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The Gopher protocol is a communications 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 presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages, but ultimately fell into disfavor, yielding to the | The [[Wikipedia:Gopher protocol|Gopher protocol]] is a communications 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 presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages, but ultimately fell into disfavor, yielding to the [[Wikipedia:HTTP|HTTP]]. | ||
The Gopher protocol was first described in RFC | The Gopher protocol was first described in <nowiki>RFC 1436</nowiki>. | ||
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=== Gopher clients === | |||
* [https://bombadillo.colorfield.space/ bombadillo] | |||
* [https://thelambdalab.xyz/elpher/ elpher] (emacs client) | |||
* [https://invisible-island.net/lynx/ lynx] | |||
* Pre-Quantum Gecko browsers via [https://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/d?ff38 OverbiteFF] | |||
* Firefox Quantum via [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/overbitewx/ OverbiteWX] (proxy-based) or [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/overbitenx/ OverbiteNX] (experimental, native) | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:56, 22 June 2022
The Gopher protocol is a communications 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 presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages, but ultimately fell into disfavor, yielding to the HTTP.
The Gopher protocol was first described in RFC 1436.
Providers on tildeverse
Gopher clients
- bombadillo
- elpher (emacs client)
- lynx
- Pre-Quantum Gecko browsers via OverbiteFF
- Firefox Quantum via OverbiteWX (proxy-based) or OverbiteNX (experimental, native)