Web2Gopher
Gopher is an internet protocol, like HTTP, that serves up information and files in simple, easy to navigate directories. It gopher has been a sister technology to the World Wide Web since the early 1990s. Unlike the web, gopher has avoided commercialization and stayed true to its origin as an information sharing system.
Unfortunately, not all web browsers support gopher. If you are using Lynx, OmniWeb 5.9.2 or later, Firefox prior to 4.0, SeaMonkey prior to 2.0, or Camino, then you should be able to browse gopher sites as you would any website. Your mileage will vary with other browsers. For a more thorough treatment of which browsers do and do not work with gopher, please read this article.
If you do not have a gopher-friendly browser, worry not. Web2Gopher should be able to detect your browser and automatically funnel you through an http:// proxy, so that you may transparently browse gopherspace on any web browser. You can also access gopher through any of the three proxy services listed below. If you'd prefer the old-fashioned static page, you can go here.
If you think your browser should work with gopher, but you're being redirected through a proxy, you can click here to use gopher natively.
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Gopher Sites
General:
- gopher.floodgap.com (good starting point)
- quux.org (good starting point)
- gopher.holviala.com (The Gopher Archive, gopher software)
- schot.a-eskwadraat.nl (AWK, mirrors: Jargon File, WELL gopher, Suckless.org)
- aerv.nl (English & Dutch)
- port70.net (English & Hungarian)
- namcub.accela-labs.com (tons of ebooks, manga, pictures, torrents, and more)
- gopher.rp.spb.su (music, writings, fonts, English & Russian)
- gopher.shii.org (Buddhism, Ron Paul, Gopher, art, etc.)
- gopher.386server.info (miscellania)
- gopher.meulie.net (gopher software, assorted writings)
- zzo38computer.cjb.net (writings, games, pictures, software)
- pongonova.org (gopher software, Defensive Use of Firearms mailing list archive)
- zcrayfish.dyndns.org (pictures, Linux, miscellania)
- redhill.net.nz (conspiracy theory, science, gardening, survival)
- gopher.su/ (phlogs, 70chan, miscellania)
- port70.dk (miscellania)
Specific Topics:
- gopher.std.com (Online Book Initiative)
- mirror.lug.udel.edu (open source mirror, lots of linux distros and software)
- karel.tt.ee (software, mostly for Windows)
- telefisk.org (for Amiga computer fans)
- gopher.info-underground.net (Information Underground podcast, personal sites)
- lottalinuxlinks.com (Linux audio zine)
- gopher.r-36.net (screenshots and software, mostly for Plan 9)
- gopher.wensley.org.uk (software)
- moo.ca (public code of Canadian MOO)
- primiscomputers.com (Apollo Project)
- sipb.mit.edu (links to whois servers)
- archive.ntp.org (Network Time Protocol)
- gopher.carnagevisors.net (DEC Documents)
- bbs.nsysu.edu.tw (Chinese language bulletin board archive)
- bbsorillia.com (bulletin board mirror)
- gopher.iesanet.com.br (Instituto Cenecista de Ensino Superior de Santo Angelo, Portuguese)
Personal:
- sdf.lonestar.org (many personal gopher sites)
- sdf-eu.org (European personal gopher sites)
- gopher.srcf.ucam.org (personal sites from Cambridge Students)
- retro-net.org (a few personal gopher sites)
- gopher.docfile.org (Russian & English, personal sites)
- gopher.3d2.org (internet hosting, blog mirror)
- gopher.thurman.org.uk (games, photos, reddit mirror, Thurman family info)
- aora.nux.be (a personal gopher site, more French)
- goffer.dyn-o-saur.com (programs, etc)
- gopher.robsayers.com (mostly computer-related)
- g.caffeine-powered.net (conspiracy & occult)
- quix.us (Quasi-Indefatigable Xenolith)
- firien.helluin.org (LaTeX, computers, philosophy)
- pellen.fr (Miscellania, French)
- seanm.ca (humor)
- isisunveiled.no-ip.org (collected writings)
- gopher.386server.info (lots of writing, gopher software)
- gopher.viste-family.net (RFCs ASCII art, software, some Polish)
- glog.fosconetwork.org (writing, software, French)
- felix.gemenii.ro (writings, free operating systems)
- jgw.mdns.org (miscellania)
- geckopfote.dyn-o-saur.com (German & English, computers)
- gopher.pcrpg.org (photography)
- kalb.ath.cx (various texts, mostly Catholic)
- www.terminalcore.net (miscellania)
- go.nickshanks.com (assorted writing and software)
- gopher.studiolab45.net (miscellania)
- schot.a-eskwadraat.nl (AWK and Unix)
- gopher.sacrideo.us (writings, software, Scheme)
- gopher.fnordpol.de (English & German)
- hennesy.homelinux.org (German, DOS games, security, and music)
- nickmaslon.com(photos)
- xn--9bi.net (phlog)
- thinkindifferent.net (constructed languages, government documents)
- serenity.homeunix.org (miscellania)
- gopher.studiolab45.net (writing, pictures)
- pineapple.vg (computers, humor, pictures)
- antono.info (Phrack Magazine mirror, miscellania)
- jack-gopher.dyndns.org (miscellania)
- oceamer.com (phlogging, mostly French)
- gopher.kvanals.org (mirror of website, blog, miscellania)
- blog.signalnine.net (blog mirror)
- ncc-1701a.homelinux.net (miscellania, mirror of WikiBerd)
- uninformativ.de (miscellania, English & German)
- i-logout.cz/ (phlog, computers)
- antono.info (Phrack archive, computers, humor)
Http:// Gopher Proxies
Gopher Information
General:
- Gopher (Wikipedia)
- Go! Go! Gadget Gopher! (infomantic.net)
- 7 Fun Sites You Can Only Find on the Gopher Internet (tekeeze.com)
- What Is Gopher? (floodgap.com)
- About Gopher (floodgap.com)
- Down the Gopher Hole (Tidbits)
- Digging Up Info on Gopher (Six Apart)
- Gopher: Underground Technology (Wired)
- Why Is Gopher Still Relevant? (floodgap.com)
- Gopher Protocol (TCP/IP Guide)
- The Internet Gopher (codeghost.com)
- Gopher Tunnels On (ars technica)
- Gopher Manifesto (scn.org)
- Gopher FAQ
How-To:
- Setting up a personal gopher site on SDF.org
- Setting up a personal gopher site on Retro-Net.org
- How to set up a gopher server on Windows
- Bucktooth user's guide
- Motsognir User Manual
- Gophermap How-to
- Germ gopherlog how-to
Technical:
- RFC 1436
- Gopher+ Proposal
- Protocol: Gopher
- Client Server Programming Gopher Protocol
- 3-D Gopherspace proposal
Gopher Software
Clients/Browsers:
- OverbiteFF (Multi-platform, requires Firefox or SeaMonkey)
- Overbite Chrome (Multi-platform, requires Google Chrome)
- Overbite Android (Android OS)
- Gopher Client (Windows)
- GopherBrowse (iPhone/iPad)
- Classilla (Mac OS 8 & 9)
- GopherVR (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Gopher (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Vonkeror (Windows, Linux)
- Digger Dwarf (Windows, Linux)
- Turbo Gopher (Mac OS)
- Gnopher (Gnome desktop)
- kio_gopher (Unix, Linux, BSD, requires Konqueror)
- nano gopher (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, requires snarf)
- HyperLink (Commodore 64)
- RedGopher (Multi-platform)
- cURL/libcurl (command line tool and library for data transfer)
- snarf (command line resource fetcher)
Servers:
- Bucktooth(Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Pygopherd (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD--gopher & http)
- GoFish(Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD--gopher & http)
- Gophernicus (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Motsognir (Windows, Linux)
- Geomyidae (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Mgod (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Jgopherd (Multi-Platform
- Gophserv (Multi-Platform)
- Gopher Cannon (Windows)
- Gopherexx (Amiga)
- Goscher (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Gophrier (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- Sgopherd(Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- gogopherd (Mac OSX, Linux, BSD)
- GN (Unix, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD--gopher & http)
- Aftershock (Multi-Platform)
- Gopherd (Plan 9, direct download)
- GopherSurfer (Mac OS)
Other:
- Jugtail (gopher search engine)
- GopherBlock (gopher application toolkit)
- Gophcatch (checks gopher sites for updates)
- WP2Gopher (convert WordPress blogs to gopherlogs)
- wt's gopher software archive (clients, phlogging scripts, etc.)
- libWWW (client-side API for network programming)
- Squid (caching proxy that supports gopher)
- Nmap (network & security utility)
- germ (dynamic blosxom-like gopherlog)
- Nb2Gopher (gopherlog engine based on nanoblogger)
- Gopher modules on CPAN
- Net_Gopher (PHP wrapper for using gopher)
Other Resources
Discussions:
- comp.infosystems.gopher at Google Groups
- Gopher Project Discussion List
- #gopherproject irc on Freenode
Miscellaneous:
- Get your own free gopher site at SDF
- Get your own free gopher site at Retronet
- Get your own free gopher site at gopher.su
- OpenNIC .gopher domains
- Flood Feeds Free News Feeds
- Groundhog Weather Forecast
- Find your IP
- Official Danish Spelling Dictionary
- Unix Tip of the Day
- Current Moon Phase
- ROT13 Translator
Fun
On Gopher:
- Twitpher (Gopher-Twitter Gateway)
- Gopherchan (Like 4Chan/Reddit)
- 70chan (gopher messageboard)
- Hangman Game
- Adventure Cave Crawler Game
- Gopher Getaway
- Hunt the Wumpus Game
- Figlet Gateway (Create ASCII art)
- Robot Find Kitten Game
- Matchsticks Game
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Tic-Tac-Toe
- Today in History
On the Web: