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    |_|  |                   The Spartan Protocol                   |  |_|
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o=========o                   S P A R T A N : / /                  o=========o
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    | |  .----------------------------------------------------------.  | |
    | |  |                        Main Links                        |  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | Home      | spartan://spartan.mozz.us                    |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | Wares     | spartan://mozz.us/software.gmi               |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | Activity  | spartan://mozz.us                            |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | Specs     | spartan://spartan.mozz.us/specification.gmi  |  | |
    | |  '----------------------------------------------------------'  | |
    | |                                                                | |
    | |  .----------------------------------------------------------.  | |
    | |  |                  Some Spartanware I use                  |  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | Lagrange  | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/             |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | Top-tier graphical browser with support for  |  | |
    | |  |           | spartan:// and many other protocols.         |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | Alhena    | https://metaloupe.com/alhena/alhena.html     |  | |
    | |  |           | https://github.com/mochaman/alhena           |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | Multiplatform, graphical browser. Spartan,   |  | |
    | |  |           | Gemini, Gopher and Nex. HTTP/S supported with|  | |
    | |  |           | basic html. Tons of themes and many other    |  | |
    | |  |           | settings to help fine-tune.                  |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | Profectus | https://gitlab.com/clseibold/profectus       |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | http://scrollprotocol.us.to/software/profectus  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | GUI client with spartan, gemini, nex and     |  | |
    | |  |           | scroll support.                              |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | I installed the flathub version which worked |  | |
    | |  |           | flawlessly. That version no longer seems     |  | |
    | |  |           | available (as of 12jul2026). Screenshot      |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | cozy      | https://blekksprut.net/cozy                  |  | |
    | |  |           | https://github.com/hachiya-kurisu/cozy       |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | Nicely done terminal browser for Spartan,    |  | |
    | |  |           | Gemini and Nex. Screenshot                   |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | ./cozy                  (helpful start page) |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | ctrl-l : open numbered link, current page    |  | |
    | |  |           | ctrl-h : help page                           |  | |
    | |  |           | shift + left: previous page                  |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | mozz.us   | http://portal.mozz.us                        |  | |
    | |  |           | Tech overview of portal.mozz.us              |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | The go-to proxy for the smolnet.             |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | bollux    | https://git.sr.ht/~radiocane/bollux          |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | bollux [URL]       (spartan, gemini, gopher) |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | o : open numbered link from current page     |  | |
    | |  |           | g : goto a new URL                           |  | |
    | |  |           | G : goto new URL, current URL pre-filled     |  | |
    | |  |           | [ : previous page                            |  | |
    | |  |           | ] : next page in history                     |  | |
    | |  |           | q : quit                                     |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | gmir      | https://github.com/codesoap/gmir             |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | A local viewer of gemtext (gmi) with stdin   |  | |
    | |  |           | support.                                     |  | |
    | |  |           |                                              |  | |
    | |  |           | * gmir [-h] file.gmi                         |  | |
    | |  |           | * client spartan://domain.com | gmir         |  | |
    | |  '----------------------------------------------------------'  | |
    | |                                                                | |
    | |  .----------------------------------------------------------.  | |
    | |  |                       Communities                        |  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | Community | spartan://tilde.team               (hosting) |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | Community | spartan://mozz.us                            |  | |
    | |  '----------------------------------------------------------'  | |
    | |                                                                | |
    | |  .----------------------------------------------------------.  | |
    | |  |                           Fun                            |  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | IF        | spartan://greatfractal.com      (I. Fiction) |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | ASCII Art | spartan://ascii.mozz.us:7070                 |  | |
    | |  |-----------|----------------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | Spying Art| spartan://ascii.mozz.us:7070/mirrors/bowdrie |  | |
    | |  '----------------------------------------------------------'  | |
    | |                                                                | |
    | |  .----------------------------------------------------------.  | |
    | |  |                   Articles/Discussion                    |  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | HN        | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41155718|  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | Review    | gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~stack/gemlog    |  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | Search    | gemini://kennedy.gemi.dev/search?spartan     |  | |
    | |  '----------------------------------------------------------'  | |
    | |                                                                | |
    | |  .----------------------------------------------------------.  | |
    | |  |                          Gemtext                         |  | |
    | |  :----------------------------------------------------------:  | |
    | |  | Line Types     | Description / Example                   |  | |
    | |  |----------------|-----------------------------------------|  | |
    | |  | [# | ## | ###] | [Heading 1 | Heading 2 | Heading 3]     |  | |
    | |  | ---------------|---------------------------------------- |  | |
    | |  | [ > ]          | quote line                              |  | |
    | |  | ---------------|---------------------------------------- |  | |
    | |  | [ * ]          | bullet list item                        |  | |
    | |  | ---------------|---------------------------------------- |  | |
    | |  | [```]          | Preformatted Text (``` above/below text)|  | |
    | |  | ---------------|---------------------------------------- |  | |
    | |  | [ => ]         | Internal Links                          |  | |
    | |  |                |                                         |  | |
    | |  |                | [ => . ] [ => .. ] [ => page.gmi ]      |  | |
    | |  |                |                                         |  | |
    | |  |                | => subdir/page.gmi  <Link Name>         |  | |
    | |  | ---------------|---------------------------------------- |  | |
    | |  | [ => ]         | External Links                          |  | |
    | |  |                |                                         |  | |
    | |  |                | => <URL> <Link Name>                    |  | |
    | |  |                |                                         |  | |
    | |  |                | => https://duckduckgo.com  <Link Name>  |  | |
    | |  |                | => gemini://station.martinrue.com       |  | |
    | |  |                | => gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/1/   |  | |
    | |  | ---------------|---------------------------------------- |  | |
    | |  | [ =: ]         | Prompt                                  |  | |
    | |  |                |                                         |  | |
    | |  | spartan only   | =: /test.gmi upload text                |  | |
    | |  '----------------------------------------------------------'  | |
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 |                  Spartan for Alternative and Legacy Systems                |
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 | Because spartan does not require TLS, the already lightweight protocol     |
 | provides a modern doorway for alternative & legacy systems to enter the    |
 | smolnet. It also helps demonstrate how the various protocols aren't        |
 | competing with each other but rather... helping to extend the smolnet in   |
 | various useful ways. Below are browsers that include Spartan support.      |
 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | * Alhena Browser: https://github.com/mochaman/alhena               (Haiku) |
 |                                                                            |
 | * AmiGemini: https://amitopia.com/?s=AmiGemini&submit=Search       (Amiga) |
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