bollux - a bash Gemini client

inspired by

• birch
• castor
• gemini

CAPABILITIES

• make requests
• receive files
• use dd to show a nice little download status
• use less to display text/* files
• link navigation
• man page
• configuration
• browse gopher
• history (basic)

STILL TO DO

• history (advanced)
• test configuring capabilities
• bookmarks
• mailcap
• generate certificates
• implement TOFU
• handle http, etc links

DEPENDENCIES

• bash >= 4.0
• iconv
• openssl
• less (with lesskey)
• dd

INSTALL

Packages

• Slackware

From source

$ git clone https://tildegit.org/acdw/bollux
$ cd bollux
# make install

NOTE if you installed an older version, make sure to rm /usr/bin/bollux.
The new install path is /usr/local/bin.

Alternative

$ curl -fLo bollux https://tildegit.org/acdw/bollux/raw/branch/main/bollux
$ chmod +x bollux
$ ./bollux

It’s a bash script, so just plop it in your $PATH somewhere.

LICENSE

MIT

CONTRIBUTING

Email me (see the address in the footer of this page) or open an issue or pull request on tildegit.