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Gopher is still a thing in certain parts of the enthusiast scene. Notably, https://gopher.floodgap.com/ https://gopher.floodgap.com/ has been running since 199
by einr 8y ago
Gopher is still a thing in certain parts of the enthusiast scene.
Notably, https://gopher.floodgap.com/ https://gopher.floodgap.com/ has been running since 1999 and is still going. It's accessible through a HTTP(S) gateway nowadays too since all common browsers have dropped native Gopher support.
The server also hosts the directory of known currently active Gopher servers:
https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher.floodgap.com/1/world https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher.floodgap.com/1/...
...and of course there is the Hacker News mirror for those net users who don't have HTTP/WorldWideWeb access:
https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher://hngopher.com:70/1 https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher://hngopher.com:...
I have a fanless thin client acting as server as home that runs a little Gopher server just for fun. It's very easy to set up and play with and there are several daemons for it that run on modern operating systems and are available in most package repositories.
- Jaruzel 8y agoSeems an opportunity to plug my Gopher client :) http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-windows http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-wind... There are over 400 gopher sites online currently. I crawled them recently, and drew a map: http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/mapping-gopherspace http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/mapping-gopherspace