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Categories of Gopher (Internet)

» Aftershock

Open source Gopher server developed in Java.

http://aftershock.sourceforge.net/
» Debian GNU/Linux: gopherd

Information and downloads for the Debian package of the UMN gopher server.

http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/gopher
Elrond's Gopher Node - Hosts a local search engine. Also offers gopher homepages.
Floodgap - Gopher server formerly at Point Loma Nazarene University. Splendid live links. Also featuring Veronica-2 search engine. (For gopher links like this a Gopher capable browser such as Lynx or Firefox with the Overbite extension or must be used).
» Floodgap Gopher Proxy

Public gopher-to-HTTP proxy to allow the use of web browsers to explore gopherspace.

http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/

» GoFish

An open source, simple, fast, low resource usage gopher server. Can also function as a web server and a gopher-to-HTTP gateway.

http://gofish.sourceforge.net/

» Gopher Manifesto

The Bring Back Gopher Campaign.

http://www.scn.org/~bkarger/gopher-manifesto

» Gophermap How-To

"Talk Geek To Me" audiocast on making a gopher site. The Page includes a transcript of the audiocast as well as links to the audiocast in multiple formats.

http://talkgeektome.us/gophermap.xhtml

Hactar.net - Hosts mgod, an open source, Gopher+ capable server for inetd.
Hal 3000 - Gopher server (pygopherd) serving in gopher, http and wap. Content updated hourly for weather and news as well as various other files. Jughead, Veronica and Jugtail search interfaces.

» Jugtail

An open source search engine system for the Gopher protocol. Jugtail, formerly known as Jughead, searches one server at a time whereas Veronica doesn't have this limitation.

http://www.nongnu.org/jugtail/

http://www.jumpjet.info/Gopher/01/Reference.htm

» Jumpjet: Gopher Documentation

Archive of important Gopher Protocol documents along with a list of client and server software for various platforms.

http://www.jumpjet.info/Gopher/01/Reference.htm

» Kio_gopher

Adds Gopher support to the Konqueror web browser which is a core component of the K Desktop Environment, also known as KDE.

http://kgopher.berlios.de/
Kostecke - Hosts GN, an open source multi-protocol server for Gopher and the World-Wide Web. A GopherMail system able to retrieve Gopher pages via e-mail is also available.

http://sites.google.com/site/matjaz85/gopherclient

» Matjaz's Gopher Client

Offers an open source client for Windows, includes screen shots and a list of interesting links.

http://sites.google.com/site/matjaz85/gopherclient

Moo Canada - Gopher server written for Lambda Moos.
Port70.net - Offers mgod, an open source Gopher server written in C, with no dependencies.
» PyGopherd

An open source multi-protocol gopher server written in Python. Also works as an HTTP and WAP server.

http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/gopher/pygopherd
QUUX - John Goerzen's Gopher server (quux.org). Hosts important documents including information on the main mailing-list about Gopher.
Quasi-Indefatigable Xenolith - One of the most active Gopher servers on the Internet by a Gopher enthusiast. Many strange topics.
R-36 - Personal site of Christoph Lohmann hosting his software projects, and amongst these, Geomyidae, an open source Gopher server.

» RFC 1436

The Internet Gopher Protocol (a Distributed Document Search and Retrieval Protocol). F. Anklesaria, M. McCahill, P. Lindner, D. Johnson, D. Torrey, B. Albert. March 1993.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1436

Rachael`s Corner - Hosts many software and hardware guides about Amiga and Gopher on Amiga. A Gopher server software for this system is also available.
Sean's Gopherspace - Random collection of mainly humorous stuff.

» Spencer Hunter's Homepage

Example of a Gopher emulation in HTML, online since 1995. Under the "About this gopher and myself" directory is the author's own Gopher manifesto, "Why gopher is superior to the Web."

http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Eshunter/

Super Dimension Fortress - Personal GOPHERSPACE is available to all users as well as hundreds of UNIX utilities, games and networking utilities.
The World - Public gopher server. Features OBI, the Online Book Initiative.

http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/internet/veronica.htm

» Veronica FAQ

Common questions and answers about Veronica, a title search and retrieval system for use with the Internet gopher.

http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/internet/veronica.htm

Vertrauen BBS - Gopher support demo for Synchronet, an open source BBS server. This Gopher service allows mainly a read-only access to some USENET newsgroups and other discussion boards.
» Web2Gopher

A web portal to the world of gopherspace that includes search, links, information, and software.

http://wt.gopherite.org/
Whois Search - Directory provided by the sipb.mit.edu Gopher server for querying whois servers throughout the Internet. Due to a port limitation, it doesn't work with Firefox, another browser such as Lynx must be used instead.
» Wikipedia: Gopher (protocol)

Origins, decline, current status and technical details of the Gopher protocol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)

» TidBITS: Down the Gopher Hole

A brief presentation of the protocol, both its history and its current status, by an experienced Gopher system administrator. (March 19, 2007)

http://db.tidbits.com/article/8909

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