it's quite simple, like the gopher protocol itself. A gopher server can be written 
+in a few lines of Bash script. More sophisticated servers like 
+<a href="https://github.com/gophernicus/gophernicus">gophernicus</a> 
+allow for an up to date and secure solution and are readily available.
+</p>
+
+<h2>How do I use it?</h2>
+<p>
+A Gopher client, or browser is often a matter of personal taste, much like the world wide web of
+old until a certain global corporation took over web browsing for their own benefit.
+Gopher serves up plain text, so it's up to the client to render it nicely.
+</p>
+<p> 
+<a href="https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/">Lagrange</a> is a popular graphical browser,
+while <a href="https://lynx.invisible-island.net/">Lynx</a> in a terminal is a classic solution. 
+You might also like a modern multiprotocol client such as <a href="https://sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/">Chawan</a> 
+that enables you to browse various smolnet protocols as well as the web without skipping a beat.
+Whether you use Windows, Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD, or any other operating system, there's a solution for you.
+</p>
+<p>
+There are also web proxies that allow someone with ony a web browser to visit gopher holes. However 
+they are a temporary solution, not a replacement for a dedicated Gopher client.
+</p>
+ 
+<h2>Where do I go from here?</h2>
+<p>
+Try it out! You might be surprised at the simplicity of the text only pages, but you'll 
+quickly appreciate the speed of access due to lack of bloat, and the ease of browsing.
+Gopher only as good as it's content, it doesn't rely on fancy graphics to replace a lack of substance, 
+so don't hesitate to add your own writings! We are looking forward to reading them.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Screenshots</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="/gopher/images/lagrange.png">Lagrange</a></li>
+<li><a href="/gopher/images/chawan_1.png">Chawan</a></li>
+<li><a href="/gopher/images/lynx_1.png">Lynx</a></li>
+<li><a href="/gopher/images/gopher_elpher.png">Elpher</a></li>
+<li><a href="/gopher/images/gopher_gophercle_android.jpg">Gophercle</a></li>
+<li><a href="/gopher/images/gopher_little_gopher_client_mac.png">Little gopher client</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Links</h2>
+<h3>Client software</h3>
+<ul>
+	<li><a href="https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/">Lagrange</a> a GUI Gopher and Gemini client</li>
+	<li><a href="https://sr.ht/~julienxx/Castor/">Castor</a> a GUI Gopher and Gemini client</li>
+	<li><a href="https://lynx.invisible-island.net/">Lynx</a> a classic gopher and web client for the terminal</li>
+	<li><a href="https://sr.ht/~bptato/chawan/">Chawan</a> a multi-protocol client for the terminal</li>
+	<li><a href="https://thelambdalab.xyz/elpher/">Elpher</a> a gopher client for Emacs</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Web browser extensions</h3>
+<ul>
+	<li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/overbitewx/">OverbiteWX</a> an add-on for Mozilla Firefox</li>
+	<li><a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/burrow-gopherspace-explor/plhaaggiajlcjclagmjnjmaonhkdhhji">Burrow</a> an add-on for Google Chrome</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Web proxies</h3>
+<ul>
+	<li><a href="https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/">Floodgap Public Gopher Proxy</a></li>
+	<li><a href="https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/">Gopherproxy</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Some random Gopher links</h3>
+<ul>
+    <li><a href="gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/1/">Floodgap</a></li>
+	<li><a href="gopher://wittamore.fr">PAW</a></li>
+	<li><a href="gopher://lucio.albenga.es:70/1/">LFA</a></li>
+	<li><a href="gopher://gopherproject.org:70/1/">Gopher project</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+</body>
+</html>
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> 
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/gopher/style.css">
+<title>Gopher:Smolnet</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<a href="https://wittamore.fr/gopher"><img src="/gopher/images/gopher-dark.png" width="100px"></a><br>
+<h1>Smolnet</h1>
+<p>The SmolNet consists of content available through alternative protocols outside the web such as 
+<a href="https://geminiprotocol.net/">gemini://</a> 
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)">gopher://</a> 
+<a href="https://github.com/gopher-protocol/gopher-plus/blob/main/gopherplus.md">Gopher+</a> 
+gophers:// 
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)">finger://</a> 
+<a href="https://portal.mozz.us/spartan/spartan.mozz.us/">spartan://</a> 
+<a href="https://textprotocol.org/">text://</a> 
+<a href="https://supertxt.net/00-intro.html">SuperText</a> 
+<a href="https://nightfall.city/nex/info/specification.txt">nex://</a> 
+<a href="https://github.com/zzo38/scorpion">scorpion://</a> 
+<a href="https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/the-mercury-protocol.gmi">mercury://</a> 
+<a href="https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/transjovian.org/page/Titan">titan://</a> 
+<a href="https://github.com/dimkr/guppy-protocol">guppy://</a> 
+<a href="https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/scrollprotocol.us.to/">scroll://</a> 
+<a href="https://molerat.trinket.icu/">molerat://</a> 
+<a href="https://github.com/runvnc/tersenet/blob/master/README.md">terse://</a> 
+<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/fsp/code/ci/master/tree/doc/PROTOCOL">fsp://</a>. 
+There is a <a href="https://dbohdan.com/archive/scorpion/zzo38computer.org/smallweb.txt">summary</a> 
+of the main SmolNet protocols. Related protocols include 
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet">telnet://</a>, 
+<a href="https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Usenet">nntp:// or news://</a> and 
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT">dict://</a> 
+and more obscure things like <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc865">QOTD</a> 
+or <a href="https://managing.blue/2010/12/20/tcpmux-a-mostly-overlooked-tcp-service/">TCPMUX</a>.
+</p>
+<p>
+source: <a href="https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/SmolNet">wiki.archiveteam.org</a>
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</html>
author	Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com>	2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200
committer	Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com>	2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200
commit	420ceb49b53a8fa9d8ba8443e42e50cd7bd7cea9 (patch)
tree	3009f0564d75e3f7d1ca38507e7ebb92deaded07 /gopher/en