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- swift-gopher : Gopher server implementation written in Swift
- swiftGopherClient: Gopher client library written in Swift ( w/ Support for Network.Framework on Apple platforms)
This package also provides GopherHelpers which may be useful while building a client. A PoC client for iOS/macOS/iPadOS called iGopherBrowser uses both GopherHelpers and swiftGopherClient
You can interact with my hosted gopher server at gopher://gopher.navan.dev or https://gopher.navan.dev
USAGE: swift-gopher [--gopher-host-name <gopher-host-name>] [--host <host>] [--port <port>] [--gopher-data-dir <gopher-data-dir>] [--disable-search] [--disable-gophermap]
OPTIONS:
-g, --gopher-host-name <gopher-host-name>
Hostname used for generating selectors (default: localhost)
-h, --host <host> (default: 0.0.0.0)
-p, --port <port> (default: 8080)
-d, --gopher-data-dir <gopher-data-dir>
Data directory to map (default: ./example-gopherdata)
--disable-search Disable full-text search feature
--disable-gophermap Disable reading gophermap files to override automatic generation
-h, --help
git clone https://github.com/navanchauhan
cd swift-gopher
swift build -c release && swift run swift-gopher
Then, you can either use lynx or curl (or other Gopher clients) to connect to the server.
lynx gopher://localhost:8080
# Or,
curl gopher://localhost:8080
Note: Depending on user privileges, you may not be able to bind to port 70.
To give privilege to the binary on Linux, you can use the following command:
sudo setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=+eip ./.build/release/swift-gopherYou can also refer to the systemd file below to grant the binary the same privileges
Sample systemd file:
[Unit]
Description=Swift-Gopher
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/swift-gopher/swift-gopher/.build/release/swift-gopher --port 70 --gopher-host-name gopher.navan.dev --gopher-data-dir /home/swift-gopher/gopher_data
User=swift-gopher
Group=swift-gopher
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
NoNewPrivileges=true
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Although, swift-gopher does not currently have a native HTTP handler, you can use self host some of the following packages to proxy the Gopher server to HTTP:
- gophper-proxy + Caddy is what I use to host the HTTPS version of my Gopher server at https://gopher.navan.dev
- gopher-proxy
- gopherproxy-c
- Add Tests
- Add CI
- Add more documentation
- Automatic Versioning
- Verify Compatibility with other Gopher Clients
- Support Gemini Protocol
- Add a client library
- Add native HTTP handler
- Guestbook
./generate_docs.sh swiftGopherClient swift-gopher GopherHelpersReference Documentation is hosted at https://web.navan.dev/swift-gopher