#bollux - a bash Gemini client

inspired by

• birch
• castor
• gemini

#bolluxFORK

This is a friendly fork of the real bollux. It's not entirely written in bash and it has experimental support for spartan:// and file://

#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

Create an issue or pull request and I'll get back to you posthaste!