# bollux - a bash Gemini client

inspired by

* [birch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/birch)
* [castor](https://git.sr.ht/~julienxx/castor)
* [gemini](https://gemini.circumlunar.space/)

# 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

# STILL TO DO

* history --
  SEE the [history branch](https://git.sr.ht/~acdw/bollux/tree/history)
* test configuring capabilities
* bookmarks
* mailcap something
* generate certificates?
* implement TOFU?
* recognize more protocols

# DEPENDENCIES

* bash >= 4.0
* iconv
* openssl
* gawk
* less
* dd

# INSTALL

## From source

```
$ git clone https://git.sr.ht/~acdw/bollux
$ cd bollux
# make install
```

## Alternative

```
$ curl -fLo bollux https://git.sr.ht/~acdw/bollux/blob/0.3.0/bollux
$ chmod +x bollux
$ ./bollux
```

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

# LICENSE

MIT

# CONTRIBUTING

Feel free to write to my
[public inbox](https://lists.sr.ht/~acdw/public-inbox)
with changes you'd like to make, or submit an issue to the
[ticket tracker.](https://todo.sr.ht/~acdw/bollux)