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Amfora is a terminal browser for the Gemini protocol

Amfora aims to be the best looking Gemini client with the most features… all in the terminal. It does not support Gopher or other non-Web protocols.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • URL browsing with TOFU and error handling.
  • Tabbed browsing.
  • Support ANSI color codes on pages, even for Windows.
  • Styled page content (headings, links).
  • Basic forward/backward history, for each tab.
  • Input (Status Code 10 & 11).
  • Multiple charset support (over 55).
  • Built-in search (uses geminispace.info by default).
  • Bookmarks.
  • Download pages and arbitrary data.
  • Theming.
  • Proxying.
    • Schemes like Gopher or HTTP can be proxied through a Gemini server.
  • Client certificate support.
  • Subscriptions.
    • Subscribing to RSS, Atom, and JSON Feeds are all supported.
    • So is subscribing to a page, to know when it changes.
  • Open non-text files in another application.
  • Ability to stream content instead of downloading it first.
  • Highlighting of preformatted code blocks that list a language in the alt text
  • Search in pages with Ctrl-F
  • Run custom commands using the current or selected URL as an argument.
  • Cross-platorm support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/makew0rld/amfora
Support:
Developer: makeworld
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Amfora demo
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Amfora is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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