[home]__________________________________________________________________[dark] | | | The Fingerverse: The First Frontier. | | | | These are the travels of netizens. Embarking on a lifelong mission: to | | explore new servers; to seek out plan files and communities; to go forth | | where few have gone before. | |____________________________________________________________________________| .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) -- The Charted Public Fingerverse -- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Communities : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger://happynetbox.com | Perfect for ASCII pages | | | | | | https://happynetbox.com | | | https://benbrown.com/home/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://plan.cat | Classic Finger with modern features | | | | | | https://plan.cat | | | https://jcs.org | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://flounder.online | Free Gemini capsules & finger | | | | | | https://flounder.online | | | https://alex.flounder.online | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://thebackupbox.net/ring | A new community is born | | | | | | https://v.gd/aRumG2 (mozz.us) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://tildeverse.org | https://tildeverse.org | | | | | | https://tildeverse.org/members/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://telehack.com | .plan pages autogenerated by system | | | | | | https://telehack.com/telehack.html | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://sdf.org (info only) | Closed: SSH access or KnownUser@sdf.org | | | | | | https://sdf.org | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Personal Domain : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger://typed-hole.org | additional services (aka: @9til.de) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://1436.ninja | personal site | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://skyjake.fi/jaakko | Lagrange Browser | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://redterminal.org | personal site | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Services : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger://typed-hole.org/textfile | Random file from textfiles.com | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger ^"location"@graph.no | Current Weather via Finger. | | | https://github.com/ways/fingr/ | | finger://graph.no/^'location' | | | | finger @graph.no | | | finger ^"roswell, new mexico"@graph.no | | | | | | finger://graph.no/^'Death Valley, CA' | | | finger://^'Death Valley, CA'@graph.no | | | | | | gopher://graph.no:79/0^'Maui, Hawaii' | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://typed-hole.org/cyoa | Choose Your Own Adventure | | | | | | Underground Kingdom by Edward Packard | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://danq.me/blog | Realtime Wordpress to Finger blogging | | | | | | https://danq.me/2022/11/17/wp-finger/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://typed-hole.org/smog | Saturday Morning Gemzine from The Free | | | Internet. Last Issue: 06feb2021 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) ----------- Syntax Help ------------ (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Finger Syntax | finger benbrown@happynetbox.com | | | | | | finger://plan.cat/jcs | | | | | | finger://julien@typed-hole.org | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Gopher clients | gopher://flounder.online:79/0alex | | are also | | | Finger clients | : 79 is the port number Finger uses | | | : add a zero before the username | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | Source (entry 2023-02-21): | | | | | | gemini://ruario.flounder.online/journal-2023-04.gmi | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) ---- Connect to the Fingerverse ---- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Terminal Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger | https://manpages.org/finger | | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol) | | | https://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/ | | | | | | The finger program was written in 1971 by Les Earnest for | | | the time-sharing, mainframe OS appropriately named WAITS. | | | | | | For perspective: the first computers were being connected, | | | in 1969, to the newly developed ARPANET. The Network Control| | | Protocol was implemented in 1970. In 1971, the first ARPANET| | | network mail was sent. (source: wikipedia) | | | | | | And right there, at the start of it all... finger. | | | | | | Of note: Finger was "probably the earliest form of presence | | | information for remote network users." | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Origins of the Finger Command (Les Earnest, 1990) | | | | | | finger://happynetbox.com/originsfinger | | | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17006486 (2018) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | lynx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) | | | https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/ | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Remove background images (can't find similar for Chrome): | | | | | | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/no-color/ | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | The initial release of Lynx, in 1992, included a hypertext | | | browser. In 1993, version 2.0 was released which enabled it | | | with internet capabilities. These dates say that Lynx is the| | | oldest browser still being developed today! | | | | | | In addition to the protocols it supports (finger, http(s), | | | gopher, file://, ftp, nntp, wais, cso, lynxcgi, lynxexec), | | | Lynx can also be found on an inspiring number of platforms. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | TIP: "lynx finger://happynetbox.com/fingerverse" will take | | | the raw ASCII page and convert it into a monospaced HTML | | | page with clickable links. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Newcomers might be interested in this tweak to the default | | | behavior of the Up/Down arrow key (it's a favorite of mine):| | | | | | (sudo) edit /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg | | | | | | #KEYMAP:UPARROW:PREV_LINK (TO) KEYMAP:UPARROW:UP_TWO | | | #KEYMAP:DNARROW:NEXT_LINK (TO) KEYMAP:DNARROW:DOWN_TWO | | | | | | Links, forms and others no longer interfere with scrolling | | | using the Up/Down arrows. Smooth scrolling on any page. | | | Navigate links with TAB and Shift + TAB. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | curl | https://curl.se | | | | | | curl gopher://happynetbox.com:79/0codepage437 (8-bit) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Bopher-NG | https://git.sr.ht/~luxferre/Bopher-NG | | | | | | About as polished of a gopher client as I've seen and it's | | | all written in pure BASH. Includes additional useful gopher | | | and gemini text processing tools. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | offpunk | https://sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk/ | | | | | | Gemini, Gopher, Spartan and Web support. Collects and | | | synchronizes pages for offline viewing. Will also browse | | | pages in real time. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | gopherus | https://gopherus.sourceforge.net | | | https://mateusz.viste.fr/software/ | | | | | | Modern, multiplatform. Includes DOS support! | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | phetch | https://github.com/xvxx/phetch | | | | | | note: was not able to get this working; libssl.so.3 issue : | | | a shame because it seems pretty full-featured. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | ddwarf | https://mateusz.viste.fr/software/ddwarf | | | | | | Linux, Windows. I love the DOS-like feel of the program. | | | From the colors used to the ESC key to exit. Everything | | | about this program says DOS (even if it wasn't written for | | | that platform). Gopherus now replaces Digger Dwarf. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | bollux | https://git.sr.ht/~radiocane/bollux | | | | | | bollux [URL] (gemini, spartan, gopher) | | | | | | o : open a link on the current page | | | g : goto a new URL | | | G : goto new URL, current URL pre-filled | | | [ : previous page | | | ] : next page in history | | | q : quit | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | bombadillo | https://bombadillo.colorfield.space | | | | | | syntax: finger://username@example.com | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Issue: 64bit (bombadillo-2.3.3) failed: GLIBC_2.32 not found| | | | | | Fix : 32bit (bombadillo-2.3.3/linux) ran without issue. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | start : ./bombadillo | | | help : man ./bombadillo.1 | | | | | | j : scroll down | | | k : scroll up | | | b : navigate back a page | | | f : navigates forward a page | | | q : closes the application | | | | | | space : enter URLs, commands or numbered link | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | dfinger | https://github.com/KikyTokamuro/dfinger | | | | | | A dedicated finger client written in the D language. Has | | | performed well in my testing. Available in source, compiles | | | easily (sudo apt install dub). | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger-client| https://github.com/alexmullins/finger-client | | | | | | Like dfinger, finger-client is also a program written to | | | access the finger protocol exclusively. Written in Rust, a | | | precompiled binary is available. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Desktop Graphical Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Lagrange | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ | | | https://gmi.skyjake.fi | | | | | | Top-rated & full-featured Gemini, Gopher and Finger client. | | | | | | Additionally, it supports Spartan, Titan, Nex as well as | | | seamless file:// system browsing. As a file manager it has | | | built-in image and mp3/ogg/wav support. It will also quickly| | | open unsupported filetypes with the OS's default program. | | | | | | Listed on its [about:help] page is support for split view, | | | persistence, image/audio support, gemini/atom feeds, gempub,| | | books, view internal zip archives and much more. | | | | | | Going through the [about:help] page will help you get the | | | most out of Lagrange because of its many well thought-out | | | features. | | | | | | A multiplatform powerhouse with support for: Linux, Windows,| | | macOS, iOS (TestFlight) and Android (F-Droid, github). | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Kristall | https://random-projects.net/projects/ | | | https://kristall.random-projects.net | | | | | | Along with Lagrange, one of the top graphical browsers for | | | GeminiSpace. Platforms: Linux, *BSDs, Windows and macOS. | | | | | | Kristall's protocol support includes: Gemini, Gopher and | | | direct support for Finger. | | | | | | It displays http/s html content surprisingly well with the | | | expected rendering issues on modern sites. | | | | | | On less demanding html sites, Kristall does a remarkable job| | | considering how young the browser is and that HTML is a | | | secondary focus. | | | | | | I love all the config options available and the built-in | | | search. Kristall is a top-tier browser that just happens to | | | focus on the smolnet. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Settings: proper monospace on all ASCII pages (finger) and | | | HTML preformatted seems to require the following: | | | | | | File -> Settings -> Style... | | | | | | Both the [Standard] Font and [Preformatted] Font must be | | | changed to monospace (or similar). Larger font, nice too:-) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Dillo | https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo-plugin-gopher | | | | | | https://dillo-browser.github.io | | | https://dillo-browser.github.io/user_help.html | | | | | | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847613 (ver 3.1.0) | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Syntax: gopher://happynetbox.com:79/0fingerverse | | | | | | Cross platform: Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows, Atari and on | | | FreeDOS/DOSBox via DilloDOS. | | | | | | Supports: gemini, gopher/finger, ftp, spartan(?), file:// | | | and the light web (~html 4.1, css 2.1, no js, http/s). | | | | | | Dillo's support for gemini, gopher, and finger (via gopher) | | | comes via plugins. Its powerful plugin system is used to | | | provide most services within Dillo. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | I found the following edits to be helpful (for me): | | | | | | sudo edit /etc/dillo/dillorc | | | | | | * increase font_factor=1.75 | | | * bg_color=0xFAF9F6 | | | * geometry=1600x900 | | | * start_page="file:/home/path.to/filename.html" | | | * home="file:/home/path.to/filename.html" | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | gophie | https://github.com/jankammerath/gophie | | | | | | Finger syntax: gopher://happynetbox.com:79/1/debug | | | | | | Both the linux and Java versions performed well. One issue..| | | the input box to enter a URL is too small. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Castor | Steps for an Ubuntu/Mint based install (24jan2024): | | | | | | 1. https://git.sr.ht/~julienxx/castor | | | 2. click on "ec77c753" (version tested on 24jan2024) | | | 3. download ".tar.gz" | | | 4. The following on a Single Line: | | | apt install build-essential rustc cargo libgtk-3-dev | | | libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libssl-dev | | | 5. make (from directory of extracted .tar.gz file) | | | 6. sudo make install (system integration) | | | 7. file is empty : ~/.config/castor/settings.toml | | | | | | settings.toml : https://sr.ht/~julienxx/Castor/ | | | also here ... : https://archive.ph/9JW9p & on Wayback | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Included here because: (1) Direct Finger support, (2) it's a| | | Graphical Client and (3) the install process was smooth. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | Lengthy install, lots of bits. Final binary was only 8.3mbs | | | but coupled with many supporting libraries. Worth it! I like| | | having another Graphical Finger/Gopher/Gemini client. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Gopher | http://runtimeterror.com/tools/gopher/ | | | | | | Last update 2017 but works great as a finger client (tested:| | | Linux). Portable with support for Windows, Linux and macOS. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Mobile OS Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Plan Poke | https://www.borovia.co (iOS) | | | | | | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plan-poke/id1606247516 | | | | | | Supports: iOS, iPadOS and visionOS | | | | | | Among Plan Poke's many features are: Add, Edit and Search | | | accounts / Face-ID locking / configurable display colors / | | | iCloud data syncing, ASCII Art view and much more. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Lagrange | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ (Android & iOS) | | | | | | https://skyjake.github.io/fdroid/repo/ | | | github.com/skyjake/skyjake.github.io/tree/master/fdroid/repo| | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | update (Mar 25, 2024): Installed lagrange_v1.17b26_phone.apk| | | | | | Lagrange Browser looked and worked great on my Lenovo Tab | | | P12-2023, 12.7" Android 13 Tablet. It is as good looking and| | | feature-rich as its Desktop counterpart. | | | | | | Personal preference changes: | | | Settings -> Colors -> Light (default is Dark Theme) | | | Settings -> UI -> UI Scale Factor (font made larger) | | | | | | Minor issue: Android's soft back button does not close or | | | minimize browser. It remains on the screen. | | | | | | Issue 2 ?: Page font size is tied to UI size. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Mozz.us | https://portal.mozz.us | | | https://github.com/michael-lazar/gemini-portal | | | | | | See Proxy-based Clients section for more info. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | FingerList | https://github.com/sirjofri/fingerlist (Android) | | | | | | Add a list of finger addresses and when the app opens, it | | | will display the content of all the saved finger accts. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Proxy-based Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Mozz.us | https://portal.mozz.us | | | https://github.com/michael-lazar/gemini-portal | | | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/geminize/ | | | | | | So much to like, including support for many of the smolnet | | | protocols, a bookmark-like front page that does a great job | | | linking to core sites for each of these protocols and the | | | overall rendered presentation of these sites. | | | | | | One feature I really like is that it takes an unformatted | | | (untagged) text-only page and converts it into a monospaced | | | html file with clickable links. For example: it will make | | | this link-heavy fingerverse file easier to interact with. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Underbite | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/underbite/ | | | | | | One of the extensions I have installed. Does a great job on | | | both gopher and finger (via gopher) sites. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | OverbiteWX | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/overbitewx/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Floodgap | https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Happynetbox | https://happynetbox.com/gopher (domain specific) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Burrow | https://is.gd/IMGsGJ (Chrome Extension) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Other fun ways : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | smolmail | send email: smolmail (at) typed-hole.org | | | | | | Subject Line (the finger format is written as): | | | | | | @example.com .. or .. username@example.com | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Reply received as fixed font email. Links on pages using | | | tags (html/s, gopher, gemini) are stripped for readability | | | and listed at the bottom of the page. In contrast, links on | | | text-only finger pages are made clickable directly. | | | | | | Protocols supported: finger, gopher, gemini and http(s) | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Want to try something cool? Read the author's description of| | | smolmail by sending email to "smolmail (at) typed-hole.org" | | | with the subject line: | | | | | | gopher://typed-hole.org/0/phlog/2022/smolmail.txt | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | netcat | echo | nc telehack.com 79 | | | echo | nc plan.cat 79 | head -n 20 | | | | | | echo "alex" | nc flounder.online 79 | | | | | | Source: https://zserge.com/posts/small-web/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | telnet | Example below using textfile@typed-hole.org | | | | | | telnet typed-hole.org 79 | | | textfile | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | As a single line: | | | | | | cat <(echo textfile) - | telnet typed-hole.org 79 | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | As a single line (8-bit sample): | | | | | | cat <(echo codepage437) - | telnet happynetbox.com 79 | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Source: https://danq.me/2022/11/17/wp-finger/ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) -- Alternative Operating Systems --- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : The core set of protocols that help make up smolnet give alternative OSes : : additional modern viability. : : : : The lightweight and spyware-free nature of both older OSes and actively : : developed alternative OSes, speak to the spirit of smolnet and its users. : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | AmiGemini | https://aminet.net/package/comm/net/AmiGemini | | for | | | Amiga | https://amitopia.com?s=AmiGemini&submit=Search | | | | | | A modern Amiga smolnet browser with support for: Gemini, | | | Gopher, Finger, Spartan and Nex protocols. | | | | | | Demo posted on Feb 26, 2024: | | | https://youtu.be/Lx4k1Oox4oY?t=80 | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Kristall | https://github.com/MasterQ32/kristall | | for | https://kristall.random-projects.net | | Haiku | | | | The build instructions seem very straightforward. I've also | | | seen discussion of Kristall running on Haiku. | | | | | | https://github.com/nkrisc/kristall/blob/master/BUILDING.md | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) ----------- Public Domain ---------- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- .---------------------------------------------. | CC0: No Rights Reserved | .---------------'---------------------------------------------'--------------. | https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .-----------------------------. .--------------. .---------------------. | fingerverse/happynetbox.com |----| Jul 10, 2024 |----| 640kb.neocities.org | '-----------------------------' '--------------' '---------------------'