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Gopher In LDPL

GILD is a gopher client for the terminal written in LDPL, an easy to learn language for programmers of all ages.

Features:

  • Surf your favorite Gopherholes in glorious technicolor!
  • Quick, no-nonsense prompt-based navigation.
  • Supports menus, files, and searches.

NOTE: If you are looking for a more full-featured Gopher client that still has pretty colors, check out phetch.

~ Screencast ~

~ Usage ~

Usage: gild URL

$ gild gopher.black
$ gild gopher://hngopher.com/live/p1/
$ gild gopher://port70.dk/1/motd

~ Install ~

Linux and Mac binaries can be downloaded from https://github.com/xvxx/gild/releases:

Just unzip/untar the gild binary into your $PATH get going!

~ Building Source ~

Building from source requires LDPL 4.3.

  1. With ldpl in your path, clone this repo and build it:

    git clone https://github.com/xvxx/gild cd gild make build

  2. Now visit your favorite gopher servers!

    ./gild bitreich.org

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