Telescope is an Emacs/w3m-inspired browser for the “small internet” that supports Gemini, Gopher and Finger.
In features some expected stuff (tabs, bookmarks, history, client certificates, …) with an UI that’s very much Emacs and w3m inspired, and a privsep design.
Telescope aims to use the “Trust, but Verify (where appropriate)” approach outlined here: gemini://thfr.info/gemini/modified-trust-verify.gmi.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/telescope-browser/telescope
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Developer: Omar Polo
License: ISC License

Telescope is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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