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Gopher

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is a TCP/IP application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Gopher, and it has gotten 6 likes

Gopher was added to AlternativeTo by kompowiec2 on Jul 27, 2018 and this page was last updated Apr 3, 2023.

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Gamliel Fishkin
  
Top positive commentJun 9, 2022

It is light and minimalist. It is used by wise persons.

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What is Gopher?

The Internet Gopher protocol is designed for distributed document search and retrieval. This document describes the protocol, lists some of the implementations currently available, and has an overview of how to implement new client and server applications. This document is adapted from the basic Internet Gopher protocol document first issued by the Microcomputer Center at the University of Minnesota in 1991.