# Gopher
Gopher is an hypertext protocol, similar to [HTTP](http.md) but far more simpler and [KISS](kiss.md).

Pages using the Gopher protocol are known as "Gopherholes". As of writing this, there are about 200~300 active gopherholes.

## Protocol
TODO

```sh
printf '\n' | nc 'khzae.net' 70
```

## Accesing
"Modern" web browsers are so advanced that can't bother implementing such a trivial protocol, so if you're using a web browser you
can use a proxy like <https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/> that works over HTTP.
But for the true experience, you want a text based browser with native support for Gopher such as [Lynx](https://lynx.invisible-island.net/)
or [Bitreich's](bitreich.md) [sacc](gopher://bitreich.org/1/scm/sacc) browser.

## Notable Gopherholes
- [Bitreich](gopher://bitreich.org/1)
- [Veronica-2](gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/v2): a search engine for the gopherspace, indexing is limited to titles, however.
- <gopher://khzae.net>